Tuesday, November 1, 2011

Zoë's Dragon Day

On Sunday we celebrated Dragon Day, marking two years since Zoë joined our family. Alison and the cousins were up from Toronto to join in the fun.

- Dragon Day breakfast of pancakes, fruit and ice cream!?

















- Presents!! Warm pj's and housecoat as Winter Is Coming. Plus a sign for her door.




















- Kate's masterpiece: a dragon for Dragon Day


















- A Great Wall of China, castle-cake, being decorated by the cousins


















- The full dragon, on parade. The Chinese dragon is believed to live underground, with the mountains being his scales and the wind his breath. So, for a Chinese-Canadian dragon, each piece shows a different part of the Canadian landscape, with mountains, prairies, forests and ocean. Yes, Kate is going for the "best Chinese mother" award.
































- And here's a rousing rendition of "She'll Be Coming Round the Mountain", which we sing every Dragon Day, inspired by Anne Tyler's hilarious adoption novel - Digging to America.



2 comments:

just us said...

fantastic. I played it in my study during my 'work hours' and of course had the whole family cord in to see what was going on!

Anonymous said...

She's got it! - Best Chinese Mother Award.

THAT is a dragon!