Goong Xi Fa Chai

Nanny, you have not answred the card I sent , enquiring about your Dr's visit ! Having my tests on Wednesday. How's this for an acronym?? M & M with Mother Viv. (aka Michelle & Matthew)

Madeleine & Ella dancing

The two J's; Jo & Jacquie(with Olivia)

Group of Branches and a

friend with Madeleine

Zoe & Anna dancing

Cop the curls

What a dancer

Ella Donnes dancing Even the dogs had balloons

On Saturday we all went to Byford to Sarah's Birthday party. When you live so far away, the people can't drop off the kids and go,though they were all invited family and friends. There were some 20 adults and I think the same number of kids there;ages from almost 2 to 14 years. They were all fed well and I know we enjoyed it as it is always lovely to get together. Poor Andrea was not there, she had had a gall bladder op. but Jacquie and Frank brought Andrea & Steve's 4 girls, not bad with 6 kids altogether. Good thing they have a large house. The kids had a disco and the lounge was all set up for that but they did not dance a lot. Popular, as always was the birthday pineata which was a disco ball. The cake , created by Karen, was a Bratz doll sitting on a couch.Was a lovely day, not like today, it was 37.2 degrees again.

Happy Chinese New year. It seems to have different forms of spelling, maybe it is the different forms of Chinese. We had the Chinese Lion dancers at the village again, it was very hot but that did not seem to deter the dancers, it was very good. The chef cooked Chinese food after it. We did not go, which is no surprise because the old boy won't go to anything here but also I prefer my Chinese food from Chinese Restaurants. We had DIM Sum again in Melville on Thursday anyway so that was my dose of Chinese for a few weeks.