Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Gung Hay Fat Choy!

Happy Chinese New Year everyone!

The Gregorian New Year may have come and gone but that doesn't mean that our house is done celebrating the New Year!

Ever since having lived in Hong Kong Daddy Eric believes he is a little bit Chinese. In fact in Chinese culture they call him an 'egg'. White on the outside but yellow on the inside.

So each year since we've been married (that's almost eight for anyone counting!!) we've celebrated the lunar New Year in the tradition of the Chinese. Some years we had parties and other years we celebrated by going to (now closed, sniff, sniff) Kuong Jou Cafe in Salt Lake.

This year we are keeping our tradition by going to the Chinese New Year's parade on Saturday in Chinatown and having a Chinese New Year's party!

(I made the invitations so I am pretty excited! Here is a web friendly version without our contact info. A gold Chinese coin is going in the upper right hand part with all of the leaves!)


We even went to Chinatown last Sunday to get some of the goodies we need. Plus Eric really wanted to get some Gai Mei Bao.

We also got the boys these cute outfits for both the parade and our party:


Finally, on the official start of the Year of the Rat, lunar year 4706, we gave the boys their lai shi. We taught them how to say 'Gung Hay Fat Choy' and to also ask for their lai shi. This is a Chinese tradition where the married people give red envelopes with an even amount of money inside. When you are hardcore you usually give hundreds of dollars - for the boys it was a dollar. Here they are with their lai shi: