Chinese New Year

Happy Chinese New Year everyone. We attended the FCC's Chinese banquet again this year. We bought raffle tickets and mom's name was the first one called. There were many great prizes and as Ella and I headed for the stage to claim our prize, I was thinking about that 'leap-frog' style "learn Chinese" program we had seen earlier. However, since Ella got to pick the prize, we ended up the Mulan prize pack. Part of this prize was a Mulan purse which Ella immediately strung across her chest. A little later, Ella ran off to play with the other kids. She returned quite quickly with an older child (around 10) in hot pursuit. This little girl wanted the Mulan purse Ella was wearing and she was trying to trade "a loonie and two batteries" for the purse. Needless to say, Ella did not go for the trade.
On Chinese New Year's Eve, we went to Song Li's house for a fabulous dinner. Song Li's mom is visiting from China.