Every year, on the Saturday before Chinese New Year, we pack up the kids and head to Chinatown to check out the festivities. This year is the year of the Tiger. Our oldest, is also the year of the Tiger, which means =deep breath= she will be twelve this year!
This year, there was plenty for little kiddos to do. They had crafts, and face painting, and a place where the kids could bang drums and symbols with chopsticks. The girls didn't want to bang the drums, but we did watch the other kids for awhile.
Our favorite thing to see is the lion dance!
We got super close this time!
There is a local Kung Fu Club that does the "parade". They go from business to business blessing each place with good luck for the new year.
The kids didn't even squint when the firecrackers went off (even our baby, Pay).
We finished it all off with a special dinner at Dao's parents house on Monday night. His folks had to work most of the day, so little sis Xuan and her boyfriend Dan did most of the cooking.
Here is some of the yummy food.
The kids were ready to chow down as soon as we said it was time.
Cousins Kaylin and Lucas getting their grub on!
Husband had to work late (and pick up our oldest from her friends house) so when they got there, Kaylin, Brian, and Rob kept them company while they ate and watched the Olympics.
Kaylin and Chloe the pug (B and Rob's dog) watching Auntie Robin do some smooth yoga moves.
My sister Robin chillaxin (and looking fabulous!), on the couch after teaching the kids some yoga.
This is one of our favorite holidays for sure!
1 comments:
wow - you guys looked you had a F-E-A-S-T!
dev thought the video was so cool! how neat that you guys do that every year. :)
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