2012 The Year of the Dragon

We don’t mean to sound like a broken record but yeah, our Chinese New Year celebration routine has yet to change.
We spent the eve and the first day of the New Year here in Penang and travelled back to Bidor on the second day. The only different this year is that our trip back to Mommy’s hometown was a short one….

Actually, that’s not totally true. 2 other noticeable differences; though not in terms of routine, are the volume of noise and the size of our family. They are getting higher and higher.. errr.. bigger!

What could we say, we aim for the sky :D

Po Po’s house is in full force celebration mood. The decos are all up and ong! The house is dolled up even more with lush and bloom.

The pot is not for pretense.

These are actual live Pussy Willows; with roots and all!

These are cut Pussy Willows.

In a Dragon theme gigantic vase, how fitting!

The rare Little Bird Flower Plant.

The pretty bloom resembles the shape of a bird. That’s where the plant name comes from!

More pretty bloom….

Mommy better stop now before this become a post on flowers :p

But they are just so pretty!

Back to the kids ….. The kids’ playtime nowadays revolved around the iPads. We are not crazy about it but these gizmos are fast becoming an important part of our children growing up life. It’s hard to ignore and hard to prevent contact with ‘em. And we couldn’t deny that if they are used in a controlled environment, they actually could do more good than wrong to our children…..

But thank goodness, they are still all in for some good ‘ol fashion fun…

With toys

And water

And Pop Pop

And chit-chat time under the moon

Due to time constraint, the once a year gathering for Mommy’s childhood friends (ahem!... childhood make it sounds as though we are still young eh?) was held on the second day this year.

It was great catching up with friends; for both the kids and adults

A rare appearance by Mrs. Lee : )

Back in Penang over the weekend, we went to the Little Penang Street Market for go-see and were treated to a pleasant surprise. We heard loud thud of drums and cymbals after we’ve parked our car and were secretly hoping that there would be some lion dancing..


We’ve got more than that : )

The lions were making their rounds when one of ‘em saw Mommy and Alaina observing from the side.

She came and rubbed her fur over Alaina :O

The baby was not intimidated, just non-chalant. It was Mommy that couldn’t control herself and chuckling non-stop.The lion was sporting and patiently posed while Daddy wiped out his iPhone.

Not once

But twice!

There was a special dance by a ‘Chinese Unicorn’ (no idea what is that) too. The dance is a ‘lil different from the usual lion dance. The unicorn favors rolling on the floor….. We have not seen anything like that before. It’s kinda like a wriggly worm
:p


That’s not the end of our celebration yet. Since the kids claim they didn’t spend enough time together during this Chinese New Year, we are planning another get-together.

So…. more to come later…