Valentines Day

Today is valentines and we are having a great day as a family. We got up and took Sarah to swimming and then went to James Avery and bought Sarah a charm bracelet. Now we are home and having some down time. Sarah also got a new set of pajamas. This was a tradition in my family so I want to pass it on the Sarah. Aunt Marcy made Sarah a needlepoint pillow with a pickle on it because Sarah was obsessed with Pickles for awhile. This is a pillow that I hope Sarah will keep and take with her to college (if I let her grow up that much).

More Chinese New Year Pics

They had bubble wrap that they passed out at the end of the evening for all the kids to jump on and make lots of noise. There was also arts and crafts tables where Sarah made a panda bear and a decorated paper bag.

Chinese New Year

Well the Chinese New year has come and gone and I can't seem to be able to post anymore pictures. We had a wonderful time at the FCCH dinner. There were many many different dishes of food to try and lots of shopping opportunities. We bought Sarah a dragon puppet and she named it Moo Shu. (like the dragon in Mulan) We walks around the house with it all the time and it has a special place on her bed. We also got to see the dragon dancers and the little girl dancers. Everyone was so cute. Sarah actually gave money to the dragon this year.
We sat with the Norris' and one other couple. Sarah and Catherine had a great time sharing toys and dancing together.

Aruda 5

Tonight after having a Longaberger party here at the house and then friends staying for dinner, we looked at the fish tank and Aruda 5 was dead. (he's a beta) We waited until everyone had gone home to tell Sarah. She cried and asked why many times. After debating how we should bury Aruda 5, Sarah decided to flush him down the toilet. She asked where he was now. We told her God had taken him to heaven with him. She seemed OK with it. She wants to get another one tomorrow after school.

Cupcakes

Today when we got home from the Chinese New Year celebration, Sarah and I made cupcakes for my Longaberger party tomorrow. Sarah loves to cook. She loves to like the spatula and beaters also.

Lion Dancers

The lion dancers were performing at the Ocean Palace. Sarah had a hard time with how loud the drummer was but after we turned off her hearing aids she did much better. She wouldn't leave Dad's lap but she watched it all.

Dim Sum

After the community center we went over to Ocean Palace and had dim sum. This is a variety of foods that people walk around with on carts and if you want something off of their cart, you stop them and they give you a portion. The most popular or good dishes were the shrimp potstickers and the noodles. Sure wish I knew how they made the noodles. They also had lion dancers come and perform for us. It was a great day. The people in the pictures were Wendy, John and Catherine, Elisa and Steve, Russ and Sarah, me and Sarah and then Craig, Darlene, Claire, Abby, Riley and Savannah.