The first week of the year was completely uneventful and totally perfect. Well, not the part about the kids getting grumpy about taking photos, but they eventually came around. We all managed to stay up until midnight on New Year's Eve (OK, Charlotte technically fell asleep and then was woken up again), we watched some/all of three movies, then watched the ball drop. Zach was so excited and needed to make sure everyone was awake for it. The next day everyone was up at their usual times. We took the tree down and set up our family photo shoot, followed by any other "portraits" the kids wanted me to take. Thursday was back to school, and Friday was a birthday party for Charlotte's friend from Girl Scouts. Saturday night Frank and I had our belated New Year's date night at home.