What are you doing for NYE?

[dancingirl21]

What are your NYE plans with new or young children?  Last year, we had our best couple friends over to our house.  She was about 20 weeks pregnant and I was 9.  This year we are planning to go to their house.  Her baby is now 7 months and ours is 5.  I'm a little nervous because we aren't starting until 7pm and J goes to bed at 6:30.  Hoping we can keep him up a bit longer than normal and he can sleep in the car on the way there and we can just put him to bed when we get there.

Anyone have fun plans?

[dancingirl21]

Dec 30, 2013 13:18:35 GMT -5 swizz said:

Does going to bed at 8, count as doing something? Because if so, then yes, that.

Totally.  Which is what I will be doing if J melts down and we don't go or need to leave right away!

[chickens987]

Dec 30, 2013 13:18:35 GMT -5 swizz said:

Does going to bed at 8, count as doing something? Because if so, then yes, that.

Do it!! Last year we were in England, and DD slept like crap the whole trip. I put her down at 9 on NYE and we stayed up until 1am. Of course that was the ONLY night she slept for 9 hours and I wasted all that precious sleep!

We're doing nothing. No one's in town and no desire to do anything. We are having friends over for brunch on NYD and H and I just got into a fight over it He wants me to make a whole "christmas" lunch, and I just want to make an egg casserole. Ugh. I told him if he wants turkey he can make it himself.

[Deleted]

I'm sick but we are having a two day party and going to a concert. Here's hoping for a full recovery by 5 pm!

[mrshandy]

Putting the kids to bed and eating sushi with my H and drinking sake. Probably going to bed around 10ish though.

[CloudBee]

We're either going to order fun takeout, or make a ridiculous meal. Not sure if we will stay up to watch the ball drop or not.

ETA:  Many years we have dinner out with the ILs or at their house.  If that's suggested this year I'm going to shoot it down.  Have I mentioned how I could use a little break from them? 

[turtlegirl]

We got invited to a friends house for game night - but I just don't think it's going to work out.

We don't have a sitter lined up. They said we could bring the kids and put them down there since they also have kids of similar ages, but they all kinda have different sleeping habits and I don't feel like waking my kids up at 1 or 2 am to drive them home with drunk drivers on the road.

Pretty sure that DH and I will just stay up and catch up on some TV shows, drink some wine and hang out until about 12:30am or so and then crash.

[meltoine]

Every year we recreate our favorite meal from H's favorite restaurant in New York.

This year we will put the kids down early, get dressed up, have our awesome meal and dance in our living room

[dancingirl21]

Dec 30, 2013 13:38:57 GMT -5 meltoine said:

Every year we recreate our favorite meal from H's favorite restaurant in New York.

This year we will put the kids down early, get dressed up, have our awesome meal and dance in our living room

This is adorable - I love it!

[greycat]

My MIL wants us to come over but we are going to stay home and cook something fun for dinner (not sure what). It's my birthday so we will have cake too. We will probably stay up and watch the ball drop.

[mcfelix]

Nothing and I am so sad!! We usually go out of town with friends and the trip just didn't happen this year. So we will stay home and do nothing special.

[sproutmd]

I answered this on the main board, but we are staying in with the kids. We will still do video games, board games, and pizza/apps. We will have wine/champagne, and I will try to just have fun. When we stay in, I end up doing laundry and cleaning here and there. I hate that.

[Ashley&Scott]

Dec 30, 2013 13:18:35 GMT -5 swizz said:

Does going to bed at 8, count as doing something? Because if so, then yes, that.

We're also planning to go to bed early

Maybe we'll get adventurous & rent a movie, LOL. 

[Deleted]

Takeout and bed by 8 maybe 9. We are super lame.

[Brie]

We are going to make steaks, cheese fondue, and chocolate souffle, watch two movies, and drink champagne in our PJs on the couch. C will be in bed at his normal time. Basically my perfect night.

[glitzy07]

We're having a few sets of couple friends over to our house with their kids. One couple has a one month old, one has a 5yo and another has two kids whose ages I forget (3yo and 5yo maybe?).

H is making prime rib, I'm making bourbon sweet potatoes, and everyone else is bringing something to share. We're planning on a low key night of playing games and hanging out. I haven't made it up until midnight in...well, I have no clue when that happened last. So we'll see how that goes!

[zeewifeandmama]

We're going to a friends house that has kids similar ages to ours for a " noon" year party on the afternoon. At night we will probably do like last year and do a fun balloon drop at 9pm and drink cider. I LOVE NYE and can't wait to make more traditions as the kids get older.

[ladygrey]

We are staying in and making dinner (surf & turf with twice-baked potatoes, roasted asparagus, and chocolate lava cake), watching a few episodes of the BBC Sherlock, and popping a bottle of prosecco at midnight. Thrilling!

[Deleted]

Crab boil for dinner, normal bedtime routine for the kiddo, then putzing around the house with an Adult Beverage. We've been gone for the last week so I just want to nest.

[lmb5109]

Going by a friends house for dinner at 6, we'll leave by 8 and DD will be in bed by 8:30. I'm positive I won't be up past 10

[Deleted]

We sent the baby to my moms. She wanted her from Xmas I New Years but we compromised on only 2 days. I am going out with DH for New Years if I can stay up.

[fortmyersbride]

DH made dinner reservations somewhere, but is keeping the location a surprise. I am intrigued.

My sister is watching the kids and it will be this sister's first time watching them by herself, so we probably won't stay out too late.

[iheartbanjos]

We have a family wedding that DH, DD1, and I are in. I am already exhausted, lol.

[cinco]

We have a long tradition of DH working NYE I've tried making it fun for the kids in the past, with a countdown at 6pm/noisemakers/dance party, but this year I can't be bothered. A cupcake from Crumbs and an 8 o' clock bed time it is!

[docholly]

The kids will go to bed at their normal time. (3 and 8 months)... H and I will be snacking on hors d'ouvres and drinking champagne as we watch the ball drop. I am not one for a big NYE, but strangely enough, I always look forward to it.

[redpenmama]

Our friends are having a progressive dinner party in their neighborhood, which is adjacent to ours. I am 11 days postpartum and have nothing cute to wear that fits, so I think I will ring in 2014 nursing DS on the couch.

[leonard131]

We are heading down to the beach but our night will consist of take out and a movie. Normally we have friends down every year but we have been so busy it is nice to not to have to entertain.

[DarcyLongfellow]

We're staying home. We usually make cheese fondu on NYE, but I can't eat dairy this year because I'm nursing a MSPI baby. So we're having fun food, mostly apps. We may keep DD1 up a bit later than usual (like, 9) so she can eat with us.

After she's in bed, we maynwatch a movie, or we may just watch all the year in review stuff/Times Square coverage. We never go to bed before midnight because we're both night owls (even with a baby who's still up all the time...snooze), so we'll definitely watch the ball drop.

Thought about inviting friends over, but it's too complicated with kids.

[lolo]

Playing scrabble with the in laws. Yay.

[pugz]

I don't think I've done anything for NYE since high school. We'll be driving home from Kentucky to KS tomorrow so just chilling, unpacking, laundry, etc.