The "God of Fortune" really tried to get Henry to shake his hand or give him a high-five but Henry wasn't buying it. He gave the kids each some candy then came back to give Henry another one in another attempt to win his favor but Henry did not give in! He later told me that there was really a person at the mall and it was just a costume (I think he just wanted confirmation!).
When I woke this morning I was so dizzy from the ear ache I had to have Craig help me down the stairs! Thankfully I was able to get in to the doctor right away. Unfortunately, the doctor is all the way on Orchard Road. We all drove down. The doctor's visits here are done right: you get there, wait a couple of minutes, see the doctor, and then he gives you your medicine and you're on your way! (Of course this is probably only true for certain medicines--Sarah & I both got ours for ear infections right there in the office.)
Craig had taken the kids over to ION to wait for me and when I met up with them, a Lion Dance troupe had assembled to bring good luck to one of the grocery stores in the mall. The drums & cymbals were super loud but we all thought it was cool (even though we were behind the dance--apparently since they were bringing luck to the store, they face the store & go through the store, etc.). Still very cool! I feel less sad about missing out on the Chinese New year celebrations now. (Still feel bad, but with the move & being sick it just didn't work out!)
[Also, Sarah told me this day, but because I was deaf from the ear infection I didn't really hear the story until several days later: she got to wear the lion costume at school before their break started and do a lion dance. She says they weren't any good though! She also said she was in the back part of the lion. Anna got to see a lion dance at school but Sarah said she didn't. Anna's class didn't get to wear the costumes.]
I've been shopping for trash cans for the bathrooms (four of them) and everywhere I look they are huge and cost at least $40 each. It finally occurred to me to go to DAISO where everything is $2! Sure enough, they had the right size & they were $2 each. Thank goodness!
