New Years Eve... Party of 8!

 

It has been many years since it has been “just us” on New Years Eve. We probably would have opted to countdown at 10pm and call it a night but the kids insisted that we stay up until midnight and have a party like we usually do even though we couldn’t have friends over to celebrate with us this year.

I would say the party portion of our New Years Eve started with our homemade pizza dinner. Josh and Rebekah decided to do a “cheese dance” and dance for cheese. This made David smile and even though he refused to dance for cheese he did say he would dance for pop... they then made a “pop dance”... when I asked if they would dance for video games they decided the video game dance would be the chicken dance and it was in that moment that I realized we didn’t need to have friends over to have a party.

After pizza we played some charades and then a few different board games broke out. After board games we watched “Soul” which took us almost all the way up to midnight. The movie had a lot of good reflections on life and we found it a good way to both say goodbye to 2020 and welcome 2021. We had just enough time to poor some bubbly into our glasses and count down. Then we shared toasts and took this fun family picture.

We certainly have missed gathering with family and friends over the holidays. When it’s just us it always feels quiet (though truthfully it isn’t without noise). This New Years Eve’s memories will be treasured in my heart as our “quiet” New Years with our Party of Eight.