GUNG HAY FAT CHOY

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Today is Chinese New Year's Day. Happy Chinese New Year to all of our friends. Elizabeth was lucky enough to attend a Chinese New Year party with some of her girlfriends who were also adopted from China this year!

She had a wonderful time and watched all the girls walking, talking and eating up a storm.

I have just had a little bit of time to research the Chinese New Year traditions this year so the only ones we followed this year were-not washing our hair on New Year's Day, wearing red, wearing new clothes and having oranges and tangerines. There are lots of do's and don'ts for Chinese New Year. Oh boy,just what a superstituous Irish girl needs--more superstitions she is forced to follow! Oh well, it is actually kind of fun--although it wasn't the best day not to wash Elizabeth hair since she decided to glob most of her banana and yogurt breakfast in her hair this morning!


Here is Elizabeth with all of her girlfriends celebrating Chinese New Year. There is Emma and Lienne, and Megan. All the girls area amazing!


Here is Elizabeth with Emma. Emma has one gorgeous head of thick shiny hair!



Here is Elizabeth with Megan's dad, Foster. Elizabeth did okay with Foster for about a minute before she started to cry. Foster and Norma were the hosts of the party and they were the wonderful!



Here is Norma with Elizabeth. Norma speaks Cantonese and she tried to see if Elizabeth understood any Cantonese, but it seems she has forgotten all she may have learned in China, owing to the fact that her mama knows about zero Cantonese.
I will have her learn at least some of the basic language as she gets older. The doctor says to wait until she is at least three years old and is doing well with English.