Chinese New Year

It's the Year of the Tiger!


Feb. 14th marked the beginning of the Year of the Tiger. Due to the other obvious holiday which falls on the 14th, we celebrated Chinese New Year on the 13th. Chinese New Year is a movable holiday, falling in January or February. To the Chinese people, it's the equivalent of Christmas. In other words, it's a REALLY big deal in China. We ate in the HyVee dining room, wearing red for CNY while surrounded by others wearing red for Valentine's Day. After dinner, our adoption group headed to a private room for CNY festivities. Cami was the youngest Chinese child present. Many of the girls wore traditional Chinese silk dresses. We opted for a washing-machine friendly velvet Panda shirt instead. The kids had a great time doing crafts, learning more about the Chinese culture, and just running around. Pics in the next post.

Chinese New Year Pics

Wearing red for CNY
Cami does graffiti on the Great Wall.
Dumpling making demo
Chinese yo-yo in action
Collin and Evan make crafts.
Chopstick/Marshmallow relay race
The ladies do a fan dance.
Cami gets into the fan dance.
Pin the Tail on the Tiger, of course.

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