Margaret Rose and Baba stopped by our local Chinese place for the rest of the holiday meal but got home in time for MR to make a few dumplings.
The girls decorated a little - you know how they like things to be festive.
The dumplings turned out fine. The girls really enjoyed them.
A thumbs up from Margaret Rose!
One of Lee's students brought the girls homemade Cantonese sweets. Oh my but they were wonderful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And yes there's been a costume change. I really wish I had a dime for everytime these girls change clothes. After dinner and cleanup we gave the girls the traditional red envelopes with lucky money. Margaret Rose begged to take hers to school tomorrow for show and share.
Before bed MC insisted that they had to eat an orange for good luck.
Lee reports that while waiting for the Chinese food tonight Margaret Rose told him she wanted him to stay 44 and not get old like Pa. She said she didn't want him to die. Mary Clare is still worrying about death as well although her fear as lessened a bit. Although totally developmentally appropriate, Margaret Rose's statement surprised me. She is just so sunny, so happy go lucky and never appears to worry about anything. MC is our worrier- she despairs over fields of cut trees, dead insects and the rotisserie chickens at grocery stores. Do their mothers miss them? Are they in heaven? Shopping is such a pleasure with our Nibblet :-)Margaret Rose brought home her second report card tonight. She got lots of wonderful comments about what a lovely child she is and what a joy she is to teach and she is improving academically. She is still, however, well behind her peers and we are moving forward with out plans to retain her in first grade. Her teacher agrees with our desire and we are hopeful that we won't have a replay of last year when her first school refused to let her have one more year of kindergarten.
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