Although our New Year's Eve celebration was quieter than the ones in the past, we had a great time celebrating with our family and made it a special night! We ordered Thai food for dinner, enjoyed a peppermint cake that the girls and I made earlier that day, played New Year's games and had a fun time counting down to midnight East coast time with confetti poppers, horns and streamers. The confetti poppers totally made the night and even though they are a total mess I will buy them every single year from this point on since they were so much fun!!
We have so much to be thankful for this past year, even though we know the year has been hard on so many, we feel so fortunate. Thankfully we have all been healthy, Rich has a good job, the kids are making the most of the school situation, we have been able to see family, we have a pool...all amazing things!! We are looking forward to many more memories and sweet times in 2021!
I found this New Year's game on pinterest and thought it was cute-you had to roll dice and depending on the number you rolled you had to share something about the past year or something about the year ahead (for exmaple: your favorite part, what you're looking forward to, etc.). It was fun to reminisce and to talk about the upcoming year, too. Plus candy was involved which always makes it more fun!
Getting ready to pop!!
Everyone went upstairs around 9:30 and we said goodnight to them all. Joseph told us that he was going to stay up until midnight so we told him he could but he had to stay in his room and read. Rich went to bed but I went back downstairs and had the real countdown on for awhile longer. Finally around 11:30 I decided that I'd go to bed, too, but went upstairs and saw that his light was still on! I was shocked that he was still awake and figured I couldn't let him celebrate alone so I joined him in bed and we both read for a bit (crazy NYE celebration ;) and then watched the countdown again at midnight. I grabbed this midnight picture of him-he was so proud of himself that he made it!! And, then we both went to bed! Ha!
The aftermath of the confetti!! I was vacuuming it up for weeks (and every now and then finding a piece or two months later!)
I wanted to spend New Year's Day at the beach or by the water (many years in the past we've hiked Torrey Pines but it was closed this year due to covid) so we headed to Mission Bay to walk/rollerskate/bike around the bay for a bit and to play at a playground we found. It was a beautiful day out and I'm so glad we got out to enjoy it!
Happy 2021!!
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