Dear Husband had Monday and Tuesday off of work, so we all headed downtown New Year's Eve for a day at the aquarium. It was gorgeous outside, with temps in the 70s! Love it!
Boo Boo delighted in seeing all his favorite deep sea creatures behind glass, but shied away when he finally had a chance to touch rays, sharks and horseshoe crabs in a special open tank. (I'm proud to say that I am the only family member who did, and thoroughly enjoyed the experience.) Boo Boo did wholeheartedly partake in no less than three rides on the merry-go-round, though. He was OK on the ferris wheel (which Auntie refused to go on), but not as interested as X-Man, who was desperate to peer over the side, no matter how high we were!
On New Year's Day we drove across town to Mass for the Solemnity of the BVM and had my cousin's family over for dinner.
They introduced us to the Southern tradition of eating black-eyed peas (in a dish of Hoppin' John) on New Year's Day for good luck in the upcoming year. We'll take all the luck we can get! =)
Eat poor that day, eat rich the rest of the year.
Rice for riches and peas for peace.
- Southern saying on eating a dish of Hoppin' John on New Year's Day.
2 comments:
Looks like Boo Boo gets a new nick name: Davey Jones!
Shoot, Stella! Get down with black eyes peas already! You're a Southern Belle now... start acting - and eating! - like one. :P
xoxo,
+ luci
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