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Chinese New Year is a wonderful opportunity for us to help the Gs
celebrate a little bit of their heritage. So we see it as a special day
in our house. The girls each wore one of their pretty silk dresses (qi paos) for the day. |
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And we made these pretty lanterns. Easy, fun, and lovely. |
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We had a yummy dinner of orange chicken, noodles and veggies, egg rolls, and oranges. Notice the girls are using their chopsticks! |
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This was my (unsuccessful) attempt at making fortune cookies. |
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These are the fortunes in the above cookies. Gracie wrote them. :) |
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Happy Chinese New Year!
Gong Xi Fa Cai (Mandarin)
Gong Hey Fat Choy (Cantonese)
恭禧發財
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