Happy Year of the Dragon

In Singapore, Chinese New Year is probably the biggest holiday of the year. Stores close, people spend time with family and the streets are comparatively empty. Even Noah's school was closed Monday-Thursday in celebration.

To celebrate, Noah went to Chinatown with his school on the Thursday (the 19th I think) before the holiday and on Friday they had a party at school where the kids were to dress up and bring some food (it seems people eat/give many oranges for New Year but also Kueh Lapis a type of layered cake and pineapple tarts which are really good). Anyway, here is Noah dressed up for Chinese New Year (the outfit given to us by a friend actually had a dragon on it...)

Noah was very excited about the outfit and all the food he got to eat at school in celebration of the New Year.

Our condo also had a New Year's celebration with balloons and dancing dragons and of course... food - here is Noah eating the Singaporean Chinese new year's specialty - a noodle dish with all kinds of funky things in it that is a bit sweet and crunchy.

At home, we did a Happy Dragon Year window project (Noah colored the dragons and chose and attached the ribbons and helped make the good luck and prosperity oranges and characters).

Happy Dragon Year everyone may it bring you strength, boldness, color and warmth!