Traditions

Funny how you do things year after year but don't really think of them as traditions until you go to do something different and everyone wants to do what you have always done. For several years now, we have spent New Year's Eve at home with the kids playing board games, breaking a pinata and at midnight shoot off tons of confetti and poppers and drink some sparkly juice.

This year our town planned a big celebration for New Year's to kick off the 150th anniversary of our town. I thought the kids would be excited to go and check it out. Instead I met resistance. As a compromise, I promised that we would still do confetti, poppers and silly string when we returned home.

It was an interesting evening out on the town. Luckily the rain held off until the New Year and the weather was relatively mild. We were entertained with a light show and a ball raising/lighting in the center of town. We even got to eat at our favorite pizza place. I have to say it is the closest pizza to home (Pittsburgh) that we have had in the 7 years we have lived here.


Kids by town Christmas tree. (I still need work at taking night shots)

Still the kids were anxious to get home and cover the family room with confetti and such, the likes of which take us over an hour to clean up, even when we use the shop vac.