The kids had a week off of school in celebration of Chinese New Year. It is the biggest holiday for the Chinese. So it was a little strange taking another week off after having three weeks off during the Christmas Holiday. I am definitely not complaining though! I'm already looking forward to Spring Break in April! :)
The school had some fun activities to celebrate the new year. I took Jake and we hung out with Keely for the afternoon. I got glimpses of Zak every once in a while, but I think he was okay with hanging out with his friends :)
There were many games set up for the kids. These were all traditional Chinese games. This one was like a top and you have a stick with a string attached for "whipping" the top to keep it spinning.
This is a Chinese Yo-Yo
And here is a fun hoop game
Jake trying the yo-yo
They also had traditional Chinese snacks (we got some more Tanghulu) games where you guess riddles, and some special performances done by the kids.
Jake had a special performance also, put together by his Chinese class. They made snakes (this is the year of the snake), danced with lanterns, sang songs in Chinese (well, he rolled around on the ground while the teachers sang), and had Jiaozi (dumplings).
Gongxi Fa Cai!!
(wishing you good fortune)
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