Tet Party

I was beyond excited to attend this years Tet party at our friend Mary's house. She really knows how to throw a great party and we were lucky enough to be invited. Thanks Mary! I was looking forward to spending time with friends, meeting new people, welcoming home new families, great food, and of course seeing all of the children dressed in their ao dai's. This year we celebrate the year of the tiger. Surprisingly there was only one person born in the year of the tiger at the party, and there were a ton of people there!. Gavin & I were both born in the year of the snake, Owen was born the year of the pig, (boar) specifically the golden pig a very lucky sign, and Noah was born the year of the water buffalo (ox).
There were many great decorations around Mary's house including these small tiger figurines. the children were able to take these home as their party favor, owen also scored a tiger balloon.


Before the party all dressed up in their ao dai's. The one Noah is wearing belonged to Owen, but I remember not being able to button the top button around Owen's neck. they looked so sweet, and this is the best photo of about twenty taken. I seriously love seeing the kids dressed in the traditional clothing.


Owen watching the dragon dance parade. The parade started just as we arrived and he was a little quiet at first. he got over that quickly though once he got a hold of some music makers! he was off to follow (at a safe distance behind) the dragon parade. I am really excited to see him in the parade one year. Maybe next year we'll be early enough & he will hopefully feel confident enough to participate.


Dragon Parade. The children were going to parade on the street as in Vietnam, but the weather was a little rainy and the ground was quite muddy.



Later the children enjoyed some sparklers outside. Gavin helped Owen with his, so there are no pictures of Owen with the sparkler. He would have needed six hands to get a photo of that :)


Happy Year of the Tiger! I'm already looking forward to next years new year celebrations and seeing even more new families!