Patty Johnson's Blog

Tonight was the New years Eve Bash at the YMCA. First we swam for a while in the pool. There were a lot of people in there and they must have anticipated that because there was alot of chlorine in the pool. My eyes were stinging. After we changed we went to the big gym where they had lots of activities. Lily like the inflatable spiderman obstacle course the best. We also had some ice cream which was yummy. At 9 o'clock they did the countdown for whatever country has it at 9 our time. All the kids got new years hats or crowns and noisemakers. Then, we went home and watched the ball drop (Lily fell asleep at like 11:45pm) and went to bed.
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Adam had to work on New Years Eve so Lily and I went to the Children's Museum's New Years at Noon party. It was okay but I don't think really worth the extra money. They had a Ginger Ale toast which was kinda strange since most kids don't like ginger ale. Lily had fun in the museum part and did a couple of the special crafts they had like a noisemaker and an air freshener. She also painted a cute picture. MORE PHOTOS: At Dotphoto

We didn't do Christmas until Saturday because most of my siblings had to work the Friday after Christmas. Lily and I spent the night at my parents house on friday night because Lily fell asleep watching a movie with the rest of the kids. Once everyone got there we did presents, starting with stockings of course. After that everyone tore open the presents and it was pretty much mass chaos. After we cleaned up all the wrapping paper we hung out for a little while at the house. Then that afternoon we all went to Bill's Pizza to celebrate Nick's 14th Birthday! The Pizza was super good as always and we had a good time. All the kids sat together and most of them were well behaved. When we got back to the house we gave Nick his presents and had ice cream cake.
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VIDEO: Lily and Braeden play with Wall-E

After opening presents at home we were off to Stratford. That night we hung out and relaxed. We had a yummy steak dinner and later Michelle & Lily made some reindeer chow to sprinkle outside. In the morning we got up and opened presents. Lily got a bunch of stuff including a big doll house with many accessories. She spent the rest of the day playing with that. MORE PHOTOS: At Dotphoto

Once Adam got done with work at noon we had our family Christmas at home. We opened presents and stockings. Lily got so excited for all her presents and she insisted we take most of them to Adam's parents house that night. MORE PHOTOS: At Dotphoto

Today Lily had her Preschool Christmas Party. They sang songs for us and then had snack time. The songs were very cute but I don't have as many videos this time because my camera didn't have enough room for all the videos. MORE PHOTOS: On Dotphoto
VIDEOS: Jingle Bells, Ring the Bells
VIDEOS: Rudolph, Bunny & Snowman
VIDEOS: <Christmas Day, We wish you a merry Christmas

Today we all went outside in the snow. Lily and I played and did some shoveling while Adam snowblowed. Lily was having a blast as usual and the only way I could lure her back in the house was with hot chocolate. More Photos: At dotphoto

Today Vanessa, Lily and I went to Kevin's house in Amherst Junction. He recently bought a new puppy named Lincoln. He is so cute and Lily loved playing with him and running all over the place. We also had a yummy hawaiian pizza from Ambrosias and I had my first olive ever which wasn't too bad! MORE PHOTOS: Lily & Lincoln

Today we went to find the perfect Christmas tree. It was a beautiful day outside and we actually picked out our tree pretty much right away. Adam's parents picked their tree shortly after that. Lily had fun making a snowman with Michelle and making snow angels all around the Christmas Tree Farm. MORE PHOTOS: Tree Hunting

We went to Stratford on Friday night when Adam got done with work. Saturday we went shopping in Marshfield and Rapids. After we got back to the house we hung out and played video games including Singstar. Lily loves to sing into the microphone and was actually pretty good! She also had fun this weekend playing with Cooper in the snow. MORE PHOTOS: Shopping Pictures
MORE PHOTOS: Singing Inside & Playing Outside

This morning a few of us got together, had breakfast and listened to radiothon. We bid on a few things but didn't win anything. This years trivia theme was announced and it is "Here's looking at you, kid" That night Lily got to sleepover at Adam's parents house because we were going to Chrissy's Surprise 40th Birthday Party at Joe's Bar. Chrissy showed up at 6pm and was really surprised. Mike did a funny slideshow for her and the then coven also did a speech. We had a lot of fun hanging out and did great renditions of many songs including "Shoop", "American Pie", "Paradise by the dashboard light" & "Are you gonna be my girl" (Videos below) MORE PHOTOS: Here
VIDEO: Shoop
VIDEO: American Pie
VIDEO: Paradise by the dashboard
VIDEO: Are you gonna be my girl