This year, we were invited to the Cornishes to ring in the new year! We haven't gone out to celebrate nye in a long time, so we were all very excited!
We spent the day prepping food to bring. Juliet and Grace helped make orange cookies. Grace juiced the oranges and Juliet rolled the cookie balls. They came out soft and sweet and really good! (Which was a relief, because the oranges themselves had been picked too early and were not very good to eat fresh.)
I also made some chocolate chip banana nut bread and sliced up a bag of apples!
We arrived sometime between 5pm and 6pm. We played several rounds of 4 different games:
- One Night Ultimate Werewolf
- Forbidden Island
- There's Been a Murder
- Dungeons & Dragons: The Legend of Drizzt
This took us to midnight!
The kids were so excited about the fireworks! Billy lit one of the roman candles with a sparkler. lol.
I got pictures of some of the crew, but not everyone. And a few didn't want to participate, so watched from inside the sliding glass door.
Natalie lit the remaining roman candles with the lighter, and then we had to fight to release the fuse of the Tik Tok firework, but it was really cool when it lit up! = )
It was very cold, just above freezing, so once we finished burning things, it was back inside to toast the new year, and then out the door and into the car to go home and get to bed!
It was really nice to welcome 2024 with friends, but I assure you I am tired today!
For future me: I would rebuy the sparklers (they were huge, and bright!) the roman candles (easy to light and fun to watch.) And the Tik Tok was really fun too. I would not spend the money on the poppers again. They tried to make them too fancy with extra packaging, and they didn't work very well. The snappers worked fine, but it was too cold, and there were too many other things going on. So, I guess I'd buy them again, but I'd give them to the kids to go get some of their excitement out while we get the other things ready to go. = )
Happy New Year everyone!!
later days
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