Mini Bear sure had a busy New Years! We visited a dear friend and her amazing family on the very untropical island of Nantucket, Massachusetts.
Just because it was freezing cold and horribly windy, that didn't seem like a good enough excuse to stop us from going to the beach. We found this pod that we couldn't identify until thinking back to middle school science class...
...we realized it had tiny shells growing inside!
Mini Bear didn't have a beach towel and umbrella, but she soaked up some rays regardless.
New Years Eve itself was spent indulging the noblest of pursuits imaginable...learning to play the accordion! (By "learning to play," I really just mean smashing the keys.)
You can see this guy is really impressed.
In the background, you'll notice a door with markings on it. This pantry door has height measurements from countless people dating back to the 1960s. Naturally, Mini Bear wanted to see how she compares.
Turns out she's the shortest one on the door. Go figure.
No holiday get-together is complete without massive amounts of unneeded food. We made a batch of monkey bread, which was new to me. I was a little skeptical until I was assured that monkeys were not on the ingredients list. (But where would you find monkeys this time of year on Nantucket, anyway?)
Before going in the oven...
Fresh out of the oven...
All gone (way too soon!). 
If you've never had monkey bread before, Mini Bear highly recommends it. It's fun and easy to make since you roll up the dough into little balls and who doesn't like little balls? Once you've baked the monkey bread, it tears apart into little chunks easily, which was good because there were a lot of hungry people who couldn't wait to get their hands on it. Here's a random recipe for monkey bread. Feel free to add optional ingredients like raisins or walnuts. Chocolate chips are a must in my book.
...but she has ensured that she'll return one day since she followed tradition and threw a coin into the water when passing the Brandt Point Lighthouse.
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