Wednesday, February 28, 2007
Monday, February 19, 2007
Friday, February 16, 2007
Getting Ready for the New Year
Chinese New Year preparations are well underway at our home. The house has been cleaned. The kids had their hair cut. Oranges have been bought as gifts for grandparents. Red envelopes are ready to go. (We bought some really special ones in China for this year.) Outfits are ready. Coloring sheets are printed.
Tomorrow we will make our red couplets to hang around the front door. We found some neat well wishes in Chinese to write on them. That will be James' job. We have some really cool Year of the Pig coloring sheets for Riley to color. We all really enjoy the preparations for the new year.
We will listen to our Twelve Girls Band CD while working on our crafts. We are also going to make a few paper lanterns to hang around the house. We really try to be very festive and involved during this time.
Tomorrow we will attend a local Chinese New Year celebration hosted by SACA. This is always a HUGE event. We will attend our FCC festivities on March 3rd. (late, huh?) We will invite family and friends over to our house one day for a meal, too.
I have also pulled out our various books on Chinese New Year to read as our bedtime stories for the next two weeks.
I just love learning and embracing pieces of Riley and Madeline's birth country. To me, this is very important. They are Chinese Americans and will grow up learning about China... not just adoption. Being Chinese and being adopted are both very important parts of who they are. We have so many things on adoption.... but more on China.
May the Year of the Pig bring you happiness, longevity and prosperity.
Open your windows and doors to welcome the new year!
(We will try to post pictures of some of our CNY happenings... if I'm not too lazy!!)
Tomorrow we will make our red couplets to hang around the front door. We found some neat well wishes in Chinese to write on them. That will be James' job. We have some really cool Year of the Pig coloring sheets for Riley to color. We all really enjoy the preparations for the new year.
We will listen to our Twelve Girls Band CD while working on our crafts. We are also going to make a few paper lanterns to hang around the house. We really try to be very festive and involved during this time.
Tomorrow we will attend a local Chinese New Year celebration hosted by SACA. This is always a HUGE event. We will attend our FCC festivities on March 3rd. (late, huh?) We will invite family and friends over to our house one day for a meal, too.
I have also pulled out our various books on Chinese New Year to read as our bedtime stories for the next two weeks.
I just love learning and embracing pieces of Riley and Madeline's birth country. To me, this is very important. They are Chinese Americans and will grow up learning about China... not just adoption. Being Chinese and being adopted are both very important parts of who they are. We have so many things on adoption.... but more on China.
May the Year of the Pig bring you happiness, longevity and prosperity.
Open your windows and doors to welcome the new year!
(We will try to post pictures of some of our CNY happenings... if I'm not too lazy!!)
Tuesday, February 13, 2007
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