Lunch at the Chinese New Year’s Party

No bun please so Betty eats her
hot dog on a chop stick.

Lunch was a hot dog.

A hot dog and a Slurpee.

If the grandmothers have learned anything over the years, it is to cater to the taste of their guests.

Wyona and I can both cook Chinese food better than the average stay-at-home mom.

But we knew not to go to the trouble with this group.

Alice likes her hot dog plain.

If we had gone in that direction for the menu, there would have been tears and we would have been coaxing children to just try the new tastes.

Instead – to default to what they like to eat is not always the wrong thing to do.

... the buffet line up ...

As well, every child got a Chinese plate, blue and white, bamboo designs, though children who are Dragons, got plates carrying dragon designs.

Each plate with a different shape and shape.

Jade chop sticks and small chopstick holders.

Yes to China getting in your blood. I have the same set of dishes and the same chopsticks at home – every different shape, but these are in just white and blue.

I must have been shopping in the same market in the same year to be able to recognize those as well as have them.

Pictures of lunch follow below.

Arta

''' a large bowl full of chopstick rests
at Kalina's left hand  ...

Michael can pick up popcorn with chopsticks.

Kalina has chopsticks mastered!

Some of the hot dogs received a splash of ketchup from Miranda