Goodbye 2007

Potentially one of the most memorable New Year's Eves.  Had to cancel the party we'd planned on having due to still being too ill and not wanting to spread germs any further.  Instead we made our own party, filling that long day until midnight.

Roast beef cooked slowly all day on the woodstove with our traditional New Year's Eve lime tart,  games and reading, lego building, and more.

9:00 pm-ish: building a fort downstairs for all of us to camp out in,

10:00 pm-ish:  hammering on tin can lanterns and playing with ice and toy animals in the sink.

11:00 pm-ish: bundling up and trekking out into the dark to the frozen pond to light off sparklers, ground spinners, and bottle rockets (brrr at 7 degrees F!)

Midnight: coming back in to the cozy warm house, banging pots and pans, and crawling into the fort together for a long winter's nap.

Thank you for all your kind words and well wishes for the new year.     

Comments

[jen in pennsylvania]

Happy New Year! I hope you all feel better. Thank you for sharing your life with us...yours is one of my 2 favorite blogs.

[Carrie]

What a wonderful celebration that sounds like.

[Kim]

Sounds like a truly magical new year's eve. Here's to a wonderful 2008!

[fleur]

Best wishes to you and all your family!!

[Brigitte]

Sounds like a nice New Year's Eve !
I wish you and your family a very happy year 2008 !
It's always a pleasure reading your posts.

[Elizabeth]

Have a great new year!
Your woodstove must be hot!!

[Stephanie]

I really admire your life. You seem to have found a great balance of...well...everything! Here's to a fun filled and healthy 2008!

[stephanie]

that sounds so awesome.

happy new year!!