Real New Year's Eve

We slept with our EVE wristbands on, despite overly sensitive members of the family noting that they were "scratchy". We've never been to The Leonardo, which is a science and art museum downtown, and since our EVE passes included admission, we headed in. We made little sculptures out of clay, played in front of a green screen, glued together some mosaic and abstract art pieces, and found out that short kids are too short for the cool motion capture/dancing skeleton display. We didn't LOVE the Leonardo, the way we usually LOVE museums. Maybe we'll try again in a few years.

Little tiny braids. Just like the ladies on Frozen.

We went shopping at the Harmon's downtown which was really fun. TB said it was kind of like being on vacation.

We took the kids to Shane and Shauna's house because they kindly invited the kids over. TB and I picked up 7'6" Chocolate Cake from Tuscany, made Deer Valley Turkey Chili, and watched a disappointingly weird movie (American Hustle).

When it was time to pick up the kids, Isaac did NOT want us to turn off the My Little Pony Movie so he could come with us. He complained for the whole ride home and said, "You ruined the whole season by turning off that movie." I said, "Christmas season was like a month and a half long. I can't believe it was ruined by one movie." He said, "It was ruined by one mom." Ouch! I need to read more parenting books to see if this is a normal phase for a five-year-old boy or if he's doing the teenage thing a little early.

This weird bread from Harmon's was good and the chili was good and the company was really great. Our neighbors shot up some quality fireworks at about 8 pm, then it was time to tuck the kids in so the grownups could watch a good movie (Rush).