Babysitter – the rarest of gems on New Year’s Eve.

Times Square – your kitchen everyday after school.

New Year’s Weave – what your teenage girl wants for her first “official New Year’s out at a party like the grown ups, mom!”.

Noisemakers – your lovable squeakers that won’t be quiet until they are teenagers (when you desperately want them to talk!).

Midnight – What? Isn’t 10:30 the middle of the night for everyone?

New Year’s Day – the one day a year when EVERYONE sleeps in….

Bowl Games – the battle featured every morning at the breakfast table: trying to get more cereal into the end zone (your child’s mouth) than gets out of bounds (the floor).

Re-solution – your husband’s newest answer to the oldest problem around your house (usually involves something like building a separate garage instead of cleaning out the one you have).

Diet – never thought about in December; the only thing you think about in January.

Car-dio – running errands with a rapid heart rate.

Hier-obics – raising your father-in-law’s grandson.