Happy Chinese New Year

We had a few cousins over for a little Chinese New Year celebration.

We started with a little lunch.

We had chicken, rice, pork wontons, beans, and yummy lettuce wraps.

Next we made Chinese drums.

Then we had a relay race using marshmallows and chopsticks.

And we had a little dragon parade.

Happy Chinese New Year!!

Chinese New Year

We had a fun Chinese New Year celebration this year.
My parents’ had everyone over for a big Chinese potluck!
I LOVE being in a family full of excellent cooks!

We had ham fried rice, shrimp fried rice, lo mien, sweet and sour chicken, lemon chicken, beef and broccoli, lettuce wraps, egg rolls, pot stickers, lucky oranges, and more.  

It was a great night!  Thanks fam!

Happy Chinese New Year!!

Happy Chinese New Year!!

After church on Sunday we had a little Chinese New Year celebration.

We had some egg drop soup, sweet and sour chicken, rice, dumplings, pot stickers, and Darin made the BEST green beans!  They were SO yummy!

Cute Matt bringing down our dumplings. 

(We had spinach dumplings and leek dumplings and I liked the leek dumplings a lot more!)

My cute little Chinese family!

We had good luck oranges for dessert.

We gave the kids red envelopes with ”money” inside 

(I thought they’d like chocolate money rather than real money).

We played a couple games—chinese proverb mad gab, filling up bowls using chopsticks, and Chinese zodiac cranium.  Then we ended the night by watching Mulan.

Happy Chinese New Year!