Rabbit Ears + Christmas Parties = LOTS OF FUN

I cant believe it has taken me this long to get a blog up about the Christmas party we attended at Sean's school in December. We had lots of stuff going on then - but here it goes...

The day after we got back from Thailand (Dec 22nd) we were invited to a Christmas party at Sean's school. All 7 foreign students were invited. We thought it would just be dinner (what they normally do) but boy were we in for a surprise. 

The college students who study English as their major hosted the party. 

There was...

one super cute toddler ready to be the center of attention...

a rock band...

paparazzi 

(okay not really but Caed has never had more pictures of him taken in such a short amount of time - and thats saying a lot since he is a blond/blue eyed kid in China). Check out his 'peace' sign.

Rabbit ears, santa hats, glow lights - and way too many lolly-pops given to my little boy. 

musical chairs, tomato eating contest, fruit salad (made with mayonnaise), sunflower seeds, oranges...

And my personal favorite - singing. 

All the foreigners were asked to 'perform' something for the students (separately).

Since the blessed day when we had a positive pregnancy test back in 2007 we had been praying for a child that would fit well into the culture and lifestyle we are in over here (we were in China back then too). We know that growing up here is so much different from being in your home country. Caed has exceeded anything that we could have imagined in this area. He is so outgoing, loves people, loves making people laugh/smile/feel happy (most of the time). 

I digress... We had been telling C that he should get up and sing his Chinese song that he knows (Liang Zhi Lao Hu). We weren't certain he would do it, but when he got up there he pulled the microphone from Sean and said, "No Daddy I'll do it myself."

And so it began - he sand the whole song....3x. The crowd went wild! (About 100 students, teachers and administrators). I think in one picture I counted 17 cameras/phones taking his picture. When he was done Caed walked back to me with a HUGE smile and said, "That was so much fun Mommy - I want to do it again!!!" And he did later on. The head administrator later told us that Caed was the star of the party :)

The encore. 

Oh and there was also a magic show, a pop quiz, a nunchuck (sp?) demonstration, a food tasting, and gifts. Seriously best Chinese-thrown party we have ever been to!