Happy 2014!

We spent our New Year's Eve at home this year. But Corinne came up with lots of great activities for us to do.

Every celebration needs party hats. We translated our paper snowflake skills to party hats.

Next, party snacks. We have a "Kids in the Kitchen" cookbook that was given to Corinne when she was a kid, complete with hand-written book plate on the inside cover.

She forgot a line: "For a good time, ..."

Corinne has a real affinity for salty foods, so we chose to make the soft pretzels (or, as Anders says, "prentzels".) Anders operated the stand mixer to form the dough, then we each rolled pieces into shapes appropriate for the occasion.

Anders was excited that he was staying up all the way until midnight!¹ As the hour approached, we filled our glasses with bubbly. Bubbly watermelon Italian soda, with sugared glass rims.

Before all heading to bed, we stepped outside with some sparklers to celebrate the new year.

Happy New Year to all!

- Mike, Corinne, and Anders

¹What we didn't tell him is that we actually set our clock ahead by one hour. Happy New Year, Mountain Timezone!