{"id":4551,"date":"2016-12-01T10:10:49","date_gmt":"2016-12-01T10:10:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.livingwithkids.co.uk\/?p=4551"},"modified":"2016-12-02T10:41:42","modified_gmt":"2016-12-02T10:41:42","slug":"are-you-partying-for-nye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.kidstart.co.uk\/blog\/are-you-partying-for-nye\/","title":{"rendered":"Are You Partying For New Year’s Eve?"},"content":{"rendered":"

Our 18 year old babysitter asked us what we were doing for New Year\u2019s Eve. “Going clubbing, partying or getting drunk until New Year\u2019s Day, she asked?<\/h2>\r\nOh how we laughed. Because as anyone who lives with young kids knows, New Year\u2019s Eve partying is something other people do.<\/strong>\r\n\r\nThat\u2019s not to say you can\u2019t have fun even on a budget because unless you have a newborn (in which case you\u2019ll probably be in bed by 9 pm) we’ve discovered over the years that there is quite a lot you can do to not feel left out come the 31st December.\r\n

London fireworks<\/h3>\r\nI know one mum who carts her brood of three kids under 10 years off to the London fireworks every year. Yes the kids moan they are bored\/too cold\/and need a wee but she swears the eventual fireworks make for an exciting night out.\r\n\r\nPersonally that sounds too much like hard work to me, so my leanings are definitely towards the home. In the past we\u2019ve had a party with kids that went down well, but ultimately wasn\u2019t worth the pay back on the lack of sleep, cleaning up and hangover fronts come New Year\u2019s Day. We’ve had a dinner party where someone proposed to his girlfriend at the strike of midnight. We\u2019ve gone away \u2013 and then got snowed in on the way back.\r\n

New Year’s Eve parade<\/h3>\r\nAnd one New Year’s two years ago we celebrated by going to the New Year\u2019s Eve parade<\/a> on January 1st.<\/sup>\u00a0Until I had kids I had no idea even existed (it\u2019s been going 26 years apparently).\r\n\r\nThis year we\u2019re going to herald it in with a day at Winter Wonderland<\/a> with friends. The plan is to ice skate, send the kids on loads of rides and drink mulled wine before returning home at 6pm to sleep.\r\n\r\nIt\u2019s not as glam as ringing in the New Year with a thousand revellers and a great outfit. But it works for us now we have kids in tow.\r\n

So what are you and your kids doing for new year\u2019s eve? Any ideas greatly received.<\/h3>\r\n

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