Trying to make it to a new year...

The kids wanted to stay up until midnight so we decided to let them try. We watched movies and popped popcorn. At about 11:10 Courtney lost the battle and fell asleep. Ethan was on his way out around 11:30 so Bryan suggested he play his DSi and that woke him right up.

At 11:50 Bryan woke Courtney up and put her on his lap but she didn't want to stay awake and buried her head in his neck. At 20 seconds to midnight, Bryan tried to wake her up again but she wasn't interested.

After the ball dropped Bryan climbed Courtney up into her bed where she woke up and proceeded to tell him off for not waking her up "fast enough" to see the ball drop. He explained that he tried to wake her up but she wasn't having any of it and kept yelling that now she couldn't sleep. I went to warm up her rice bag and by the time I got back (2 minutes later) she was asleep.

Ethan fell asleep pretty easily too and they both slept in this morning.

Happy New Year!!!

Ethan trying to stay awake:

Proof that Bryan did try to wake her up: