Monday, February 15, 2010

Bunches of Celebrations!

Sunday, February 14, 2010 we celebrated our 18th wedding anniversary, Valentine's Day, the 20th anniversary of the day we met, Chinese New Year and the Mongolian New Year Tsagaan Sar (literally "white month"). Whew! And, of course, it is also President's Day weekend. No record snow here, like in Virginia, though. On Friday, the International School held a Tsagaan Sar Assembly to which parents were invited. Charles and I enjoyed all the musical (morin khur, throat singing) and cultural performances ... and I also liked being able to see some of Brian's artwork in his classroom before the assembly started.

Our Tsagaan Sar special foods:




Our Valentines' Day dinner special guests (Elder Sherwood & Elder Whittle):

My love bug ... see his neat hat with antennae he made at school?


The Tsagaan Sar assembly at school -- dancers from the Children's Palace:

Young Morin Khur (horse hair fiddle) players:

Brian (in blue, third from left) seated with his class and ready to see the assembly:


Brian putting the finishing touches on some artwork in class:

Brian interviewed the Art Teacher for an assignment:

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