Happy Chinese New Year! Xin nian hao ya!

We are dancing, we are singing! Wo men chang ge! Wo men tiao wu!

Today was the Hampton Roads Families with Children from China New Year's celebration. Don and I had the realization that we've been involved in this group for 4 years now! We attended 2 CNY celebrations while "paper pregnant", and 2 since the amazing Amy has been ours! We were all really excited for the occasion. When we arrived, Don and I experienced something new. Amy, aka, "Liesel", "Flounder", and sometimes "Ariel", clung to Don and I like a suction cup. She was completely overwhelmed and actually asked to go outside. We did not oblige since we were at the oceanfront in a gale-force cold front. Her feet would not touch down, and she would not participate in the crafts tables. She would not tolerate posing for a professionally shot photo.

I wore stupid heels, and felt like I had a disability. It is stupid to attempt to carry a needy, 30 lb. child in high heels. Never again will I be held back by hateful shoes.

After the magic of the dance performers, our happy, extroverted girl came to life. She even got underneath the traveling dragon with the rowdy older kids. When it was time to go, she cried about not wanting to go home.