Hmm I guess it has been some time since I updated the blog, time flies and we have been so busy, seems as though this move is dragging on and I can’t wait for spring and the move into the new house so that life can start to settle into its “normal” pattern for us again. This has been such a long and snowy winter for us and the kids are constantly sick passing the cold back and forth and brining them home from daycare and school.

In between we have a weekend day here and there to just relax….lol…. ok it was a nice thought. We been either snowed in or down with colds but did get out this past weekend for Samuel’s 6th Birthday party.
We went to Appleton, to meet with my sister and Uncle David, Cousins Natascha, Nick and Nathan and took along some of Samuel’s friends from school to celebrate. We all had a lot of fun. Sorry to say that due to the weather Grandpa and Grandma could not make it down to celebrate.

Sarah was a bit intimidated by all the kids and the commotion at Chuckee’s understandably since we for the most part try to keep a low profile after all though it seems longer we only have been home for about 10 months and we try to have as much of a routine and consistency amongst this move as possible. Sarah does great at daycare though and has lots of friends that are dear to her.
Unfortunately due to the weather and driving conditions we had to miss out on the NewFCC CNY celebration in Green Bay this past weekend, which was highly disappointing.

Hopefully I will have some time later to post pictures of the kids.

The Spring Festival

The oldest and most important festival in China is the Spring Festival, which marks a new year on the lunar calendar. The Spring Festival represents the desire for a new life. It's called the Spring Festival because it marks the beginning of spring and the end of winter.

Throughout history, the Spring Festival had different names at different times. By far the most popular name is 'Yuan Dan', which means 'beginning' and 'morning', implying the beginning of a new spring and a new year. In the past the actual time of the Spring Festival also varied. During the Han Dynasty the beginning of spring was the Spring Festival, but during the Northern and Southern Dynasty, the entire spring was viewed as the Spring Festival. After 1949, it was decided that January 1st on the solar calendar would be 'Yuan Dan' and January 1st on the lunar calendar would be the Spring Festival.