Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year

It's crazy to think that a new year is already here. One thing is for sure, I will never forget what New Years is like in Amsterdam. This place is crazy! All week we've been hearing people set off fireworks randomly and just like the 4th of July, Bryce and I haven't thought much of it. Until today. This morning the booms got much louder as people set off fireworks of even bigger proportions! Apparently, just like everything else here, it's perfectly legal (well just on New Years) to buy and set off fireworks of any size or type. So they've been going off~ from the smallest pops to the very large ones I've only seen during professional fireworks displays in the States. It's quite beautiful tonight, but it was very strange at 10am this morning when I first started to hear them. Carolyn was just getting settled in for a morning feed when we both heard such a loud burst we both jumped and took a look out the window. Kids were in the street laughing as fireworks went off and set off car alarms in the neighborhood. Nuts! This place is nuts! There's a huge sound stage set up behind my house in Museumplein and a very loud concert going on. It sounds like a lot of fun~ but I'm on babysitting duty (and perfectly happy with that I might add) while Bryce has just run out to check things out and get some pictures and video.. only 10 minutes to go. Happy New Year everyone!! My resolution is to do a better job of regularly posting to this blog :)