It was a beautiful occasion. There were speeches by officials, wonderful dancers, Chinese harp music, games and prizes, dumpling making, Chinese calligraphy, gifts for the children and a very nice buffet. We had a lovely time at this wonderful event. It was really a lot of fun!!
Chinese New Year Reception for American Families with Children from China
The Honorable Consul General Gao Yanping
The Honorable Consul General Gao Yanping's welcoming speech.
Honorable Consul General Gao Yanping
Faith, Mommy, and Skylar
Forever Family of Four
Daddy, Skylar and Faith
Daddy, Skyar and Faith
Waiting to make Chinese dumplings.
Making dumplings. :)
Skylar getting ready to bowl.
Daddy explaining the logistics on knocking the pins down. :)
Faith looking on.
Okay, let's try this again.
Skylar knocked only one pin down, so he ran up and knocked all of the other pins down with his hands.
Chinese calligraphy where we had Skylar's name and Faith's name written in Chinese.
Skylar is looking for Shenyang on the map of China so he can place his red dot.
Beautiful butterfly dancer. How amazing!
This dancer's performance and the music was so beautiful that it gave me chills!
Chinese children performing a lovely dance.
These girls were so cute. :)
Mr. Godwin making a speech.
This was the nice gentleman that helped us get on the invitation list.
This was the nice gentleman that helped us get on the invitation list.
Brother and Sister Hug
Look at my beautiful children! :)
What a blessing my children are!
That is so extremely cool!! What a great idea - and a great way to keep culture alive!
ReplyDeleteGung Hey Fat Choy!!
and hugs - aus and co.