We had fun this weekend with a little CNY celebration of our own. We're still getting the hang of this holiday. Some of the more traditional ways of observing it are a bit beyond us, such as having the house perfectly clean before New Years day. We did go out and get a new outfit for Kai, and for fun we made it all red, which is traditionally worn as a way to ensure good luck for the coming year. It took us quite a few stops to put it all together, but we did it. Kai wasn't feeling like cooperating for the camera, but here are a few pix of his New Year's outfit...

You can see we also got Kai a stuffed pig because this is the year of the pig. If you look closely you'll notice that Mouse got an overhaul for CNY as well. This is now Mouse #4. Kai doesn't mind having mouse replaced as long as it's with the same model Mouse. He'll play with other stuffed animals, but will only cuddle up with the Mouse.

For dinner we picked up Chinese takeout and took it over to Kai's friend Mimi's house. We had fun visiting and eating together, After dinner there were red envelopes with Lucky Money inside, we played with Chinese Fortune Telling Sticks, and then we went outside and lit sparklers. Kai really loved the little fireworks and was still talking about them the next day.

What could possibly be more exciting than preschoolers wielding fire?!