Last year we were in China for the Autumn Moon Festival, and here we are in the US this year. I can't believe it has been one year soon since we brought Anna into our family. Today we were getting ready to celebrate the Autumn Moon Festival with the local FCC group. As I was helping Anna get dressed, I pulled out the two pair of shoes that her foster mother gave her (one pair she was wearing when we received her). The outfit I chose for her to wear was very similar to the one she came to us wearing. Apparently this brought a flood of memories of her foster mother because she began asking where her foster mother was. For some reason, Anna was thinking that the party we were going to was in China and her foster family would also be there. :-) She brought it up several times over the course of the evening & on the way home asked if we were going to China. She was always upbeat about it & not asking in a stressed way, just excited to be "going to China". Wow.Anyway, here are a few pics of Natalie and Anna in their Moon Festival finery.
I decided to make an attempt at creativity......(not my strong suite). So here is my American version on moon cakes (since no one I know actually likes authentic chinese mooncakes!)
In case you can't tell, this is a lantern cake, and the chinese symbols represent the mid-autumn festival. The white one is like the bright, full moon. What do you think?
Anna is always (well almost!) in awe of her jie jie!
Grammy and her girls
A small gathering of our FCC group
3 comments:
The girls look beautiful! I love that bright blue on Natalie and the pantsuit is perfect on Anna. Absolutely loving the smiles too!
Don't you just love our girls! I love how even at such a young age they remember their past (to what degree we don't know) and want to share in it. M asks often when we are going to China and she is studying her "Jade" (Jade DVD's) so that she can talk to "Mama and Yin Kia" (foster brother) when we go. She says she will count for her/them and tell her/them about foods and colors! It cracks me up since at this age she thinks that will really keep the conversation going for the entire trip! Too funny.
Gotta love the effort though.
I hope we all can journey there together in the future; at this point I would just be happy to finally meet you all in person!
OMG ~ One Year! Congrat's Muller family! I give you a standing ovation on the cake because I can't even come close :D Bug is beyond excited that you guys may be coming to ATL! Let me know!
Hey Momma! Awesome job on those cakes, Deb! The girls look so sweet in their Chinese finery. Your mom looks great, too. I hope y'all had a blast at the FCC party. Too cute!! I actually did a Moon Festival presentation for C's first grade class and for Z's third grade class this year (HouYi and ChangEr and all!). Most of the kids LOVED the traditional moon cakes and most asked why they got such a tiny piece (because they're $5 a cake, kid, that's why!). Even so, I know they would have much preferred your American moon cakes, though! Thanks for the update. See you next month :) Love you. Hi to Roger and hugs to the girls.
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