Even though I’m not a particularly crafty person, we decided to attempt another balloon drop this year. It all came together so quickly and beautifully last year – much to my surprise – that I found myself feeling skeptical that it could go as well as it did last year.
Believe it or not, it all DID go just as well as it did last year … with one small, funny glitch. While we were shopping for supplies in the party aisles, I spotted a big display of glow sticks. They had the traditional sticks that you could fashion into a necklace, but they also had an assortment of swords, wands and silly glasses. So we grabbed a handful of those, too. To make the Big Moment even more exciting, l wanted to save the glow sticks until just before our balloon drop, so I waited until 5 minutes ‘til to hand them out.
And clearly, they were a big hit. In fact, they were such a big hit that everyone was so excited and busy assembling them that when I looked over at our computer countdown clock, it was just ticking past 1 to 0! We missed our “midnight”! (9:00 EST time, 12:00 UTC time).
Everyone was quiet for a couple of seconds. Then we started talking about when we should drop them instead and decided to go ahead and just do it then, at 12:04, or whatever time it was.
And we found that a balloon drop is just as exciting and fun at 12:04 as it is at 12:00! :-) (Mental note: next year get out the glow sticks about half hour before the Big Moment. :-D)
What else? Oh yes, in honor of the occasion, Courtney counted from 1 to 2,014. By herself. In the piano room.
and Erica demonstrated her amazing flexibility:
We feasted on Mini Burgers (hey, those were good!), Pigs in a Blanket, and French fries (yes, we deep fried them). I made the 1-Pan Fudge Cake again to go with homemade vanilla ice cream and all the toppings.
And after all that frivolity and celebrating and feasting, we ended the evening by watching the last 3 episodes of … BBC’s Bleak House! Ha! And it was bleak and wonderful and had a happy ending!
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