Happy Chinese New Year!

Today is Chinese New Year... year of the Rabbit! I kind of messed up since I just found out last night that Feb. 3 is Chinese New Year in China. Our FCC group is celebrating Chinese New Year on Feb. 12 and I didn't realize that the actual CNY is today. Lulu's preschool celebrated CNY today and the kids had fried rice and eggrolls for lunch.

Lulu is going to be one of the dancers at our FCC Chinese New Year celebration. She will be doing a ribbon dance with girls in her age group. She only has one more practice and I hope she does okay in front of such a large group of people. She has not seemed too in to the practices, but tells me she wants to do it. Two weeks ago she didn't want to go to practice or be one of the dancers. She later told me it was because she was tired that day. I can't wait to finally be able to celebrate the event with Lulu here. We attended 2 of the FCC CNY celebrations, and we really enjoyed them. My family, Lulu's teacher and one of the school's administrative assistants will be attending this year.

Lulu has also been practicing 2 dance routines for tap and ballet, and her recital is in June. I'm so glad they're starting to practice this early so she will have plenty of time to learn the routines.

Lulu has been doing great at school. She has become a little social butterfly and all the teachers and school staff knows her. She has known the alphabet for awhile now and can recognize all the written letters. Her English is a lot clearer now and she has an amazing vocabulary. We have seen a lot of improvements with self control, attachment and patience, and when she does have meltdowns or tantrums, they are now a lot shorter in duration. She has come such a long way in the past 9 months. We are so very proud of her!