chinese new year

One of our favorite things about living on the island are all the events that are celebrated throughout the year. There seems to be an endless amount of excuses to close off the main street to traffic and have a party. This, we love.

On Sunday we went downtown for the Chinese New Year lion dance and parade. We're hoping that Zeke doesn't have a hearing loss after all the firecrackers and Jonah came close to panicking when the lion dancers got too close, but otherwise it was a fabulous afternoon.


Waiting for the lion dance to start.


Pre-hearing-damage Zeke squished up in his favorite cozy spot. Well, his second favorite spot. I'll let you figure that one out.


Lantern + name written in Chinese characters.


Mask + name written in Chinese characters.


China Doll Annie.