Memorable New Year's

This New Year's celebration was very different then the last couple of ones I've had. Different in a lot of ways, but it was a very special time and I enjoyed it immensely! Why?

Well, not only is this the first New Years Kenji is old enough to participate and understand all that is going on -- which that alone made it special -- but I had a great time this evening just doing special things with Kenji.

And another reason why it was special is because during my daily time with the Lord He said that this year would be a fabulous year. Fabulous in that it would be a year of miracles for me, both personal and non- personal ones. Grand miracles as the ones that the Lord has promised for the offensive! The best is yet to come! PTL!

As I mentioned above we spent the afternoon and evening doing all sorts of fun activities. After our special New Year's dinner, we took Kenji and Angel to see this enormous Nativity scene in a neighboring town/city, which is only about 10 - 15 minutes away.

Here are some photos of the Nativity scene, some are a bit too dark the camera was acting up ... grrr









They had a fun time running around/crossing the various bridges from one side/level of the Nativity scene to another. After a good while of doing that (our secret way of getting all their energy out, hee, hee) they managed to stay still just long enough so that I could take a photo of them.


I do believe this is his standard "it's photo time" face.


Right beside the Nativity scene there was a fireman's department and of course Kenji was in high heaven when he saw the "huge" fire engines. One of the fire fighters kindly let the boys climb up and around a fire engine. It was so cute to see Kenji so happy yet at the same time mesmerized with the fact that he was on a big fire engine.

I took quite of few photos of Kenji on the fire engine, but unfortunately and sadly only this one below came out. The other ones were too dark, I don't know why as the flash on the camera is supposed to turn on on it's own? Anyways, guess we'll have to visit the fireman's department again.


After that fun excursion we got home and had a nice snack -- hot cocoa and cookies. Then the boys had some "rough and tumble" time with granddad while they patiently waited for midnight to strike so that they could light their sparklers.

And the time finally arrived ...


There he is, quite taken aback at all the "fire" that was shooting out.


It was pretty fun to see him quite bewildered with the sparkler. He wasn't sure if he should blow out all the "fire" or whether it was okay to let it continue. Around the 4th sparkler he kinda got the hang of it and mustered up the courage to walk around with it.

He is really into blowing out candles, matches, or just about anything at any time and loves it when I bring him his food still a bit hot as then he has a chance to master his "blowing" techniques.