Catching up on events from before surgery--The Autumn moon festival fell on the day before surgery, but we managed to celebrate a bit with mooncakes and paper lanterns and going out to look at the full moon. (We had fun going to Chinatown to buy the mooncakes and lanterns). The mooncakes were expensive and not really to our western tastes, but it was fun to try the different flavors and see the "moon" (egg yolk) inside them. We also did a little shadow puppet show a week later inspired by a book of Chinese festivals. For an explanation of the legends behind the holiday, go to http://www.chinesefortunecalendar.com/midfallstory.htm .
2 comments:
Cool, Next year can we come!!! Tina brought us a moon cake on Monday when she took my staples out of my head, better late then never. Did you buy the shadow puppets or did you the ever creative one make them in your abundant spare time. What great memories you are laying down for your family.
What a great festival to celebrate. I love the silhouette puppet show. Very inspiring! We have a family blog, too, if you want to check it out. It's http://www.teamvanbastelaar.blogspot.com/ and we try to update it regular (about the fun stuff. We've decided to leave any medical news off.)
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