Chinese New Year

We made our traditional trek to Asian Star in Salt Lake for Chinese New Year. They are the only ones that I know of that perform the Lion Dance (Dragon to us Westerners). Ellie was still terrified of the dragon, but summoned enough courage to feed it one red envelope (while clinging to Dad). The older girls weren't so intimidated, and even followed the dragon around as he ate lettuce and money filled red envelopes. Katie and Amanda loved it and hopefully as they continue to study Chinese, it will bring more meaning and tradition for them.
Even weeks later, when the girls received dollar bills in a Valentine, we asked Ellie what she would do with her money. Ellie remembered feeding the dragon the dollar bills and said she was going to feed them all to the dragon, because dragons eat moneys, not little girls. :)