New Year – Happy Hippos Company

Happy New Year!
We celebrated New Year’s Eve playing little games with our kids. We played the game where you have an oreo on your face and you have to try to move it down your face to your mouth without touching it. Our oldest son said “Look Mommy! I am moving it,” as he moved it down to his mouth using his hands. We also called a few family members to wish them a Happy New Year. Our kids were loving to show them toys that they got for Christmas.

We had a dance party and then at 8 pm (our fake midnight) we let them bang pots with spoons. I enjoyed playing games with them. It was fun to see how excited their faces got with each game that we played.

Fun fact- I don’t think my husband and I have ever stayed up until midnight the entire time we have been married. We both need our sleep. Maybe if I wasn’t waking up already during the night to feed my one-year-old then maybe I could stay up until midnight.

I am excited about the new year. We are going to start the new year by going on an exciting trip… with all three kids… on a plane. It will be an adventure, but we are preparing for it. It should be good.

Happy New Year!

I have not stayed up until midnight for a long time. It has been years! When I was working, I would work the morning shift. I had to get up before 5 am. So there was no way on New Years Eve that I was going to stay up. Since being married I don’t think we have ever stayed up until midnight. We need our sleep.
But I am sure everyone had a great start to the new year. I am excited for 2022. 2021 wasn’t too bad. I mean we didn’t have to move in 2021 like we have the last two years. So that is a bonus.

Last night we had a little dance party, played some games and did a few crafts. I have been trying to come up with resolutions for the new year.

Number one is once a month I will find one thing that I like about where we live. Moving in a pandemic has not helped the issue because there really isn’t much to do or people to see because we don’t know a whole lot of people. So I will be working on that this year.
Number two is to have more patience with my kids. They have their moments where they just like to push my buttons. I need to remember that they are learning and that they listen better when I give gentle reminders.
Lastly, number three is to exercise. I don’t have any specifics about it yet, but I will work on exercising hopefully every day; minus Sundays. Working out definitely helps relax me and is good for my mental health.
Hopefully, I can accomplish all of these this year. I need to remember that if I mess up a few times with my resolutions that that is ok. I just need to not get discouraged and to get up and keep going.
I am still working on part two of my birth story so stay tuned!

-Jelly Jazz