Christmas is definitely one of the best holidays, but nothing beats Chinese New Year. 2013 is the year of the snake, we celebrated the start of the lunar calendar with friends, food, and fireworks!
My mom really got into the spirit of celebrating this year. She bought all new decorations and decorated the entire house. Not pictured here are the lucky red envelopes filled with money. Yep, money.
So much food! We had some of the traditional Chinese New Year dishes like the Red Bean Sesame Balls, they sound a lot weirder than they taste...or maybe not.
Oh my, this little boy is just getting cuter and cuter every day. Baby E is just several months old and as cuddly as a rice bag. I don't get baby hungry, like, ever. Sure, babies are adorable and fun. But I can handle them for a total of ten minutes and it's back to mommy. But Baby E is so calm and cute that it's hard not to want a baby like him. Good thing I get to play with him, but not have to actually do the care taking :)
We had so many friends over it was hard to keep track of who was where! One of the many perks of celebrating Chinese New Year is just having family friends over. Some of these people I've known since I was a baby! I've been friends with these girls since I was 12. We went to junior high, high school, and parts of college together...and not much has changed between us!
We finished the night was fireworks and sparklers, so really, Chinese New Year is like Thanksgiving, Christmas, and New Years rolled into one. I'm just glad that I am this lucky to celebrate all the said holidays and this one.
