Happy New Year!

We rang in the New Year East Coast Style (by 9 PM!) at a kid-friendly (BYOPnP [bring your own pack-n-play]) party at Maaike, Paul and baby Max's house!  It was fun!  Grandma and Grandpa came and all the kids, babies and animals got along well.  We watched the ball drop on TV, had some noise makers and drove home.

We all got up early on Jan. 1 to drive to Pasadena for the Rose Bowl parade.  This year we drove near the start of the parade, parked, and walked.  We didn't exactly know how far we were from the parade route when we started walking - but fortunately there were porta-potties along the way as it was 1.5 miles away!

We nudged our way into the crowds and found a great viewing spot for Grandma and her chair, the double stroller, Guinness, Grandma, the girls and Jeff and me.  This year's them was based on Dr. Suess's book, "The Places You'll Go".  There were some amazing floats, and some great bands from around the world.

The girls loved it and napped on the way up and back.  Guinness had fun too and in between watching the big floats and dancing to drum beats, the girls played with him.  It was cute to watch them take turns holding his leash.

It was a great new year.  Best wishes for 2013!!  Love to you all.