As tradition goes, we always start off New Year’s Eve with a dinner at Macaroni Grill with Micah’s whole family.
Once finished, we head home to get our festivities started….
A NYC countdown, followed by pot and pan banging, and finally the Polar Plunge.
So the countdown happened.
Then the pots and pans while we rode bikes and cars in the cul-de-sac.
(Here we are after.)
And then the polar plunge…..
But this year…our jacuzzi was busted.
So we took our polar plunge to the Marriott where there was a working jacuzzi to warm up in after.
I dropped everyone off, and parked. When I went back, I saw all of the kids in the pool while Micah sat in his chair — fully dressed.
I’ll have to admit, I was a little annoyed that he wasn’t going to join in on the plunge.
But I bit my tongue and got in with the kids.
And then as we were all settled in, the kids started complaining that Micah wasn’t in.
And then all of a sudden, he said, “Oh yeah!” and ran full speed to the pool, and jumped in fully clothed!
We were dying!
It made it so fun!
And of course, that guy had it planned that way all along.
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See ya 2014.
Very few things make me happier than when I see one of my kids lost in a book.
And I think it might be even more exciting, when the title of that book isn’t, “Captain Underpants and the Perilous Plot of Professor Poopypants”.
When I woke up to snow-covered mountains within eye distance, I obviously took my kids immediately over to it.
And we obviously brought the Tackys.
And we were all obviously in dress-ups!
It was obviously the best 10 minute drive I’ve made in a long time!
I don’t think Dash will ever forget the time he was woken up from a dead sleep to go and get ice cream with Bella.
He might look tired here, but he talked about their special date the whole next day.
Nothing like a chilly beach day in December.
For jumping.
And whizzing.
Posing.
Standing practice.
Flute playing from a stick.
And hanging with our favorite buddies.
And showing off the art of finding coins, in something called a “pay phone”.
Thanks for the lesson, Scout!
It was the blind leading the blind on this sweet gift Jon gave Micah for Christmas.
It is a motorized base that you add to a paper airplane, that you control through an app.
It is amazing in theory.
But it might take a few sessions to get it up and running at 100%!
Nonetheless, it was the perfect gift.
Chapped Face
Popcorn Tooth
Shark Teeth
Good thing we’ve got some high-sugar bubblegum in there to create a few more problems.
Guess who?
Obviously the same person who bites her nails.
Just an action shot of Micah and crew on the set of T25 — Micah’s new workout regimen.
All I have to say is that I sure am glad that Bella’s husband fits right in.
Dash is going to miss Jon, and their secret language, and their talk about toys that are “sick” (cool)!
When you are in a pinch and realize you are in someone else’s car without a proper car seat…you just make do.
To add extra safety, Micah sat right next to her.
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