Happy New Year!

We had such a fun time celebrating New Year's Eve. I've been hearing a few different ways to celebrate with kids that go to bed before midnight and so this year I decided to do a Noon Years Eve party. We did one at the library last year, which was fun (but I did have a headache so that made it a little iffy) and they advertised they'd be doing it again this year, but they were separating it by age and they mentioned you had to have tickets that would only be available an hour before it started AND there would be limited availability. That sounded too stressful, so we figured out own would be better. 

As a bonus we had just gotten a bunch of games for Christmas, so I decided to bring out a tray for lots of snacks, let the kids have some soda (their absolute favorite treat), and we could play games all counting down to noon (still 12, but an earlier version). I also surprised them with a balloon drop that I did from upstairs into the living room. Larry had to work, but he made sure to come out for the countdown and watch their excitement. Overall, this was so much fun and I intend to do this in future years, we told them they could stay up till midnight with us once they were 10, but not before then, haha.

For Larry and me, after the kids went down, we put on our Naked Gun trilogy set we had been holding onto and did our usual playing games, eating snacks, and having fun asking "get to know you" questions. I love doing this every year, though I'm having a harder time eating all that I want (I have to stop even though I want to keep going haha). 

We're so excited to celebrate a new year, we talked about all the things we're looking forward to in the new year, plans we're making, goals we expect to achieve, and I just absolutely love having conversations like that. We have a great year planned! 

So happy end of 2025, and onto a new and great 2026!!