Happy Chinese New Year!

Here we are, at a Chinese New Year's Party held at the school last week.  Since Kevin is the historian for the Asian Law Society Association, we attend lots of parties with free food. Wahoo!)  Not only was there a variety of delicious food, there was also ping pong, yoga, karaoke, and a "demonstration" from one of the martial arts schools.  I have to note that nobody wanted to do karaoke after Kevin sang.  Big surprise.  The martial arts "demonstration" was the most hilarious thing I have ever seen.  First of all, they had walking canes for sale.  I know, it sounds crazy, right?  Their reasoning was based on the fact that you cannot carry any real weapons on campus, at the courthouse, etc.   So this tough guy showed some really intense moves using a walking cane and his thick Brooklyn accent.  All in all, I was not convinced.  You will not see me walking around with a cane.  But it sure was entertaining!

Ummmm...Olive is seven months old!  I finally got around to making her the mobile I had been wanting to!  When I was preggers, I saw this beautiful mobile in a baby magazine that was basically a white branch with little white birds hanging from it.  At the time, I didn't really see a point in getting too crazy with the decorating because of the impending move across the country.  Also, we live in a rental house so you can't get too crazy.

A month ago, I was walking in my yard and stumbled upon a perfect branch.  It was just sitting there, waiting for me to pluck it from the ground.  So I primed it, painted it, and made some fabric birds from the remaining quilt scraps I have from Olive's quilt.  Ta da! (Sorry about the horrid picture quality.  Not only does her room have horrid lighting, it was a gloomy day too.)  Anyway, I will probably take a better picture later and will probably do the tutorial on my crafty blog.