Just Dance 2

A very rare moment occurred in our home last night.....we had free time, all of us, no obligations, no unfinished work to be done, nada. So, we pulled out Just Dance 2 for the Wii. My remark on this would be that there are two in our family who are dance inclined and there are two that are not so much....

and then there is one, one determined soul who has a step of her own!

OhThe Food We Eat

Happy official Chinese New Year! This evening our family celebrated the holiday with a salad, egg roll and fortune cookie dinner. Yum. Keeping in mind that our two boys would die if they knew what was actually in the egg roll, they ate every bite - no questions asked! Now, our MK, keeping in mind that she is the Chinese born child in our family, she conveniently removed all of the egg roll contents and ate the fried outside part dipped in KETCHUP no doubt.

"Healthy" Snack

If you know me, you know my sweet tooth. Per my conversation with Pryce today, I learned that the apple really does not fall far from the tree. We were out and about. Pryce and MK had been with a friend who had given them all sorts of treats to eat. When I picked Pryce and MK up, Pryce asked if he could have a snack. I responded no due to the fact that I knew he had eaten sweets less than an hour before. He said, "But mom, we had a healthy snack. We had Peanut M&Ms, they had nuts in them and nuts are healthy." Sad but true, he was serious.

Chinese New Year Celebration

As I was putting MK to bed Saturday evening, I told her how glad I was that she was my daughter and of course she asked me to tell her why. We went through the list....her laugh, her smile, her hugs, her sweet little voice - when it is sweet -, etc., etc., and the very last thing I told her was that because of her, we had met so many amazing families and formed friendships that most likely would have never occurred without having adoption in our lives. Saturday was our local China gathering. We had 10 families for dinner and we celebrated the upcoming Chinese New Year, American style. Our family looks forward to these evenings in our home and, when they end, we are, all of us, already thinking ahead to when we will gather together again.

An aerial view of our den.

We read a story about the Chinese New Year and the traditions.

Our own traditional "red couch" photo. 12 kiddos, and our group will soon grow with the addition of Maddox and our friend's waiting daughter, Pearl.

And we played a little game....pass the red plate. I am sure they play this at every Chinese New Year celebration. :) Our children enjoyed the fun and loved the red envelope surprises they were given at the end!