Chinese New Year’s Eve Dinner

Now that I’m back at home after a week-long celebration at Grandma’s house, I can finally find some time to update my blog. 

First off, Chinese New Year’s Eve!  We went to Grandma and Grandpa house in Arcadia for our Chinese New Year’s Eve Dinner, also known as 團年飯.  (For the record, Chinese New Year’s Eve was last Sunday, January 25.)

We got there a bit early and I spent some time running around the house, while Grandma and Grandpa were busy preparing dinner.  As the evening approached, all the Grand-Aunts and Grand-Uncles started to arrive.  There were lots of people there.  Aunt Annie, Uncle Joseph, and Uncle Steven were there too.  Unfortunately, my cousin, Annabelle, couldn’t make it because Aunt Vivian took her back to Malaysia to celebrate Chinese New Year.  I guess she just has to wait until next time to find out how much more handsome I am since she last saw me.

As you can see from the pictures below, I wasn’t kidding when I said there were lots of people there!  I guess when it is 團年飯, it really means business, and you better show up!  I’m glad that I did! 

 

Right after dinner, I spent more time running around the house, and this time, I had the help of Grand-Aunt Jean, who was kind enough to take the time to show me the best way to take a step up a stair.

 

Later on, it was time for Grandpa to play with me!

 

And of course, before we left, Grandma gave us all 利是 to ring in the New Year!