Happy New Year!!!

Hey everyone! It's around 1am here in old Melbourne town and my party goers have fallen asleep. So I'd thought I would wish my loyal followers, friends and family a Happy New Year for 2013.

But before I do, I'll give you a little bit of what we did to celebrate the New Year in. We decided not to go to our usual New Year celebrations because I had a bout of tonsillitis since Christmas, and I really don't think the penicillin I'm on and copious amounts of alcohol would do me any good, so we opted to have a quiet one at home instead. We decided earlier in the day that we would have a spread of cold cut meats, salad vegetables, fruit, Brie, Naan bread for the lovely Morroccan style Dukkah my mum bought me for Christmas & rice crackers for the cheese, and top it off with some Lindt balls for dessert. We also had a fine spread of juices to make mocktails for the boys and I discovered 'cocktails in a cask' for me... Cosmopolitans & Midori Splices on tap in the fridge... what a scary proposition to live with that all year round! (doctor said it was OK to have a little bit of alcohol on penicillin!) We made our mocktails, complete with strawberry stuck on the edge and paper umbrellas and indulged in our spread!

We sat and watched 'Real Steel' on DVD, followed by the behind-the-scenes shots, which was pretty amazing and then decided to play Cluedo by candlelight....

oh... and glow stick! It was actually quite fun finding Peacock with the dagger in the bedroom, especially after we convinced the 9 year old that he had to stop guessing so quickly because he kept getting it right!!

We played a little balloon volleyball using the dining table as the net then sat down and watched the fireworks on TV. There was talk about watching another movie after the fireworks finished, but somehow my boys got cosy and fell asleep on top of me. 

This week has been a fabulous week for us enjoying each other's company and just being a family... a team in every possible way. I love my boys and love the joy they bring to me.

I hope you and your family have found the same warmth, love and happiness I have in my little family and that 2013 brings more opportunity to just enjoy the little things, harness the big things, have some amazing adventures, enables you to get out of your comfort zone, and helps you find the real You in 'you.'

A toast to good health, good hearts and great happiness in 2013!

Cheers! xx