We rang in the New Year. This is the year of the pig. We attended three New Year Celebrations. Our first was with the Huntsville Taiwanese Association. The kids sang a traditional Chinese New Year song. They sounded pretty good. They had a wonderful pitch in dinner. This is where it dawned on me that Jacob will be fine in China. He ate everything. There was not a single dish that he skipped. Jim will lose weight and Jacob is going to gain. Jacob loves Chinese food.
The next day we celebrated the New Year with our local FCC group. It was really great. The kids had a great time. Robbi and Aaron got to perform the Lion Dance. They used a child's sized costume for the dance. They loved doing it. They did modify the dance a bit by adding candy tossing. All of the kids at the party approved of the modification. It was so fun to watch the little ones following them around. We got the best picture of my three oldest holding the dragon's head. Carla Blankenship Photography was kind off enough to take a picture of them for me. I only wish Hope had been in the picture. She missed the party due to illness.
We finished up the week of celebrations with the Huntsville Chinese Associations New Year Party. Hope got to go to this one. She absolutly loves the Lion Dance. She screams and laughs and acts scared whenever it gets near, but she is always sad to see him live. She loves the hóng bāo or the red envelopes given to kids during Chinese New Year. It was another sucessful year. Next year, Will will be with us. I still can't believe he wasn't home for Chinse New Year. Less than two weeks before Jim and Jacob leave to get him. I can't wait!
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