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Saturday, February 28, 2015

Class Mom

I had the privilege of joining Dayna and her class on their field trip yesterday. We got a tour of Memorial Stadium (home of the Huskers) and the Nebraska State Capitol building. Unfortunately, I did not see Coach Mike Riley at the stadium. I'll have to stalk him another time :) We did, however get to watch 3 different bills get passed by the Nebraska Unicameral Legislature and meet our own State Legislator during lunch.

4th Grade pick-up game on Tom Osborne field

Admiring the rotunda

Chinese New Year 2015 - The Year of the Ram/Sheep/Goat

I love getting pictures of the girls in their silk dresses. We had a lot of fun at the Families with Children from China party this year. We prepared Annie by watching Lion Dance videos ahead of time, as well as providing her with some sound blocking ear buds. As a result, she enjoyed the lions this year!

Check out this video for some amazing lion dance action.

Singing her Chinese song for the crowd

I love how protective Dayna is of her little sister here.

Preparing for Chinese New Year

While I did NOT clean my house meticulously from top to bottom to sweep out last year's bad luck, we did follow a few traditions to prepare for Chinese New Year.

Like haircuts:

Annie may or may not have taken scissors to her own head just days before this happened.

Don't know why I didn't snap an after, but Dayna is sporting some lovely long layers now.

Our new friend Shirley invited us to her home to color banners to hang on our door.

Valentine's Day 2015

Every year, Dan gets dressed up and takes the girls out for a special Valentine's breakfast. Since the holiday fell on a Saturday this year, they were a little later than usual. Apparently, the owner of the local cafe was waiting for them and excitedly told Dan when they walked in, "I was hoping you would come!"