2011 大年初一

The long awaited 大年初一 is here!!  We got up pretty early, but by the time we left the house, its time for lunch!!  Why?  As we were busy getting the kids to change into their new clothes and keep the toys before we leave the house!  It's supposed to be a tradition to not scold and beat the children on 大年初一, but they really left us with no choice, especially Adwin!  He is really getting so mischevious that with no cane, he will not do anything that is ask of him!  Even for changing into new clothes, he can take his own sweet time and after changing, he complain the long jean is painful and went on to change into a pair of old shorts!  And before we leave for parent-in-law's place for lunch, we thought to have some pictures taken and have a mini 拜年 at home so they know what to do later! Haha... But as usual, it's a tough job to get Adwin to do what we ask of him!!

Anyway, when we arrived at my parent-in-law's place, we proceed with our normal 拜年 to 老爷爷 and our parents.  红糟面线 is a main dish we have during festivals or birthdays and also my favourite! Haha... After this we proceed to my parent's place and have another round of eating and another round of 拜年.

My parents will head back to Malacca after we leave, as they find it boring here and also all our relatives are there and I do misses the time back there when we were still kids.  We play tons of fire crackers there, eat lots of food, visit lots of relatives and friends there and collect lots of ang baos!!  And we also get to have small mahjong and card games back then.  I had always hope to be able to go back for a visit during Lunar new year, but only managed to drive back once after marriage when Ashley was 2!  Hope we can have another drive back during Lunar new year again...