Inconsistent Ramblings

For Chinese New Year, we went to 2 celebrations. One was with the local FCC group. We sat with another family who recently adopted a little boy with Albnism from China and another family who is waiting to pick up their little girl. As you can see, EQ was TERRIFIED of the lion dancers. She kept saying, "Go potty. Pleeeeeaaaaassssseeee." And screaming. She did start to peak at the dancers toward the end. The drums were loud and I am sure that didn't help one bit!

On Feb 7 we took the kids to a nice restaurant to eat. The staff was wonderful and even talked to the kids some in Chinese. TA said, "Ni Hao." It is the year of the Rat this year.

The other event we went to was at a local mall. It was very crowded and we encountered some amazingly rude people. But I am over that. Really. They had dancers, zither players, crafts, and a variety of activities. Then we ate dinner at The Cheesecake Factory. Not very Chinese, but we ate Chinese 3 times that week. And the Chinese food here is NOTHING like the food in ?China. We loved the food in China and miss it at times. We also sent red envelopes home with the other children in their classes. Wonder how many realize that TA and EQ are even from China??