How are you going to welcome in the New Year?

[Kent]

I am about ready to start family fun night with the kids. There is a pile of board games on the kitchen table just waiting for mom to get back, so we can start playing Life, Risk, Cranium, and/or Monopoly. The kids are already jacked up on the baked goods (had sweets to get rid of in the house), so I am sure midnight will be no problem for them -- especially those who took naps today. The turkey is ready in the brine for tomorrow. How is everyone else going to welcome (or already did for our European friends) the New Year's?

[Laurenfra]

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I gave in and let out 14yo spend the night at a friends. WE moved a table into the family room for card and board games also but near the tv. Our games of choice this year will be Phase 10, mancalla and monopoly.
Tomorrow will be church and roast pork.
Happy new year to all

[wannabethintoo]

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We were supposed to go out to some friends for a dinner party but my daughter is sick with a fever and the top of her head hurts. So we're not doing much.

[Sheshy]

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We're watching movies, Sleepy Hollow and Fantastic 4, enjoying our Buffalo wings!

We have our hats, noise makers and poppers at the ready on the dining room table.

DH is already asleep (*sigh*)...but that's okay, I'll wake him up at 11:30ish!

[Laurenfra]

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I am sorry your wee one is not feeling well wanna!

[wannabethintoo]

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Thanks Lauren. She threw up earlier. I hate seeing her sick. She's sleeping now and hopefully will be back to her normal self tomorrow.

[divaindubai]

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Sorry your daughter is not well wannabe!


For New Years we stayed home and played Risk....but the game is still not over yet! I think we will continue today (New Years Day)...

Just going to lay around the house today and relax.....and get my exercise in for the day of course!

Happy Happy New Years!

[cmcole]

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My hubby and I did the Resolution Run (photo on my webpage - but not a great one). My son went to friends. I think he came back just after 10:00, though (I heard the phone ring just after I went to bed. All that training for the last two weeks has caught up with me, I guess. We have one more day - Jan 2nd, where we get tested on what we've learned (our ability to drive the trucks successfully) - unless we don't pass, and then it's more training/testing. I need to pass, because I'm back to my regular job on the 3rd. I can't remember the last time I didn't work a 7-day week (yes, there's Christmas Day and today, but it hardly seems like a break).

[matawguro]

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I am sorry your wee one is not feeling well wanna!

New Year's alliteration. Lol

Still, I hope she's feeling better.

[Richt]

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My gf's brother is over from Australia, we had a night in, the whole family (10 of us) did karoake on the play station, dance mat and also a few fun board games.

got to bed at 3am. I got up today at 1.15 pm! (ever so slighlty lazy )

Rich

[Heidi3]

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I am working

[matawguro]

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Okay, this is news to me. What's with New Year's and board games? It seems a lot of the people I PM'd mentioned they're playing board games (or completing jigsaw puzzles) for New Year's Eve.

Here in the Philippines, the usual tradition is to light firecrackers. The bigger, the louder, the better. The whole country sounds like it's in a war zone.

[Heidi3]

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I can not play a board game or do a puzzle with out ritalin ....

personally I love and we usually have all the the fireworks and all the celebrations and usually do have a wild time New Years Eve...

it is just with work and all I had to go to bed early

[Laurenfra]

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We always do fireworks here. Many friend come to our house because we live in the country and better for the fire works. This year there was a ban on all since are so many fires and everything is dry.

As for board games what else can you do with kids at that hour?lol

[Kent]

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Also, sorry to hear about your spoiled plans and sick children, Wanna.

Yes, it provides just a bit of calm (although with my son that is marginal) as we attempt to wait out the clock moving by. It's a good thing nights are not judged by board game results as I went sadly 0 for 2 in ours, being beaten badly in Kid's Cranium and Risk. We sadly can't shoot off fireworks here in Iowa (illegal) and usually on the cold side.

As my boy just told me -- he slept through the midnight balldrop, Happy 2006 Everybody!