Ring In The New Year

Earlier in the evening we headed over to the mall so the kids could pick out some new bedsheets. Afterward we went to Ikea for some frozen yogurt.

We headed home, had dinner and hung out together for the rest of the night. The kids asked to watch their favorite videos of 2012.

Gotye's Somebody that I Used To Know

We had a dance party all night long.

Cover of Somebody That I Used To Know by Walk Off the Earth--great cover with the song played by all of them on one guitar. Worth checking out on Youtube. Walk Off The Earth's Cover of "Somebody I Used To Know"

All decked out in their New Year's Eve, ready to countdown to 2013.

Leah and Gabriel pretending to walk like zombies out to get me.

Leah tried out some Broadway jazz musical moves.

The dancing kept up all night, for hours. Leah and Gabriel didn't quit till midnight.

Some downtime with Dad

Some more Broadway

Dancing together---almost time!

Our own American Girl with her AG doll Julie

Best Buds

I Believe!

Leah continues to have a belief in the magic of Christmas and in Santa. It wavers but for now it is still there. She was just as excited as Louis was to visit with Santa today. Leah refers to the mall Santas as Santa's helpers. We've been seeing the same Santa for years now and the kids feel at ease with him. Leah helped with Gabriel and making him comfortable in her lap so he would enjoy taking the photos.

She's just an all around great kid and an awesome big sister. Hard to believe this is the same kid who used to run down and out the mall whenever this time of year rolled around. 8 years old. Time sure has flown by.