Lily has a very big heart, and even though we were up late last night for New Year’s Eve, she was determined to wake up at 7:30 and make breakfast in bed for our kids to reciprocate their kind act from yesterday and also to let them start the new year with some magic. I was exhausted, but followed her lead and in the end was so glad for what we did. The kids loved it!
Then we all played a TON of family games. The pictures below don’t do justice to all the games we played. We played San Juan, Lost Cities, Chutes & Ladders, Sleeping Queens, Barrel of Monkeys & Race to the Treasure. It’s was sooooo fun! Lily commented, “this is why we had kids, to have this much fun with them!”
After playing games as a family, I played legos with Ammon. We had a ton of fun acting out a scenario involving a bad guy in a rhino suit that was crushing cars and stealing things. Once the policeman and his allies locked the bad guy away, he celebrated by going to the market, buying some things, and decorating for Halloween.
Then we all had fun with the gingerbread kits that my mom gave everyone for Christmas. Everyone had houses to assemble and decorate, except for Ammon, who actually got to mix and bake his ninja gingerbread cookies before decorating them. It was a lot of fun! Thanks mom!
Clarissa was feeling so happy that she spontaneously burst into song for about 20 minutes about her melico plant.
At night, the older girls, Lily and I captured our New Year’s resolutions. Here is a bullet list as well:
Lydia:
- Keep the splits another year
- Be nicer to her siblings
- Take better care of her hands
- Use screens less
- Get more sleep
- Care more about the harp
Mary:
- Be better at taking care of her hygiene
- Play with an orchestra on the piano
Lily:
- Integrate more with cousins on both sides of the family
- Keep up her exercise 5-6 days per week
- Enjoy life more and be less anxious and more present
Abe:
- More responsive to needs of others around me
- Run a mile in six minutes
- Run 6 miles at an 8 minute mile pace
- Do full 500 workout within one hour
- Hit Q1 quota (I haven’t hit in 5 quarters)
- Have my team create 3X Q2 qualified pipeline heading into Q2
- Read: Lincoln Highway, Peak, Just Demo
- Advance the finances
- Buy Lydia’s harp
- Go to the Philippines as a family
