Year of the Rabbit

Gōng xǐ fā cái! Xīn nián kuài lè! Happy Chinese New Year! We had a low key celebration this year. We started out by celebrating with three of our adoption friends - we met for storytime at Barnes & Noble and lunch at Nordstrom's Cafe. (it's never too early to learn about the joys of lunch with your girlfriends at Nordstrom's!) All four girls were adopted from China and Mara met each of their moms online during the wait.

And while we didn't make it downtown for the Chinese New Year parade this year (Hannah and Chris were too busy cheering on the Packers in the Super Bowl!), we did go to the celebration at Fair Oaks Mall over the weekend. Hannah LOVED watching the dragon & lion dances - she kept pointing at them to make sure we were watching too, blowing kisses to the dragon, and was the most enthusiastic clapper in the crowd!