MCGINNESS MEMORIES: February 2012

Gung Hay Fat Choy 2012!

We want to always show Cali how important her culture is to us! One way is by celebrating the Chinese New Year! We love to celebrate this special time! We decorate our home and take part in many activities throughout the 15 day celebration. We went to the annual CNY celebration at our local art museum and shared some fun with her kindergarten class! What a busy yet fun time of the year!

Cali in her Chinese dress next to our Chinese tree!

(6 years ago I had a little Chinese girl in my 1st grade class that was adopted from China as well. She painted Chinese ornaments for Cali as a gift to her when she came home. Each ornament has Chinese writing on it. Each year we decorate with these ornaments. Thank you for the memories, Maleigha!)

Cali decorating our Red Velvet Cake...(red symbolizes luck, good fortune)

Ta-da!

Cali had to strike a pose!

We are filling red envelopes with candy, gold coins, and fortune cookies for her kindergarten class!

Check out my red envelope!

CNY Celebration at Nelson-Arts Museum...year of the dragon!

We saw Cali's little friend, Belle! YEA!

Enjoying some yummy noodles...

Making a dragon...

Finished product!

China dolls...

Cali thinks the Kai-Lan tent must be set up for the new year!

Happy New Year to all!

5 Years with Cali Liu!!!!!

January 29th marked our 5th Gotcha Day (day Cali was placed in our arms)! It is still such an emotional, memorable day! This year was a bit different...I was sick, down for 2 days! I was more sad than Cali that we didn't get to celebrate like we wanted on her BIG day! We had to postpone the special Chinese dinner but we still gave her a very special gift, scrapbook of our trip to China! She LOVES this book and looks at it daily! She is so interested in "her" story.

NOW...2012

THEN...2007

WOW! What a blessing Cali Liu is to us!!!!!! She has provided so much laughter, love, and good times for our family! We can't imagine our lives without her! God knew what he was doing...we were DESTINED to be together as a forever family! WE LOVE YOU, Cali Liu!!!

Celebrating...

January is a month of celebrating! Between the New Year, birthdays, Gotcha Day, and the kick-off of the Chinese New Year, the McGinness' are found celebrating a lot throughout the month! Take a look at our GOOD TIMES!