This year we decided to celebrate the Chinese New Year in Shanghai. We had heard that it was an experience to be taken in at least one time... with the festive fireworks and mass displays of red lanterns all over town. It is during the holidays, and especially Chinese New Year, that you truly embrace the richness of the culture. Red seems to be exploding everywhere and all of the folks who have moved from the country side to Shanghai travel home to celebrate with their families and friends. We thought that this would be the perfect time to take Chris to see the children in the orphanage... The kids always have a hard time going there without toys because the toys they have there are either missing pieces or broken. So they pooled their money together and they bought them an interactive play bench that multiple kids can use at one time.
As you can see, the toy was a huge hit and the kids loved it!
It was fun listening to our kids preparing Chris for all the personalities etc. of the children in the orphanage. I was actually a bit concerned that he would not have such a warm welcoming with the children because most of the caregivers are female. I couldn’t have been more wrong. As we arrived one little boy pulled Chris to the ground and plopped himself right in his lap.
We had such a fun afternoon playing with the kids and watching them explore the new “object” in the room.
We hope that in Celebrating the New Year of the Snake, this coming year, these children find the love, comfort and security they deserve with their forever families...
Saying good bye to the year of the Dragon and Welcoming the New Year of the Snake!!
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