Happy New Year!!!!!

This was TOMH&R's first new year and they were so excited!  They were very happy to have spent the past year together having so many adventures and good times.  They were all decked out in party hats with noisemakers and horns to blow, yelling "Happy New Year!" to each other.

Ted and Ed somehow managed to get themselves each inside a balloon.  They held their prickles down close to their bodies so they wouldn't burst it and were rolling and bouncing all over the place.  Then they  decided to go down the stairs.  They went bounce, bounce, bounce right down the stairs ... once they got to the bottom they stuck out their prickles and the balloons went POP!   They sat there laughing at each other - AHAHAHAHAHA!!!, then ran back up the stairs to get a new balloon and do it all over again.

There was music and dancing with everyone singing along.  They heard all their favorite songs, inserting the word "hedgehog" whenever they could.  They sang "you ain't nothin but a hedgehog" again, and then "I've got the moves like hedgehogs".  They love to do the twist so they were all wiggling and dancing all night.

Gustave strolled around the party among all his friends, enjoying all the happiness and asking what their New Year's resolutions are.  Most of them didn't have any, but a few did come up with something.

Emilio said he's so happy to have so many friends, he's going to cherish them even more

Alphonso is hoping to stay white and clean without having to wear the biohazard suit so much.

Lola wants to get even sparklier (she's really enjoying the bedazzler she got for Christmas).

Ted and Ed are determined to become true ninjas in fight club.  Guerrero just rolled his eyes at them and went back to pretending to listen to his ipod.

Jorgé and Chico decided they'll accompany Gustave to Cinco de Mayo this year.

Luigi wants to eat more pasketti this year.

Ned is going to put all his efforts into figuring out his time machine.

Fred really wants to fine tune his zamboni driving to achieve the perfect sheet of ice.

Finally Al told them that he's going to practice landing so he doesn't have to tuck and roll.  He's planning to fly Gustave, Jorgé and Chico down to Cinco de Mayo this year so they don't have to walk so far.  Gustave is very glad for that (it takes him MONTHS to get down there).

Al celebrated hard and had a little too much beer, he may be throwing up in the morning.  He was having a good time though ... next time they may have to get him some "near beer" instead.  He'll never know the difference.

Jed learned that Cosmo isn't just a magazine, it's also a fancy drink.  He thinks it would be great to drink a cosmo while reading Cosmo to celebrate his New Years Eve from now on.

When it got close to midnight they all sat around the TV watching the ball drop and counting down.  Then they all yelled "Happy New Year!!" with lots of hugs and high 5's, blowing their noisemakers and throwing glitter around.

Then Upyours came in from the kitchen with a huge tray balanced on his shell, full of sandwiches.  There were pb & j and some just pb for Alphonso.  Everyone feasted on the sandwiches with all their favorite drinks.  Emilio had his cranberry juice, Alphonso and Chico had milk, Ted & Ed had lemonade, Jorgé had his gatorade, and Freddy of course had tea.  

Everyone ate, laughed and played until they were all full and all tired out from the intense celebrating.  Then with full bellies they all piled up together and went to sleep.