Mid Autumn Festival

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happy mid autumn festival!

tonight we had our mid autumn moon festival on the playground. earlier in the week i had bought the most ridiculous lanterns for the kids – hello kitty driving a car, hello kitty shaped as a strawberry, transformers, swords…but they all light up and they all play ridiculous music like "it's a small world" "Auf weidersehen" and the like.

the kids also wear glo bands around their necks and wrists and they march around the playground, waving their lanterns and playing. the mock "festival" started at 7.30 and we didn't come upstairs until 8.30. in fact, we would have stayed longer but sela said in tones that brooked no arguement, "i would like to come upstairs now mummy, i am tired". so up we came.

mid autumn moon festival is a fantastic time in hong kong. i am so glad that we celebrate it.

it is still really really hot here in hong kong!!!

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  1. Mo aka Maureen aka Grandmother aka Mum September 15, 2008 at 2:55 am

    Not Mo but dear old dad here. Today we had the festival of “Damnit it’s starting to snow”. Everyone rushes to their winter clothes storage area and drags out the woolies, mukluks and survival gear.Exciting times.
    Sad to say I’m off to Vancouver. Mo will hold the fort until I return.
    Love to all….Dad

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  2. I remember our first mid autum festival…we went to the beach on DB and celebrated with the Schimidts…Keighley was a few days old…and was in the baby bijorn…there were candles in the sand and kiddos running around with glo-sticks…it was lots of fun!!! Noah enjoyed the beach lots… boy do we miss HK at times… love ya..Lyns

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  3. Nice to see your newest addition to your blog,, great shot of you and MC as well as Miss Sela. Please feel free to send the hot weather this way, it is in the 20’s all this week ,, I always would love it hotter 🙂
    Love to you all
    Auntie Pammie xoxo

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  4. Oh my…how I’d love to have one of those masks!!! They’re gorgeous!!

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  5. Wow – you seem to be involved in the most interesting things. It does seem nice to raise children in Hong Kong, we’ve nothing like that here.

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  6. you all make gorgeous dragons! it’s hard to believe fall is around the corner here too, although if the weather report is right we will have our first day (tropical storms notwithstanding) of not-90’s (not-30’s) since last spring. we may get autumn here by halloween. speaking of halloween, z says she wants to be supergirl :). she loves that costume.

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  7. Good JobNow YOu really Have To See this

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Mid Autumn Festival

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  1. Mo aka Maureen aka Grandmother aka Mum September 15, 2008 at 2:55 am

    Not Mo but dear old dad here. Today we had the festival of “Damnit it’s starting to snow”. Everyone rushes to their winter clothes storage area and drags out the woolies, mukluks and survival gear.Exciting times.
    Sad to say I’m off to Vancouver. Mo will hold the fort until I return.
    Love to all….Dad

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  2. I remember our first mid autum festival…we went to the beach on DB and celebrated with the Schimidts…Keighley was a few days old…and was in the baby bijorn…there were candles in the sand and kiddos running around with glo-sticks…it was lots of fun!!! Noah enjoyed the beach lots… boy do we miss HK at times… love ya..Lyns

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  3. Nice to see your newest addition to your blog,, great shot of you and MC as well as Miss Sela. Please feel free to send the hot weather this way, it is in the 20’s all this week ,, I always would love it hotter 🙂
    Love to you all
    Auntie Pammie xoxo

    Reply

  4. Oh my…how I’d love to have one of those masks!!! They’re gorgeous!!

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  5. Wow – you seem to be involved in the most interesting things. It does seem nice to raise children in Hong Kong, we’ve nothing like that here.

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  6. you all make gorgeous dragons! it’s hard to believe fall is around the corner here too, although if the weather report is right we will have our first day (tropical storms notwithstanding) of not-90’s (not-30’s) since last spring. we may get autumn here by halloween. speaking of halloween, z says she wants to be supergirl :). she loves that costume.

    Reply

  7. Good JobNow YOu really Have To See this

    Reply

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