Happy Chinese New Year 農曆新年快樂

Waiting for their turn. 等待上場.


This year is the year of Ox and as usual, the kids' Chinese school held a Chinese New Year Party to celebrate the Chinese New Year with families. It started with games that kids can have fun with then the program starts with the Lion dancing and performances prepared by each class. Xander's class presented an Aboriginal Dance this year, one parent designed and made all of their costumes. Aren't they cute? They did a really good job of the dance.



Good brothers 哥倆好



Time to shine 正式表演了.

I'm Khai's teacher this year and was worried that Khai wouldn't get on the stage. He fell asleep last year while watching other classes' performances, so this year we came prepared with cookies and water in my bag. As we predicted, Khai fell asleep. We put the cookies on his lips and asked if he wants cookies, wow, he woke up immediately and enjoyed his cookies with bright eyes. That's one way to motivate him to perform and you can tell whose kid he is. Khai also stood on stage with a smiling face and dancing very hard. We were very happy with our kids and so proud of them.

Khai look at the front please! 煒勳請看前面.

Dinner followed the show, there were more than 12 dishes on the table and you can tell Pei-I was very happy about it. There were so many left overs so school sold boxes for $1 each, people went to pick items that they like. That's a good idea to get rid of left overs and raise money for school. We collected more than $100 for the left overs.

It was a very fun party and we had lots of fun. We arrived home late with 2 fell asleep kids. Happy Chinese New Year.

Shining star 煒勳表演"下雨"



今年一月是中國新年, 所以中文學校照例舉行新年晚會和許多家庭一起慶祝. 晚會六點才開始, 可是學校在下午2 點時就準備了許多遊戲要讓小朋友們玩, 也有熱心的家長做了珍珠奶茶及其他台灣小點心來義賣. 甚至還有猜謎活動呢. 我們家一大早就先去中國餐廳吃些養茶再於12點多去學校幫忙布置會場.


傑升班上的家長們很圑結, 很有共識. 他們班常常有聚會, 每家帶一樣菜到某個家庭去聚餐. 很多媽媽都很會煮菜, 所以每次聚會都可以吃到很多道地的台灣菜. 今年其中一位爸爸說他志願幫傑升班上做山地舞服裝. 他親自設計了衣服, 在一次聚會裡還特地幫每一位小朋友量身做衣服吔! 媽媽們就約定下一個聚會裡大家坐著縫鈴鐺. 有幾位能幹的媽媽幫班上設計舞步. 當晚諸位爸媽們就犠牲上台表演高山青並錄起來, 這樣小朋友才會記得舞步.

煒勳去年沒有上台表演因為他在等別人上場時睡著了, 被叫醒的結果就是他鬧脾氣不想上台表演. 今年我們怕同樣的情形會發生, 所以聰明的媽媽我就準備了餅乾及水放在我的袋子裡. 結果新年晚會表演當天, 煒勳果然如預期的睡著了. 我馬上拿餅乾放在他嘴吧上問他要不要吃餅乾. 哇, 他眼睛馬上張開並開心的吃著餅乾. 嗯,可以想像這個小孩是誰家的.


傑升和煒勳都很開心的上台表演也表演的很好, 看的我們都很替他們驕傲及感動. 平常辛苦的練習總算有回報了.


表演結束後有晚餐, 我今年是當老師, 所以學校送了我一張票. 我們全家留下來吃飯. 今年的抽奬我們家抽到了2 份小奬: 襪子和滑鼠墊. 晚餐還剩了很多, 我們又開始義賣. 一個外帶的盒子一塊美金, 很多人都來搶著帶菜回家. 我們這樣賣竟也賣了100多美金.


小孩們看完電影, 大人們也幫忙收拾完會場. 我們一家人於10點多疲倦的回家. 好累可是好幸福的一天. 祝大家新年快樂, 萬事如意.