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ABIU to ask what you're don't for NYE if you have children ?

31 replies

Peachsnowpop · 10/12/2018 15:49

Mine are aged 7-13, we usually go to av friends house but we can't do that this year. Both sets of grandparents are away, there is no other family and no other friends to go with the children
What is everyone else doing?

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Huntawaymama · 10/12/2018 15:50

Steak dinner at home with hubby, a dvd and then if we manage to stay awake we'll watch it on tv

U2HasTheEdge · 10/12/2018 15:53

This year I am working.

The last two years we have gone to a friends but all the years before that we just stayed at home and watched TV and had a few drinks and something nice to eat.

bert3400 · 10/12/2018 15:57

We have a 10 &16 yr old . We are inviting friends round ( 3 couples ) , some have kids some don't . We'll have some lovely food, lots of wine & play games & possibly do some terrible dancing in the kitchen . I will go to bed pretty tipsy, come down in the morning and say "never again"🤢😂

Santababyclaus · 10/12/2018 15:58

Nothing this year as I'll most likely have a newborn, but in the past we've had two couples friends round to ours. None of them are big on going out on nye so this has worked quite well for us.

lavenderbluedilly · 10/12/2018 16:00

We go to an early evening Pantomime then home for mulled wine and party food

Stompythedinosaur · 10/12/2018 16:04

We stay over at a friend's place. The kids go to bed (late for them but not midnight, maybe 8.30) and then the grown ups get pissed and play board games. We have a rota for who has to get up with the kids while everyone else lies in!

PineapplePen07 · 10/12/2018 16:07

We usually have a night of board games, party food and let the dc stay up with us to see the new year in. It's lovely 😊

BumDisease · 10/12/2018 16:09

Probably go my parent's for the bells and then (try) to get an early night. I usually go to a house party on NYD so like to keep myself fresh for that but it doesn't always happen!

PumpkinPie2016 · 10/12/2018 16:09

My son is only 5 and to be honest we have a fairly normal evening. Nice tea at home then DS goes to bed at normal time (he doesn't cope well with late nights). Then we watch a film or chill, sometimss out neighbours come round (no small children). All pretty relaxed but I am not a fan of NYE and never have been.

YouBoggleMyMind · 10/12/2018 16:11

We are staying at our friends' house. We'll have a buffet, some drinks and some games and see in the NY with the fireworks on the TV Smile

Purpleartichoke · 10/12/2018 16:12

We might do a fake countdown before bedtime. DH and I won’t bother staying up late.

MsSquiz · 10/12/2018 16:21

We don't have kids, but BIL and SIL have a 6 year old and 2 x 2 year olds.

MIL is babysitting the kids for a couple of hours over bedtime while we go out locally for a few drinks, and we'll be back for about 8pm to have food at their house and a few more drinks while watching a film or TV or playing board games (then DH and I will walk home just after midnight)

Nousernameforme · 10/12/2018 16:27

Dp will be working he always does.
My dc range from 16 to 4. The 4 yo will be in bed usual time. The others will stay up playing games and eating party snacks until dp comes home usually just as it's turning midnight we all say happy new year then bugger off to bed.
Its become a bit of a tradition now, although the oldest might have different plans this year.

Blobby10 · 10/12/2018 16:38

When my children were that age, DH worked NYE late or night shift (so he could have Christmas Day off) so we all went to bed at normal time and ignored NYE!! I confess to having always been a right misery about it - have hated it for a long time and was delighted once we had children to have a bona fide excuse not to go out. Since the children have grown up I've been out a couple of times to friends houses but always ended up thoroughly disappointed with the way everyone else sees the new year in.

EmUntitled · 10/12/2018 16:43

Games night and party food. We usually get a few new board games at Christmas so we play them at new year. This year we have friends from across the road (with child the same age) coming to join us.

SallyWD · 10/12/2018 16:45

I'll be getting an early night as usual 😂

JellySlice · 10/12/2018 18:22

We're planning a takeaway feast and film-marathon. Each of us will have whatever they fancy. No doubt there'll be some bizarre combination of pizza, pad thai, sag aloo and Christmas pudding!

By the end of the year we always find we have a stack of new DVDs, or recordings that we haven't yet got around to watch, so we'll watch a film between courses - stopping for bubbly at midnight, and then either watching more films or going to bed whenever we fancy afterwards.

Grandadwasthatyou · 10/12/2018 18:26

Blobby... same here. I really wish I could look forward to it and have a good time like everybody else seems to do but I just don't like it. Never have, never will. I'm the New Year's equivalent of Bah humbug, whatever that may be!

Popsicle434544 · 10/12/2018 18:28

We will be staying home this year with 4 year old and 10 year old, we will probobly get takeaway, play games and nibbles out Smile oh and lots of wine Grin

EnglishRose13 · 10/12/2018 18:30

We will stay in. I doubt I'll still be awake at midnight. It's just not a big deal for us at all.

babysharkah · 10/12/2018 18:31

Going out early for a curry. Kids can stay up after but won't make it much past nine, and I'll be in bed by about ten!

Queenofthedrivensnow · 10/12/2018 18:32

Going to a show in the afternoon. Out for dinner and that's all. I will be alone with dds 6 and 9. Lots of treats Grin

Alexindisguise · 10/12/2018 18:34

We go out for a curry early evening, then go home, play a few games and then watch a film until midnight. We usually manage to stay up until about 12:15!

Lazybonita · 10/12/2018 18:35

We will most likely go to our friends house. My parents don’t do New Year so are happy to have the kids (7&9). We go to our friends and sit in front of their fire and drink and talk and listen to music and then bicycle home after a few and try and remember to swerve round the wild ponies.

Ifailed · 10/12/2018 18:36

it's an arbitrary passage of time, do whatever you'd normally do on a dank Tuesday in January.