New Year’s

This year I wanted the kids to understand more about what “New Year’s Day” is all about. So using some project ideas from Preschool, we did a few activities on New Year’s Eve.

First, we made crowns:

    

Then we made our New Year’s Resolutions (both kids set goals to be able to ride a “big bike” this year):

 

Then we practiced counting from 10 down to 1, yelling “Happy New Year!” and blowing noise makers:

And then we were ready for the New Year!

On New Year’s Eve night, we went to a fun New Year’s Eve party at a friend’s house.  We had a blast! Lots of yummy treats and fun games (ping pong, foosball, darts, Pictionary, etc.). The kids had a great time playing with all the fun toys:

     

Unfortunately my camera’s batteries died before I could take very many pictures. But it was a great time! At about 10:30 or 11:00, we counted down the New Year with noise makers and sparklers (hey, we had small kids there and Church at 9 am the next morning—we needed to do an earlier count down!).

SUCH a fun time!!! Happy New Year!