I don't think I ever stayed up this late even on NYE as a child.
I did. Probably falling asleep by this point at NYE etc, but so what... A child who occasionally stays up late does not have automatically have 'terrible parents'.
Anyway I reckon it looks like she's trying to leave the area and getting her bairns to safety, like someone said earlier she may live above one of the shops.
Exactly. It would be a bit different if it was raining bricks and fire.