The first day of Lunar New Year was the same like any other day. The girls had to go to school and Adrian went to work as usual. Lavigne wore a cheongsam to school. As she was wearing her new shoes, I packed her old boots for her to bring along so that she could change into them should she play in the garden. Her teacher, upon seeing her frock, commented that she would have to put on an overall if she was to paint in order not to dirty her pretty dress. Lavigne asked me why wasn't Chinese New Year a holiday. I told her if she was in Singapore, she'd have a few days of holiday but because not many people celebrate the occasion here, it's therefore not a holiday. A friend then came over for a visit before I went on my school run. Once Louisa came home from school, she put on her cheongsam too and we took some pictures before ringing our families in Singapore to send our greetings. Since it's CNY, we brought the girls to a chinese restaurant to have a nice meal. That was how we spent our 'chuyi'.
4 comments:
This is a wonderful collection of photos - so vibrant and happy. The girls look wonderful in their cheongsums.
Happy Chinese New Year to you all!
xx
I love how the girls pose smilingly for CNY pics! I remember doing that during CNY as a kid... but my kids wun "pose" for me, argh! :P
Mel,
I think Lavigne learns from her sister to pose while Athena is distracted by Irvin.
can u pls email some of these pics over? Ma and pa want...
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