The Year of the Ox (aka The Year of the Dance)

"Xin [sing] Nian [nee-an] Kuai [kwai] Le [ler]"

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Happy Chinese New Year!

For the last four years (even before we met Buttons) we've attended festivities hosted by our adoption agency to celebrate the New Year. Some of the families we traveled with to China attend and we get a chance to catch up on each other's lives. While there was only a handful of families from our group there, we had a great time. Buttons was really into watching the dancers, laughing at the puppet show and then "grooving" with Hubby and me.

The celebration continues for 15 days and ends
with the Lantern Festival.
So break out the nian gao, sing a song, make a craft and dance!

Happy New Year!

Today begins the year of the pig! We're celebrating at a huge party our adoption agency gives every year and many of the families who traveled to China with us will be there. Here's a picture from last year's celebration. (This is one of my favorite pics of Buttons.) I did a little search and found some recipes here and some information here and here. Buttons is a big fan of this book and when we started to talk about "CNY" she exclaimed joyfully "I eat dumplings"! Gosh, hope they have dumplings at the party.