There are not always smiles...

This was the reaction I got this morning when I told Miah that I would be teaching in her Sunday School class today. Not quite what I expected, but ladies who teach, thank you...you have made a great impact on my daughter's life...and well...Mommy's heart can take it....

"No...I don't want you be my teacher"

Chinese New Year 2011

Today we gathered with other adoptive families from Kelowna and celebrated Chinese New Year with our kids. Miah was not a fan of the Lion Dancers with their drums and burst out into tears and held her fingers in her ears. Once they were finished however, she got brave and went up and touched and even kissed the costumes.

新年快乐

Happy Chinese New Year!

Today Miah was thrilled to be able to take "Chinese Cookies" to Preschool to share with her friends. She has watched her sisters take cupcakes to school on their birthdays, but because Miah has a summer birthday I thought this a great day that she too could take a treat to share with her class.

This weekend we get the opportunity to participate in a couple of Chinese New Years events. Friday night is a celebration put on by the international students at the local college and on Sunday we are attending a special luncheon with other adoptive families in the area.

'East Meets West' Fortune Cookies

Tonight Miah and Mommy had some fun decorating fortune cookies that she can take to share with her friends at Preschool to celebrate Chinese New Years tomorrow. She was so excited and kept saying "Happy Chinese New Years Mommy" and then proceeded to tell me "You not Chinese Mommy." I think that was her way of letting me know that the cookies are all hers!