Gong Xi Fa Cai 2013

You were really excited after school last Friday:
Isaac:  'Its Chinese Day today!! We had lion dance and noodles!!'
Me: 'Ya, it's Chinese New Year on Sunday.. Do you know you are Chinese?
Isaac: 'Huh? No!!'
There's no racial boundaries for kids :)

Gong Xi Fa Cai

Liverpool's supposed to have the oldest Chinese community so there were lots of events going on similar to previous years. So we brought you to see the lion dance in the weekend.  We were there with 'D', close friends staying just a row away.  You were both so excited that we decided to make our own dragon head from cardbox boxes so you both could do a little performance for us. 

What I had in mind was taking a box, painting it red/yellow/black and then cutting a few holes for the eyes and mouth and they can dance around in it.  BUT, 'D's mother is SUPER creative and had a proper dragon head in mind.  Although it took much longer than expected to make, the result was so impressive and we had SO MUCH FUN!!  Unfortunately the both of you only wanted to be the 'head' and refused to be the 'tail' :)

The boys hard at work

The dragon!!

The 'dance troupe'