Happy Spring Festival! Happy Chinese New Year! Happy Lunar New Year!
Whatever you call it, today ushers us in Year 4706 on the Chinese calendar which means it is now the Year of the Ox.
We had many good intentions to decorate and celebrate but the latest round of sickness sort of wiped all of those out. If Ava were a little older and would remember any of this then we probably would have roused ourselves from the sofa and made more of an effort but we got a pass this year that we won’t have again so we took it. We will be attending our local FCC CNY celebration early next month so it’s not like we’re totally disregarding it but we just couldn’t make ourselves get out to any of the community events that happened this weekend.
We did, however, make a brief foray out into the world on Friday and visited a local asian owned home decor store where I bought a fabulous ox to display this year. It’s already found a spot on the mantel where it will stay until next year when it will be replaced with a tiger. Well, heck. It looks like we’re starting a tradition and I didn’t even mean to!
Here’s our ox. Isn’t she marvelous?
I love the idea of displaying something on the mantle. May I steal it?
Are you going to the CNY celebration on Saturday at the Children’s Museum?
We’re planning on it, Leslie. Although we probably won’t make it down there until around 1-2PM or so – after gymnastics class and a quick nap in the car.
Hi- Love your idea of decorating with the ox figurine. Where did you find it? We are going to the HRFCC CNY on 2/8 also. We recently returned home from China in mid November 2008 with our daughter. She is now 16 months. Hope to see you three at CNY!
Brent, Lisa and Savannah
Chesapeake
Hi Lisa – we found our ox at Oriental Decor right outside Lynnhaven Mall. I think they’ll be at the HRFCC CNY celebration as well. We’ll see you guys there.