Happy New Year!!!!

Happy New Year! We had a really fun New Year's Eve. It was the first time in YEARS that I have still been awake at Midnight! We tended all 6 of our granddaughters, while all of our kids went to Krista and Matt's house for a party. It was so much fun, until bedtime. The 3 little ones all went to bed pretty good, and Molly is awesome to go to bed, but Libbie and Hailey, would NOT go to sleep. Finally at 11:30, I was exhausted, so I told them I was going to bed. (I had been laying down with them trying to get them to go to sleep.) A few minutes after I got into bed, they came in looking for crayons, they wanted to color. I couldn't believe they had any energy left. Finally, shortly after midnight, I threatened them with their lives if they said another word, and after about 30 seconds of quiet, they were both asleep.
We decided that we wouldn't have all 6 for a sleepover again for a while, but that it was fun to have them when they were awake. Friday night, we invited them all to come and play, so their parents could have a date night. They all got here about 5:00, and the last ones left at 9:00. A much better plan!!! They have so much fun together, and it's nice that they are big enough that we can handle all 6 at once.
We made some of the craziest breadsticks you have ever seen. I let the girls take turns cutting them, and they were in all shapes and sizes. Here's Libbie pretending to roll out breadsticks, everyone is watching so they can do it too.

Josh and Merijane brought some delicious Chicken and Dumplings for the girls to eat for dinner, yum yum!!!!

After dinner, we covered our coffee table downstairs and gave the girls each a new coloring book to keep them busy coloring. It is amazing that even tiny Abbie likes to color! We had such a good time that we decided to do it once a month, so the cousins can play and the parents get a fun date night.