Friday, January 27, 2012

Welcoming The Year of The Dragon

I woke up earlier, showered and went downstairs for breakfast. Halfway through breakfast, I was greeted by a groggy you. Groggy but not teary (thank goodness!). Fed you breakfast then it was time for your shower. Got you all dressed and you went down to greet everyone, all dressed in the red dragon motif "Chinese Costume":

Here's the things all ready for the things ready for the lion dance which was to arrive at 10am:

Fruit basket and the ang pow with veggies :

While waiting for the lion dance to come, we were all busy posing and taking pictures with everyone. Here's a picture of my little boy and his uncle both dressed in Chinese Costume making a "kung fu" pose for the photographers:
At last the lion dance arrives. It has been 2 years since we last had the lion dance:

And of course the music was to loud for you:

.. there was also fire crackers this year. The lion dance lasted for quite a while. One of the highlights was the "transformation" of the fruit basket. Notice any difference?

The finale was the lion dance climbing up the table and benches to get to the ang pow and veggies which were hung by daddy from Kor Poh's window:
... and the lion leaving with a wonderful message:



This was what happened on the first half of the first day of our Chinese New Year.

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