Chinese New Year!

We had a wonderful time celebrating the Chinese New Year. We welcomed in the Year of the Rat and said "good-bye" to Connor's and my year, the year of the Pig. As Claire says, "Daddy is a rat." She of course means in the astrological sense! The rest of our family is made up of a rooster, a rabbit and one little monkey! We started off our New Year by getting the girls all dressed up and going out with our dear friends to P. F. Changs for some delicious Chinese food. It is a little disappointing that no one there seemed to know that it was the CNY. The girls had their lanterns that really lit up. We had our dumplings, long noodles and since we were at PFC's, we had yummy dessert! On Sunday we got together with our local Families with Children from China and watched a beautiful Chinese dance troupe. They were performing at a Children's Theatre. They were so lovely and talented. Afterwards we went out with a few families for more Chinese food. Again, the food was great, but being with other adoptive families and spending time with their lovely children was the best. The greatest part was walking around the Children's Museum before the performance and recognizing people from their blogs! I saw four children that I "knew" from their family's blogs. Claire was recognized several times too. Blogging really does help us become closer and meet up with other families. Here is my participation in Lissa's FFF. Thanks Lissa for doing this! If you want to check out other families CNY activities, here is the link. http://lovinglydia.typepad.com/loving_lydia/2008/02/ffff-68-cny.html