Xin Nian Kaui Le! Happy New Year! We've been busy celebrating the Chinese lunar new year with plenty of parties. The Chinese community in Raleigh hosted a big event at the Raleigh fairgrounds. Fei Fei had a great time dressing up in her qi pao (traditional Mandarin dress). She got to watch a bunch of traditional Chinese dances, but her favorite part was the dragon dance and lion dance (and eating noodles!) She also got her face painted to look like " hu die" (butterfly) and she was quite proud of that! The following day, we hosted a new year party along with our friend Kim who is Veitnamese. She and her mom made delicious food for everyone and we organized crafts for the kids and decorated the clubhouse in our neighborhood for the big celebration -- it was a great day!
Yesterday we went to a lunar new year party hosted by a group we belong to called OAKS (Our Asian Kids) This group is for adoptive parents who have kids from China, Korea, Vietnam, India,etc. We had some great food and Fei Fei had fun playing with her friends. THe highlight of the day was watching a tae kwan do demonstrat
