Saturday, February 1, 2014

Lunar New Year Celebration

This year we decided it would be fun to have a small party at our house to celebrate Tet, Lunar New Year, and Chinese New Year.  We invited the Kensoras and the McGonagils over for an asian-inspired dinner and the girls had a great time decorating and preparing for the party. 


Cherry blossoms we bought when we visited China Town in San Francisco over the summer.


Some good luck garland.









Rian wore her hanbok- for exactly five minutes.  

Jessie and Rosebeth decorated some dragon crowns.

Jessie wore her ao dai (pronounced ow-zye).


Enjoying a dinner of chicken fried rice, sesame chicken and red panang curry.


The teeny boppers- Sarah, Hayden and Reilly.


Jasmine and Rian enjoying their umbrella drinks.  


Reilly and her dad made homemade fortune cookies out of cupcake liners.  Each one had a unique fortune and the girls absolutely loved them!




Towards the end of the night, Rian passed out lucky red envelopes that contained candy and coins.  


Best buds enjoying a little reading time.  


To end the night and celebrate the start of the new lunar year, we set off floating lanterns, making a wish before letting each one go.  

The lanterns worked perfectly; and the sky was so clear that we were able to watch them climb higher and higher into the night until they finally disappeared.  

Jas and Cathy filling their lantern with air.  


Just before take-off!

Sebok-mani-baduseyo!
Chuc Mung Nam Moi!
Gung Hay Fat Choi!