New Year's Eve

We rarely see the new year on New Year's Eve (usually opting for the Netflix countdown and an early bedtime.)  This year though, we made it to welcome in 2023!!!

We bought the makings for two different types of punch, but the second one was not good at all. lol

The first punch was sherbet and sprite, the second was lime juice concentrate with sprite.  I think you are supposed to use ginger ale with it.  Either way, it did not taste good in the least.  We did all enjoy the first round of punch though. = )

Happy New Year from the Crocksatrs!!!

later days

edit 1-17-23: backdated for continuity

Hello 2022!!

With the omicron variant of covid on the horizon, and being the homebodies we are, we rung in the new year at home in our pajamas, by watching a netflix countdown at 9pm. = ) 

Grace helped me make up some punch and a charcuterie board.

Not many fireworks this year, the stand closest to us has not been open for the past year.  It might be a victim of covid, like so many other establishments. = /

It was a good night.  Here's to a great 2022.

later days

edit: backdated for chronology's sake.

New Year's Celebration

Billy had to work New Year's Eve, and it snowed.  Sarah came over and kindly cleared my sidewalk and driveway, since she'd already finished hers.

 I was glad she put down so much salt, because it snowed the majority of the day!

We played an abbreviated version of Bunko.  Each person rolls and whomever scores the highest in consecutive rolls (or a Bunko) takes the round.  All the other rules are the same.  The twins were able to play with us too, which was really nice, since the big kids tend to pick games that require reading.

We kicked off celebration just before Billy made it home.  We made a 7up and lime sherbet punch.  It's my favorite.  Only Grace seemed to enjoy it as much as I do.  I made a rookie mistake though and chilled the 7up which made the sherbet not melt as quickly so it was not as good fresh as it was after a little while on the table.

I had collected a nice group of hats and noise makers for my crew.  Note everyone participated :cough::Billy::cough: and Grace fell asleep, but the rest of us rocked our decorations!

Also, the kids discovered the sonic racing game on the Wii and have been having a great time with it. = )  William has been a super patient teacher with the twins, it's been really good.  Of course, after a while, the twins like to fight about everything, so the game quickly dissolves from there.

Eating our Christmas dinner (on New Year's Day) because my oven is back in buisness!

The holiday (today) was above freezing, so most of the snow on the roads and sidewalks started to melt.  It was a mixture of sunny and cloudy, but the high was probably around 40F with no new precipitation.

later days