Chinese New Year celebrations

Feb. 1, Chinatown, Lao Sze Chuan restaurant, the best place to eat Chinese food in Chicago:

Friends Bob, Kevin, and Jean:
Chinatown's Chinese New Year parade: The lion walks through:

And, the dragon:

Ben loves his traditional Chinese garb that we bought in China:

Feb. 7, My playgroup's Chinese New Year celebration:

The lion dance:

Dancing mom and her 2 daughters:

One of the dancers poses with us and his headdress:

Ben's Suzhou sister Chloe and her mommy, Beth:
Now why would the kiddos look at the camera?

The chocolate give-away:

Ben with his friends Tonito and Vivi:

Evin and Ethan in the front, with cutie pie Maya on the right:

Talking with the Morales family: