NEW YEAR’S EVE PREP

Ok, I know Christmas literally just finished…but New Year’s is a week away and we like to end every year with a fun day of family activities! (What’s new right?) Our purpose for doing all of the things are actually a very big deal to us and significant to our mission of how we want our legacy to be remembered.

When my husband and I were growing up, family activities were not something we really had. As we grew up we noticed that we were always eager to leave the home to go somewhere else to have fun. After focusing and narrowing down what our real goals were as we try to pave a legacy, we came to the conclusion that our real win would be if our children truly wanted to spend time with us after they left the home.

It was then that we realized that in order for our kids to have that feeling of wanting to spend time with us, it would have to be because family time and activities must be something that is part of them as they grow up. Consistently. After discussing this, my husband and I decided to create activities that we do every single holiday that would turn into traditions our children would remember for the rest of their lives and actually look forward to it even as adults.

For Christmas, we have our gigantic family holiday calendar that we just finished (we are tired), and for New Years we celebrate on the Eve. As teenagers we for sure were always looking for the party that had alcohol and we know we associated this holiday as a day of drinking instead of reflecting on the entire year we just experienced, or just simply enjoying family time.

Most everyone enjoys the countdown of the New Year so we do an all-day countdown on New Years Eve! Our kids wake up to a room full of balloons and a days worth of, you guessed it…family activities!

You can find all the information on our New Years Eve shenanigans here!

Not really sure what all we’ll be doing this year, since I’m still over here eating leftover ham and pumpkin gooey-butter cake. But make sure you stay close-by on social media to follow all the fun!

Here are two fun prints you can display at your New Years Eve party! Stick it in an 8×10 frame and you have a really cute and quick decoration.

As I always insist, this does not have to be anything hard or impossible to pull-off. Make it as easy as you need it to be and remember that you are creating memories for your family. These are the moments your babes are going to remember. These are the memories that create that foundation of what it means to be a family. We want our families to always come together and this is such a wonderful way to create that culture in your home. Have fun with it! Scour the Dollar Store and let Pinterest make you look like you have your crap together, even though none of us do! HA!

xoxo
hatt