I hope you had a great New Year's Eve. My daughter, Lisa, had ours planned out from 9pm-midnight. She's my planner. Both her and Ben get really excited that day because it's the one day we let them stay up so late. I don't know why she picked 9 o'clock to start the festivities, but that is what it was. From 9 until 9:30 we played Hide and Seek. Have you ever played with a two year old? There is no place you can hide. We all took our turns being it. Nate was the last one. It's was so cute as he counted "4, 5, 4, 5, 4, 5, 9 ready not here come." Yep that's how he counts. Of course we picked easy hiding places, but I think he would have found us anyway.
From 9:30 - 10 we drew New Year's Eve posters. We got out the markers and paper and everyone participated. Nate made Lisa's poster very colorful. When it comes to Nate she has endless amount of patients; when it comes to Ben, not so much.
From 10 - 11 was Wii time. We put Nate to bed and the others played Wii Sports, mostly bowling and then some tennis. We only have three remotes so I didn't play, but I did watch.
At 11, we turned on the TV. It took some convincing for Lisa that the one with Dick Clark didn't come on 'til 11:30, but she wasn't satisfied. That didn't work with her schedule. I can't blame her. I know what it's like to have your scheduled messed up and it's not fun. She finally adjusted and we watched the ball drop.
The twins went to bed (Yeah, that was in her schedule too) and Rick and I stayed up until about 2:30. Here is were no amount of planning can help. At 3:30 Nate woke up throwing up. This lasted every 20 or 30 minutes until about 9. Needless to say our New Year didn't start out very well. Rick took care of Nate the most because I almost throw up at the sight and smell of someone else's vomit.
Poor Rick, 6:30am the next morning was his turn. Lisa and Ben did the twin synchronizing thing and started in the afternoon of the 2nd. I did my best to withstand, but I succumbed the next day. Needless to say, our New Year weekend sucked. I enjoyed New Year's Eve, but the New Year, not so much.
Lisa and Ben threw up so much that their features turned ghostly white. Lisa gets it the worst. Whenever she gets a virus like this, it doesn't want to let her go. She is still having troubles today, while the rest of us have mostly recovered. Nate still doesn't have an appetite, and Ben doesn't have much of one either. But I think the worst is over. Happy New Year anyone?
