Me and Beanie sure do make cute lion dancers.
and tigers...
Daddy and Nai Nai both brought me stuffed tigers!
and bears...
I wonder why the waiter laughed when I asked if he had a highchair for my baby.
oh my!
Saturday night we got together with our families to celebrate The Year of the Tiger and had a rip roaring good time!
Sorry. Tiger...roaring...I just couldn't help myself. Rip roaring might be overstating it a bit, but we really did have a great time at the get together that almost didn't happen!
Last year we all went to a local Chinese restaurant to celebrate Chinese New Year. It was great. We had a private room, there were lion dancers, and we had planned to make it an annual tradition.
You know what they say about the best laid plans! We reserved the same room we had last year, invited all the guests, and then learned that the restaurant was doing things differently. Call me tight, but I just wasn't willing to spend $26 a head for a fixed and very limited menu. Oh, and the $26 didn't included beverages, tax, and tip!
I know this is EXTREMELY tacky, but I called and uninvited everyone to the restaurant and invited them to our home instead. Miss Manners wasn't the only one that was appalled...I think Tony just about had a cow when I did that! Thankfully, everyone else was more than gracious.
I was actually pretty excited about trying my hand at creating a New Year's feast with a "little" help from my friend, Erica. Then all the snow came. Remember the guy I was going to run out and kiss???
Well, after he finished plowing there were huge mountains of snow lining the road leaving no place for anyone to park. Literally. So, I had to call everyone and cancel...again! After I did that I felt really awful. I wanted to celebrate Chinese New Year with our families...even if there was no place to park!
Patti suggested we find another Chinese restaurant to have dinner at and that's what we did. Everyone was great and basically said, "Tell us where to show up and we'll be there!"
We pretty much took over a little Chinese restaurant in town. I'm sure someday the other diners in the restaurant will forgive us ;-). It may not have been Plan A, or Plan B, but it sure was a great time.
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