So, it’s a new year! I love the new year, the way it feels so full of fresh promise. After all the STUFF of the holidays and the crazy food and the TOO MUCH, the spare, wide-openness of January is balm for my spirit.
Chad and I were talking this morning, and I said that I think everything should just be cancelled in January—no work, no obligations, no church, no nothing. Just sit in front of the fire at home and snuggle. Chad replied that January is henceforth to be known as “Snuggle-month.” I’m in.
So, I deactivated my Facebook account yesterday. I was just so TIRED of it. Tired of the constant influx of what everyone else is thinking and selling and proclaiming. I would find myself feeling anxious, angry, sad, unsettled, or just blue EVERY time I checked my newsfeed, and this is after I unfriended a ton of people last month. Enough is enough. I’m taking a break, and honestly, it feels like a burden has been lifted. Weird, huh?
I guess I’ll have to post more often on this old blog to make up for it, now. We had a fun little party on New Year’s Eve, a cousin party. Here ya go.
We popped the balloons at the appointed times, and inside were printed slips with that time’s activity. They loved popping balloons.
First, we made New Year’s Crowns.
Then, we had a dance party. This was a hit.
Face painting:
Outside for sparklers.
Next, we put on Rudolph’s Shiny New Year for the kids and enjoyed a breather from all the hubbub.
But after that, they got to pop their prize balloons. The prizes weren’t that fantastic, just chocolates and quarters and little junk. But getting to pop six balloons with a thumb tack is just awesome.
Then it was time to pop the confetti and the champagne (grownups) and sparkling grape juice (kids) and drink some toasts. It was so fun.
Happy New Year!
