I am not one for the sentimentality of New Year's Eve.
I genuinely struggle with people who feel that because the clock strikes midnight and one day turns into another that all of a sudden the slate is wiped clean, and they can forget mistakes or negative things that have happened. I am the type of person who believes that everything happens for a reason and we should learn from things that happen to us. It is, after all, better to regret something that you did do than something you didn't.
However, as I sit here with my husband pottering in the kitchen and my son ensconced in his cocoon upstairs, I am taken with a surge of reminiscence.
So what happened in 2013 to our little family?
Anything special?
Any huge changes?
No. For us life continued in an average day to day fashion.
With rainbows and snowball fights. Cycling down a one-way path and learning to swing. Eating an ice-cream on the beach in 5°C. Rolling down a bank. Climbing a tree. Jumping from a tree. Frolicking in only pants in the sand and scaling the London Eye. Standing on a swing. Driving a tractor. Going on a rollercoaster for the first time.
Turning 4, 36 and 38.
Collecting conkers. One wedding. Not singing 'Big Red Combine Harvester' on stage. Singing 'Twinkle Twinkle Little Star' on stage. A holiday in Butlin's. Another one in Dorset. One in Cornwall too. Several weekends in London. Discovering the importance of cousins. Of siblings. Waving goodbye to a brother as he emigrated to the other side of the world. Enjoying the relationship with the other. Jumping from a moving swing. Squelching in mud. Meeting a shrinking man. Giving Welsh cakes to a short, Welsh man. Swinging on a rope swing. Making new friends. Developing longer standing one.
And did I mention the swing?
awwww i see me and Burton in there hello! I think it has been an alright kind of a year for us too lots of happy memories – i have a post scheduled about it for FF (feel free to link tbhis one up although not open yet of course!). i think it is funny that both our boys sang the same songs at their HV and Xmas performances!
Here's wishing you and the boy and MTBaM a very happy and healthy 2014 and we will see you again on the other side x x
Such a lovely post and who is that I spot…little old me!
I hope you all have a brilliant 2014
I am so glad I got to meet you this year and say hello to the boy too. I wish you a happy and healthy 2014 and hope to see you again.
Lovely to see The Boy and Farmer Nick there in your highlights. Happy New YEar to you all x
Happy New Year lovely. What a fantastic round-up. Can't believe you got to meet Grandpa in my Pocket! xxx
thanks so much for linking up it is a wonderful flashback to 2013 and you did sooooo much fun stuff!!! x
It's so nice looking back on 2013 from different perspectives. you've got 'big red combine harvester' in my head now!
What a wonderful look back at 2013 – I love the photos (no surprise there!). Happy New Year! Here's to taking even more photos with 365 🙂
Such a lovely post, you are an awesome mum x
What a lovely look back – sounds like you have had a lovely year and lovely photos too!
For a year that lacked change it still looks pretty awesome! 🙂
Looks like a really fun year. My youngest start school this year and I think that will be the hardest part for me this year.
Aww and I briefly met The Boy.
What a beautiful post. Happy New Year.
Sometimes a year without any massive plans or changes can be a great year, and it sounds like 2013 was for you!