Friday, January 6, 2012

Out With the Old, in with the New

I realize that I have yet to write about any of our Christmas festivities, yet here I am, doing a post about 2012.  It just happens to be easier to do this one before struggling to go through all of our Christmas photos and videos.  Below are some photos of how we spent New Year's Eve and New Year's Day.
Aunt Denise visited for New Year's Eve and New Year's Day, as she does every year.  This year, in addition to dinner, she brought these yummy cupcakes from Frederick's, a bakery in Bedford, New Hampshire.  All of the cupcakes were wonderful and beautifully decorated, but I particularly loved how cute these were - special for New Year's Eve!
As many of you know, New Year's Day has to be one of Lee's favorite days of the year because he gets to take down all of the Christmas decorations.  It's not that he is a scrooge - but he just really looks forward to getting the house back to normal.  The man was actually smiling while he took down the outside lights!
Each year, I keep all of the photo cards that we receive and put them in a box - pretty much the only part of un-decorating that I like is going through years of photos, looking at how much our friends' children have grown. 
Take down the tree - or, rather, cutting it down because it's too big to fit through the door. 
The weather was so beautiful on New Year's Day that the girls spent several hours outside, building fairy houses. 
Showing off their hard work. 

I must say, their construction is getting quite good! 

Elizabeth spent part of the afternoon reading - she is definitely starting to experience how difficult it can be to put down an interesting book and finished this entire book in one afternoon. 
Bloco - our house is covered with it.  It was a gift to Emily from Auntie Sandra and Uncle Mike and the girls have had a great time building all sorts of animals, although Lee did help them make the shark. 
Emily, playing with all of her Bloco animals.
Happy New Year!!

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