Happy New Year! On Sunday, Januaray 31, after Casey's hockey game, Beau came home and on his own initiative, made this cake to celebrate the coming new year. With the cake out of the oven and cooling on the counter, we all headed into Boston to see the early fireworks on Boston Common. We joined the crowds (an estimated 1 million people came out for First Night this year) for the 7 p.m. show -- midnight GMT, so we celebrated in spirit with Mack, Julie, Emma, and Lee.
After a leisurely stroll down Charles Street and a T ride back into Cambridge, we got home in time for Beau to decorate his cake before 10 p.m. dinner at a neighbor's. The adults ate leg of lamb, potatoes, and veggies while the kids watched a video upstairs. At midnight we welcomed the new year to the East Coast, toasting all around with champagne and sparkling cider.
On Sunday, despite the pouring rain, we headed to the Blue Hills for our traditional First Day Hike. We arrived at the rendezvous point only to learn that the ranger-led walks (and the pre-hike soup lunch) had been cancelled -- due to rain. We hardly souls took our own hike up Tucker Hill then went home and finished off our new year celebration with black-eyed peas ... and hockey practice.
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