A Very LoLo New Year to You!

Sorry to tease y’all with that test post. I’ve been having some issues with Windows Live Writer, and tonight I uninstalled, and re-installed, the program. Success! Add to that a house full of LoLo’s for the past few weeks, and you’ve got a very lonely blog.

 

SURPRISE! I’m back.

 

In case you missed it, last Thursday was Chinese New Year. Earlier that week, my sister Myrnie and I put together a little party for the little ones.

A few paper decorations for the Casa.

Some finger painting. For the older kids, I painted black “twigs” onto their paper, and they added thumbprint “blossoms.”

While the kids were working, they had a special visitor. Some of the kids were more excited to see him than others…

MaMa fed him choi (greens) and he, in turn, went around the room wishing everybody a happy new year.

And doling out kisses. *MWAH*

After that, we changed into our “party clothes”, and it was time! to! go! outside! Obviously, my oldest niece (Ernie) and Siu Jeun were pretty excited. (Oh, and please give a big warm welcome to Siu Jeun’s “muh muh” and “un yun.” Yes, he named them himself. We are so proud. MuMu and Onion are a necessary part of life around here.)

Ming Wai was rather disappointed when she realized that her mother had a dress….and she had pants. Not even the addition of “puppy” to our family picture could get a smile out of her. (The dress, by the way, was my “Chinese” wedding dress. This was my first time wearing it in over 5 years. I’m telling you, the sigh of RELIEF when I realized it still zipped was audible all through my house! My mother in law was concerned. She thought I had fainted or stepped on a spider or something else equally traumatic.)

However, a pile of compliments, a hug and some tickles will go a long way towards coaxing a giggle from our little Princess!

 

Wishing you all a very prosperous New Year! (And a big thank you to Aunt Myrnie, who took all these pictures. *mwah*)