Happy Chinese New Year's Eve! I've spent the whole of January frustratingly searching for nice cards, so today I gave up and printed some lovely cards from Twinkl. (The symbol is fu "happiness".) I also made my own ang paos (Mandarin:... Continue Reading →
Continuing our Spring Festival mini topic, we read The Runaway Rice Cake* by Ying Chang Compestine. It's similar to various "gingerbread" stories like The Gingerbread Man, Gingerbread Cowboy, and Gingerbread Baby. There's a hungry family, an item of food that... Continue Reading →
Arriving with a whimper instead of a bang, 2017 has rolled in with a special helping of flu for me and the kids. There's already been a couple of sick days this week, courtesy of a hacking cough, and a massive... Continue Reading →
