Lily and the Moon Festival

Lily continues to amaze us. Today is a good example. As Lily and her mom were heading to the bathroom, her dad said jokingly, "Say hello to the potty for me Lily." Lily stopped, turned around, and responded, "The potty can't wave hello daddy, it doesn't have hands."

Last weekend we celebrated the Chinese Moon Festival with Lily. After Chinese New Years, it's the biggest holiday for the Chinese. We went to Chinatown in Seattle and had a wonderful Chinese dinner. Lily is especially fond of noodles. She tried chopsticks, but decided she could get more noodles with a fork.

On the way home, Lily saw the festival moon rising over Seattle. We thought about Anna who hopefully saw the same moon halfway across the world. And on the next Moon Festival she will be looking at it here with us!

At home Lily helped her mom make a moon cake, which is one of the traditions for the Chinese at Moon Festival. It was different from the traditional Chinese moon cake, but it was delicious. Yellow cake, buttercream frosting, and decorated with the moon and stars.