I was dreading the thought of CNY before it arrived, wondering how I was going to lug my huge self around the island the whole day. But as it turned out, I actually quite enjoyed it when it finally arrived, tiredness notwithstanding.
Possibly it was the fun of dressing Noey up in his CNY outfit.
Altogether, I must say that I was quite proud of my little man. Aside from the fact that I ended up having to feed him raisin bread for lunch because he totally rejected the lap cheong rice that my MIL made, he otherwise sailed through the rather busy and hectic 1st day of the Lunar New Year like a model child. He greeted all Uncles and Aunties when asked, obligingly trotted out his Chinese greetings (though his 身体健康 kept coming out as 身体快乐), did the 恭喜恭喜 hand actions willingly, handed out oranges and thanked folks for the ang pows he received.
He was also our most enthusiastic lo hei-er. This has always been one of Noey’s favourite CNY rituals. Only this time, he actually got to taste the stuff, helping himself to some of the vegetable when he managed to hook some with his chopsticks, and he loved it! Of course he also loved the crisps from the yu sheng which the grandparents merrily plied him with. Ah well, we close an eye on such occasions.
(The cup was empty, but he still tried.)
Even though we were constantly on the go, he still managed to take a decent 1.5 hour long nap at my Uncle’s place, and upon waking up, proceeded to play happily with my cousin’s kids for some time.
Thereafter, it was home for a quick shower and rest before rushing to our final stop for the day — DD’s grandma’s place. Noey had fun playing with cousin Sanjay and Sanjay’s toys, though I think after a while, Sanjay got a wee bit tired of Noey taking his stuff. Hah.
Noey certainly made his great-grandma’s day by obligingly giving her a big hug before we left. Like I said, he was really on best behaviour that day! Thank God for that as it made having to get around just that much easier.
I heaved a huge sigh of relief with the 1st day over. It was the one with the most family obligations and I was glad to have it over and done with. Into the Rabbit year we go!
I was laughing away at your captions 😛 Noey’s so cute!
am-klutz :: hah, thanks! hope your CNY was good too!
debra :: funny you should say that — i’m always thinking that your photos look so good! i wish i was better with the camera myself. thank goodness i have DD to take the pics for me.
Such a lovely writeup! And as always, DD takes the nicest pictures!
they are called “party blowers”. i know because we asked the same question when we were prepping for our youth ministry visit to the hospital during christmas. Noey’s all so grown up now!
Michelle :: ah, thanks mich! I was scratching my head over that for ages!
i love your dress! i will dress up Thaddeus in festive-attire too, until the day he/his dad protests! ;p