Celebrating Lunar New Year 2021

 

On a red background, a 3D image of a golden bull, encircled by gold and surrounded by 3D pink flowers and neon blue clouds. Text in English and Chinese: Happy Chinese New Year 2021

Just before the storm blew in, we celebrated Lunar New Year.  The plan had been to have some extended family join us, but once we knew the weather was going to be a problem, we shifted gears and made it a celebration for the 6 of us in the house. 

I'm typically a procrastinator but was so proud of how well I had prepared for this celebration.  I had ordered food a week in advance.  We weren't able to reduce or cancel or food orders but were happy to support these businesses and ended up eating almost all of it over the next few days anyway! It was so good! I'll let the pics do the talking.


Red "lanterns" and cutouts

Papercut-looking designs

Traditional Chinese banners wishing prosperity and health on the home and people in it.


Plow Bao serves delicious plant-based dim sum, bow, etc. We ordered 2 of their sweetboxes.

 "egg" tarts, mini sesame seed balls, mochi, and donuts

Next, we picked up dim sum from Shanghai.

The food was delicious! I want to go back when we can go inside.  My favorites were the fried pork puff, har gow (shrimp dumpling), and shrimp shumai. We also ordered BBQ pork bun, Pork Shumai, dumplings, egg rolls, orange chicken, and fried rice.   It was all fantastic and unbeknownst to us, eating this for 2 entire days conserved the other less perishable food we would need over the next week! 

Travis' love language is good food. He definitely felt love. He had spent the week leading up to our celebration asking about "Chinese New Year" and telling us he was so happy we were celebrating. I hope we can celebrate with the Asian community next year.

The kids were surprised with happy money (hongbao) and some of their favorite treats.




Comments

  1. ajaykrFebruary 3, 2022 at 2:49 AM

    Wonderful Blog! Chinese spring festival starts with the lunar new year and is celebrated for 14 days. We bring Chinese spring festival celebration ideas to make your celebrations super exciting.

    ReplyDelete
  2. mfgns5gm1qDecember 28, 2022 at 2:57 AM

    This comment has been removed by a blog administrator.

    ReplyDelete

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Travis Update Ending 2013

Image
Just the other day, the boys had a friend come over to play.  Before the friend arrived, his mom sent me a text saying that her son was bringing his Batman costume.  I told Travis, "Your friend will be wearing his Batman costume when he comes over."  Travis' face lit up, eyes lifted, and mouth opened wide.  Before I could finish signing, "Why not you go upstairs to get your Iron Man costume?" he was signing, "Yes, yes!" and making his way up the stairs.  Moments later, he came back to tell me he couldn't find his suit.  I directed him to look in my bathroom in the hamper.  He did and it wasn't there either.  Finally, I told him to hold on while I sent a message asking his dad if he knew the costume's whereabouts.  He did and Travis put on his alter ego. I couldn't help but make a mental note of how that conversation was such a big deal.  We were discussing something happening in the future: friend will arrive soon.  Telling Travis...
Read more

A Review: Maya Chan Beach Resort In Costa Maya, Mexico

Image
Maya Chan Beach Resort A Great Way to Spend a Port Day!  In a Nutshell Do yourself a favor and go.  Just go.  My bet is that you will not regret it.  It’s the relaxing day you may not have realized you needed.  The location is dreamy.  The staff are kind and attentive.  The owners have set it up to make it very comfortable and stress-free for the guests. Just go. Video Review in ASL Getting There and Back The walk is a bit of a trek, but the people at Maya Chan send you a very clear map and instructions.  If you look at Google Maps satellite or the picture below, you’ll see that the port dock is long.  Great for taking photos, though! We walked quickly through the maze of shops without stopping, following the instructions and photos from Maya Chan and found the spot with no problem.  They were waiting with a covered area and some seats while we signed a form, then got on the taxis to head over. You may read about the bumpy ride.  ...
Read more

Stupid, Socially Awkward Homeschoolers

Image
We've been homeschooling for seven years now.  In those seven years, I've heard the battle-cry of upset homeschooling parents dealing with people who make derogatory comments about homeschooling.  I've considered our family fortunate, because other than the very rare "What about socialization?" question, the kids really haven't faced ignorance....until the past few months.  (I do remember a mom blaming homeschooling on the fact that my then-5-year-old-wouldn't-even-BE-in-public-school-yet daughter asked for a second gift bag at a birthday party. "Well, she's not in school, so she's not learned those social rules yet."  Umm...blame my bad parenting, but not homeschooling.) Since moving to our new place, the kids have had the opportunity to endure a lot of ignorant comments. Among those are comments about homeschoolers.  (I will blog later about the other bigoted, offensive things my kids have heard lately.)  Maybe our past neighbors thou...
Read more