{"id":1876,"date":"2017-12-30T19:09:30","date_gmt":"2017-12-30T19:09:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/thewanderingrumpus.com\/?p=1876"},"modified":"2017-12-30T19:09:30","modified_gmt":"2017-12-30T19:09:30","slug":"ringing-in-the-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thewanderingrumpus.com\/index.php\/2017\/12\/30\/ringing-in-the-new-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Ringing in the New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>We are ringing in the New Year in Warsaw, Poland with our dear friends and looking forward to a 2018 of continued adventures &amp; lots of laughter. In Poland, fireworks are called firework-&#8220;ees&#8221; (spelled fajerwerki) which makes us giggle &#8211; we&#8217;re having a blast learning new words and customs during our travels this holiday season.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div>As we head off to our Polish festivities &amp; firework-&#8220;ees&#8221;, I thought I&#8217;d share a fun tradition my family has been doing for the last several years &#8211; I keep a family notebook that I pull out every year to ask (and document) a short list of new years questions\/prompts (which I stole from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.designmom.com\/2014\/12\/new-year-new-you\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Design Mom<\/a>) of the girls and Brad and I too. We keep them in a special family notebook that is only used for this purpose. The best part is pulling out the notebook each year to see what we wrote previous years! But I also love thinking through some goals for the New Year with my family.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Here are the prompts in case you want to give it a try!<\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div><\/div>\n<ul>\n<li>This year, I want to learn&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>I want to read&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>I want to make&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>I want to visit&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>I want to change&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>I want to be better at&#8230;<\/li>\n<li>Most of all I want&#8230;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Happy New Year wherever you are &amp; we&#8217;ll see you in 2018!<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-1890 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewanderingrumpus.comwp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_5965-240x300.jpg?resize=360%2C450&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"360\" height=\"450\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewanderingrumpus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_5965.jpg?resize=240%2C300&amp;ssl=1 240w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewanderingrumpus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_5965.jpg?resize=768%2C960&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewanderingrumpus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_5965.jpg?resize=819%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 819w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewanderingrumpus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_5965.jpg?resize=560%2C700&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewanderingrumpus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_5965.jpg?resize=80%2C100&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewanderingrumpus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_5965.jpg?w=1780&amp;ssl=1 1780w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/thewanderingrumpus.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/12\/IMG_5965.jpg?w=2670&amp;ssl=1 2670w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 360px) 100vw, 360px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We are ringing in the New Year in Warsaw, Poland with our dear friends and looking forward to a 2018 of continued adventures &amp; lots of laughter. 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