New Year’s Eve Family Traditions

I can’t believe it but…New Year’s Eve is finally here! When I was a little girl I spent many of my New Year’s Eves with my great aunt and uncle. They used to keep my brother and I overnight and we would always order out for pizza and watch the ball drop in Time’s Square.

Once I got married and had a child of my own…we basically continued that family tradition. Every time New Year’s Eve would roll around…we would order out for pizza and steam up some shrimp & crab legs and sit down as a family to play board games & watch the ball drop in Time’s Square.

Then we went through a period after our daughter moved out on her own where my husband and I would get together with close friends and go to a New Year’s Eve party or we would all get together and go downtown (locally here in Pennsylvania) and watch the strawberry drop on Strawberry Square (it’s a large downtown mall).  We did that for several years and it was fun doing adult activities for once!

Now we are grandparents to a 6 1/2 year old little girl and a 4 month old little boy. It’s time to change our routine once again! This year we are having a sleepover with both of our grandchildren! We will be ordering some takeout pizza and steaming up some seafood later tonight, playing some family board games and back to watching the ball drop in Time’s Square.

It’s amazing how traditions change as your family life changes over the years! With that said, I’ve always gotten a great big kiss and a hug from Hubby every year when the clock strikes midnight!

So, I wanted to wish you all a Happy New Year’s Eve and I wanted to know if you have any family traditions? Do you go out and do something fun or do you stay-in and do something together as a family?