Life seems to throw tons at us all at the same time! The next few days are about as packed full of celebrations as you can get…Super Bowl Sunday is followed by the Chinese New Year on Monday followed again by Mardi Gras on Tuesday! Not to mention that Valentine’s Day is right on the heels of all those potential parties! I think it’s fair to say there’s NO way I can pull multiple celebrations from my sleeve…so now it’s just which one to choose? For my family, the Super Bowl is out of the question since it happens to be on a school night! And even though we don’t have guests, we still fix up a big platter of spicy wings and stay up to watch the game…or most of it anyway! So out of the remaining two, we decided to celebrate the Chinese New Year…and will be doing so a couple days early so we can have our holiday fun over the weekend! It seemed natural to pick this celebration since our oldest just took a school trip to China this past summer…and bonus, he brought back some fun souvenirs we can decorate with! Monday will be the beginning of the Chinese New Year and according to the 12-year Chinese animal zodiac, it’s the year of the monkey! And even though this animal year is considered to be the most unlucky, there will be plenty of good fortune abounding around here! As I prepare for our weekend fun, I’ll share a sneak peek at what’s to come…you’ll have to wait ’til Monday for the rest!
a new year celebration in the works…
since this will be a Chinese New Year celebration…it makes sense that we serve up some Chinese food! so i grabbed a bunch of dipping sauces for the appetizer table…
chopsticks will be necessary…and i’m not just planning on using them for eating!
some party poppers…kids love ’em!
a couple trinkets from my son’s travels…
and my favorite, a new twist on some fortune fun…i adore these liners from Fred & Friends! cupcakes and fortunes…makes sense to me! (Target occasionally carries these too in case you want some before Monday!)
and since it’s the year of the monkey…these guys will definitely add some whimsy!
…check in on Monday for all the monkey fun!
the game, the new year, the arrival of lent, or just the weekend itself…whatever you decide to celebrate~