In any case, Sophie has got a Vietnamese costume on today. In addition to her almost demure look, I let her put on some non-toxic make-up (essentially just powder). The deal was that she had to let Papa take as many pictures of her as he liked! The result – a really beautiful, princess-like little girl and some really good (and rare) shots of her.
Alfee, on the other hand, looked very Chinese (like some martial arts cum Shaolin sort of boy) in his costume.
We handed out early to Ah Gong and Ah Mah’s place. As usual, Sophie would attack the new year goodies and I found it hard to resist myself! Even Alfee wanted to try everything. Maybe we are really deprived since we don’t usually buy any. This year, Sophie was finally taught how to use a residential telephone. We don’t have any land line at home (sounds like we don’t have a lot of things at home!) so she never really got the chance to learn making phone calls.
Usually, we would leave for Naenae’s place after that, but sadly Naenae is no longer with us. Yet, we still decided to go to “Gong Xi Fa Cai” Uncle’s place for visiting. We seemed to have found solace in following the usual routine. Both kids were very well behaved there. The adults shared old photographs and stories with Sophie and entertained Alfee with balls and teddy bears. Although we did not do much of anything else, we really find it heart warming to meet up with relatives during this time of the year.
In the evening, we had dinner with Ah Gong and Ah Mah at their place. My brother and his family came as well, so Sophie was able to play with her cousin, Zixin. It was quite fun to see how they interacted. Sophie was super enthusiastic to come up with games (though a little incoherent at times) and Zixin was happily obliging her. I think it would be great for them to meet more often. Unfortunately, we had to leave for home early before the kids became cranky.
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