We decided to host New Year's Eve this year and it was a lot of fun. We did our monthly game night for entertainment and we had a lot of food to eat. The kids stayed up to see everyone come over and have a little dinner and then off to bed they went. And they did a great job staying in bed and actually staying asleep while all the adults played games.
Game night started back in Novemeber. We keep track of who wins each game played and then whoever wins the most gets the coveted 'WINNERS' medal until next month rolls around. My mom won for November so pressure was on for a repeat but not if I had anything to say about it. Before bed Julia got a few games of Guess Who in with Amy. Its a fun game to play with her and she loves to play it.
The adults started off with Bingo to win some prizes. Everybody won prizes and we traded and stole and swapped and complained about it the whole time but it was fun. Next was Scattergories, and boy it started to get a little heated. People started making up answers and then we all had to vote yay or nay to see if it would count or not. My dad got away with a few......The letter was 'I' and ice cat was his answer for an animal and then with the letter 'M' as weapon of war he put mace?! I think he won on both counts. Nevertheless, I came away the winner of both Bingo and Scattergories.
Next we headed downstairs to play the Wii and the new Dance Game 4. We all had the same 3 songs to perform and then added up our total points for all 3 dances. Again, we made a few exceptions. Dad and Layne got to chair dance and just use their arms,something about being sore and to old to stand up?! Anyway, Amy gave me a run for my money and came away the winner of the dance game. The last and final game we played was a family favorite, Reverse Charades. Lots of laughs and frustration come along with this game but it's so fun to see how creative people will get to make their team member to guess the clues. We got points as a team for this game and Layne, Amy, Kristy and I basically wiped the floor against the other team.
Time flew by during the night and before we knew it we needed to interupt our game to watch the countdown on TV. We all watched the ball drop and said our Happy New Year's to each other! What a fun night with family and a little friendly competition to round out the year 2012. And I was even the over all winner for game night! So the big medal is all mine until January's game night rolls around!
May 2013 be a great year filled with happiness and health. Happy New Year!
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