Celebrating Chinese New Year Florida style

This is one of the big holidays in China.  On our last adoption, we got to see some of the decorations before they came down.

 From what I have read, it is celebrated for 15 days in China.  Some areas are doing that in snow.  Guess Elana is playing in the cold weather, that is if they allow the children to go out when it is cold.  I know when we had Michelle as a baby, we were constantly told that she was not covered enough.  It was not even that cold.

Today, we celebrated with our Family with Children from China group.  They rented a hall and we had a buffet with music.  We like for the girls to do these activities because it give them a chance to be with girls like themselves.  I only wish they would try to make friends.  As they get older, they seem to be getting bored and don't really care to make friends.  It's kind of funny, they always start out shy and quiet.  In the end, they are running around and playing with the other kids.  Our littlest was not feeling good.  She stayed in mommy's lap.  Hopefully, she is not coming down with anything serious.

The festivities usually include karaoke, dancing to music like the Chicken Dance and other line dance music.  Near the end, they do a dragon dance with the children.  I feel like the girls had some fun.