http://american-family.org/2008/02/07/new-years-eve/ Thu, 24 May 2012 00:31:51 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://american-family.org/2008/02/07/new-years-eve/comment-page-1/#comment-70314 stew Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:28:14 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/02/07/new-years-eve/#comment-70314 oops, sorry, Happy New year! oops, sorry, Happy New year!

]]> http://american-family.org/2008/02/07/new-years-eve/comment-page-1/#comment-70313 stew Fri, 08 Feb 2008 17:27:10 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/02/07/new-years-eve/#comment-70313 FWIW, as Chinese-Americans, we aren't interested in dressing our little girl in 'the outfit,' but my Dad wanted to get her one for CNY, and my mom didn't want to. I did see some a 6- or 7-year old dressed up with her grandma and grandpa at the Asian market strip mall near my work yesterday, when we went out for CNY lunch. She had a VERY unhappy look on her face, but I would only be speculating about whether it was from being 'paraded around' or if maybe she was scolded for doing something inappropriate! Additionally FWIW, if given a choice, I prefer to see our little girls in the 2-piece pants set vs. the dresses (cheong sam) because the dresses are too China-Doll-looking for me. FWIW, as Chinese-Americans, we aren’t interested in dressing our little girl in ‘the outfit,’ but my Dad wanted to get her one for CNY, and my mom didn’t want to. I did see some a 6- or 7-year old dressed up with her grandma and grandpa at the Asian market strip mall near my work yesterday, when we went out for CNY lunch. She had a VERY unhappy look on her face, but I would only be speculating about whether it was from being ‘paraded around’ or if maybe she was scolded for doing something inappropriate!
Additionally FWIW, if given a choice, I prefer to see our little girls in the 2-piece pants set vs. the dresses (cheong sam) because the dresses are too China-Doll-looking for me.

]]> http://american-family.org/2008/02/07/new-years-eve/comment-page-1/#comment-70295 3cmum Fri, 08 Feb 2008 14:17:41 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/02/07/new-years-eve/#comment-70295 We love that book too! Happy New Year! We love that book too!
Happy New Year!

]]> http://american-family.org/2008/02/07/new-years-eve/comment-page-1/#comment-70237 Rebecca Fri, 08 Feb 2008 02:32:29 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/02/07/new-years-eve/#comment-70237 What a great idea to have M draw the ghost money. I'll have to tuck that away for future use. Xin Nian Kuai Le! What a great idea to have M draw the ghost money. I’ll have to tuck that away for future use. Xin Nian Kuai Le!

]]> http://american-family.org/2008/02/07/new-years-eve/comment-page-1/#comment-70219 Scott Ocheltree Thu, 07 Feb 2008 22:27:33 +0000 http://american-family.org/2008/02/07/new-years-eve/#comment-70219 Nicely done! We are still working out our personal family celebration of CNY. We didn't dress up the boys at home this year, but they have worn their Chinese outfits to a number of local events. At our local Chinese Cultural Association's event most of the children their age of Chinese-American families (as well as many of the adults) wore traditional outfits, so they fit in better. Also, they love wearing them! We had saved some sparklers from July 4 for them to have (I know, these aren't the same as far as noise for scaring off the evil spirits) which they loved lighting off, but Kai was disappointed we didn't have any large ariel mortars like his crazy uncle lights off. Still, monitoring a 4 and 5 year old with lit sparklers is thrilling enough for me! Nicely done! We are still working out our personal family celebration of CNY. We didn’t dress up the boys at home this year, but they have worn their Chinese outfits to a number of local events. At our local Chinese Cultural Association’s event most of the children their age of Chinese-American families (as well as many of the adults) wore traditional outfits, so they fit in better. Also, they love wearing them!
We had saved some sparklers from July 4 for them to have (I know, these aren’t the same as far as noise for scaring off the evil spirits) which they loved lighting off, but Kai was disappointed we didn’t have any large ariel mortars like his crazy uncle lights off. Still, monitoring a 4 and 5 year old with lit sparklers is thrilling enough for me!

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