Since becoming a parent, this Chinese New Year, Year of the Horse, was the first that did not coincide with Trinidad Carnival. Usually Angelo and I would watch a few clips of Trinidad Carnival. We’d do some Chinese New Year inspired craft, while listening to...
If you go by the Chinese calendar, 2013 is the Year of the Snake. The year runs from 10 February 2013 – 30 January 2014. This year’s element is water. As the story goes many moons ago in China there was no means of telling one year from the next. The Jade Emperor...
Pancake breakfast on Valentine’s DayAfter a quiet but lovely day together for Chinese New Year… my week went down hill. It’s has been MENTAL! To say the least, but here’s hoping that things are on the up for the week to come:I’m...
February can be a challenging month, after being paid early (not that I’m paid anymore as I’m an SAHM) in December to enable Christmas shopping. Then, perhaps, over-spending in the January sales… not to mention the winter weather, February can be a...
