If you haven't figured it out by now, I love holidays...any holiday...actually any reason to do something out of the norm and to celebrate. Well something else I love is culture! I love celebrating and learning about what makes us different. I love exposing myself to different experiences...and I hope my kids will embrace that love as well. I hope everyone can. In any case, today was a day that combined those two loves...it was Chinese New Year's Eve. Since tomorrow (the actual Chinese New Year) is Friday (which means date night for Jeff and I), I decided to celebrate with the kids today. I had done a little research and prepared a few treats for the kids. I made red envelopes and stuffed them with chocolate coins. In China, red envelopes are given to the unmarried children in the families. They are stuffed with actual coins to inspire prosperity for the children in the coming year. Red is also a lucky color and inspires good things to come for that year. After making the envelopes, I typed out a couple fortunes for each family member (I included Jeff in this one as well) and made some homemade fortune cookies (that was more of a project than I realized!, but the end result was well received). For dinner, I made stir-fry steak with scallion and black pepper sauce, sesame noodles, and (of course) some steamed Asian veggies (I am a stickler for having veggies with each meal...the kids love it!...ok, maybe not). To top it off, since it's the year of the horse, I bought each kid a Hot Wheels "mustang". It wasn't much but the kids (and I) really enjoyed the experience!
Speaking of cultures, tonight I started teaching a Spanish class for a few friends and neighbors. Someone approached me about doing this about a month ago and I agreed. Cross your fingers that it goes well! I've never taught Spanish before so this may be very interesting.
I have no clue why this picture keeps flipping...but you get the point!
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