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Sunday, January 27, 2013

恭禧發財 Congratulations and Prosperity!

...Or, Happy Lunar New Year (two weeks early!) 
Notice the full moon rising in the lower left 


 I was just getting ready to tuck in Little Bear tonight when a *very* loud round of fireworks went off really close to our house.  Little Bear was already in my lap but he was scared and grabbed me around the neck.  As soon as I realized it was fireworks and told him so, he jumped up to the window and pulled the curtain aside.  Right there outside our window was an amazing fireworks display that went on for about half an hour!  The display was set off from a school two blocks away so we had front row seats without even leaving the house.



 The full moon was rising through some low clouds making for a wonderful effect.   Since we've been gathering decorations for Chinese New Year, the boys were convinced that these fireworks were for CNY.  (CNY actually starts on February 10th this year, so these fireworks were a little early, but hey, it was pretty awesome anyway.)  Through the whole display, both boys alternately shouted at the top of their lungs, "Thank you for the fireworks, G-d!",  "Gong Xi Fa Cai!" 

and "This is ahh-mayyy-zing!"  


 

             Not the greatest picture, but you can get a feel for how close we actually were!  





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