{"id":3221,"date":"2013-02-20T00:00:09","date_gmt":"2013-02-20T06:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3221"},"modified":"2013-02-20T00:04:13","modified_gmt":"2013-02-20T06:04:13","slug":"chinese-new-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=3221","title":{"rendered":"Chinese New Year"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last Saturday, we attended a local Chinese New Year celebration at Austin&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/chinatownaustin.com\/index.html\">Chinatown Center<\/a>, and had a wonderful time.\u00a0 Rhys is still <a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?p=1366\">enamored with dragons<\/a>, and we thought he would enjoy seeing them dance in person.\u00a0 We talked about going for a few weeks before the event, and even read a story about the dancing dragons in <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.highlights.com\/high-five-magazine-for-kids\">High Five Magazine<\/a>, <\/em>but I forgot to prepare him for the fireworks.<\/p>\n<p>They were really, really loud, and I spent most of my time trying to get Rhys away from the noise, while Ryan and James enjoyed being in the thick of things.\u00a0 Still, it was amazing to take part in such a significant holiday, and I think the boys will love it even more as they get older.\u00a0 Here are some pictures from our day.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_3212\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=3212\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3212\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3212\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3212\" title=\"Walking with Cake: Chinese Dragon\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: Chinese Dragon\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chinese-Dragon.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chinese-Dragon.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chinese-Dragon-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3212\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(A dragon dancing in the crowd. It was such a beautiful day.)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3220\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=3220\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3220\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3220\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3220\" title=\"Walking with Cake: Chinese New Year Crowd\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: Chinese New Year Crowd\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chinese-New-Year-crowd.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chinese-New-Year-crowd.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Chinese-New-Year-crowd-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3220\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(The celebration drew a large crowd, but it was very family-friendly.)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3218\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=3218\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3218\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3218\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3218\" title=\"Walking with Cake: Dragons\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: Dragons\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Dragons.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Dragons.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Dragons-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3218\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(The dragon dances were performed in front of every shop in the center.)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3217\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=3217\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3217\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3217\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3217\" title=\"Walking with Cake: Scared Rhys\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: Scared Rhys\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Scared-Rhys.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Scared-Rhys.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Scared-Rhys-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3217\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Rhys trying to be brave. All of the small children there looked like this.)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3216\" style=\"width: 652px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=3216\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3216\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3216\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3216\" title=\"Walking with Cake: Fire truck\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: Fire truck\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Fire-truck.jpg\" width=\"642\" height=\"428\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Fire-truck.jpg 642w, http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Fire-truck-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 642px) 100vw, 642px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3216\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(Austin Fire Department was on hand with a truck, and the boys were so excited.)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3215\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=3215\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3215\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3215\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3215\" title=\"Walking with Cake: James the fireman\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: James the fireman\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/James-the-fireman.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/James-the-fireman.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/James-the-fireman-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3215\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(James enjoying the view from the truck.)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3214\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=3214\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3214\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3214\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3214\" title=\"Walking with Cake: String of fireworks\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: String of fireworks\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/String-of-fireworks.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/String-of-fireworks.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/String-of-fireworks-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3214\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(A shop owner setting up fireworks.)<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_3213\" style=\"width: 650px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/?attachment_id=3213\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-3213\"><img aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-3213\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-3213\" title=\"Walking with Cake: Souvenir\" alt=\"Walking with Cake: Souvenir\" src=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Souvenir.jpg\" width=\"640\" height=\"427\" srcset=\"http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Souvenir.jpg 640w, http:\/\/www.walkingwithcake.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/02\/Souvenir-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><p id=\"caption-attachment-3213\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(A tiny souvenir from the celebration.)<\/p><\/div>\n<p style=\"text-align: left\">We had a blast, quite literally, celebrating the Chinese New Year, and I can&#8217;t wait to take the boys again next year!\u00a0 You can see more photos from our local event <a href=\"http:\/\/www.statesman.com\/gallery\/news\/local\/chinese-new-year-021613\/g72c\/#3120381\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"linkwithin_hook\" 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