Happy New Year!

Jack and I practiced saying, "Happy New Year!" to everyone we saw in preparation for our celebration with some of his buddies! We gathered with some friends that we don't see often enough and centered the party around a celebration for the kids. They had games, crafts, activities or party favors wrapped in packages that they could open every half hour or so. We started at seven and counted down at nine. It was a great time. Here are a few pictures from the evening.

Balloon Volleyball...keeping the ball in the air!

Snack Time! Yummy

After the countdown we had a bubble wrap stomp!
It was so much fun and they LOVED it.
It sounded like there were fireworks going off in our house!



On New Years Day we spent the day as a family at the Children's Museum of Minnesota.

Jack got to drive a bus!!

He also impressed us with his fine cuisine and cooking skills (I guess all that helping in the kitchen is paying off!). He made a delicious steak seasoned to perfection!

Happy 2009 Everyone!