CNY/Tet party with friends

We celebrated Tet/Chinese New Year with some fellow adoptive families and what a blast we had! Aren't they cute all posing for the camera? I think they were yelling "happy new year!" None of the boys had any Ao Dai's that fit - but Gavin solved that problem with a last minute trip to the Pacific Mall in search of some traditional clothes for the next party. I guess while leaving the mall Owen announced " There are a lot of Chinese people in there!" ;) too funny.


Catherine planned a craft for the kids - they made their own paper chain dragons! Here Owen is helping his friend with her paper chain.


Of course Owen made his dragon the longest he could and at first I thought he was going to follow a "pattern" as patterns seem to be a big thing in his kindergarten world.


Enjoying some Asian takeout - A medley of Japanese, Vietnamese, Thai, and Chinese foods.


Waiting anxiously for some cake. I was inspired to make a dragon cake after seeing this beautiful one - I couldn't find any single coloured M&M's around here and opted to use these gummy candies instead.


After dinner there was our very own dragon parade ;) Super cute - and the kids were so proud of their creations :)




Happy New Year! Hopefully the year of the Dragon is a lucky one for all!