Chúc mừng năm mới

Today we began celebrating for Tet and were invited to Vietnam house by the Vietnamese Embassy. This was an event for families with children adopted from Vietnam and it was not a huge event.  Many of the families that did attend, had recently travelled and returned with children adopted through the special needs stream.  The two twin girls that I have mentioned and whose blog I posted, came with their family of 11, and another family who also adopted from vung tau was there too....anyhow a few surprises which started with Matteo's very first Ao Dai....another pair of twins adopted returned from Vietnam a few days ago and their parents brought this for Matteo....we drove out to get it this morning and were not able to visit as the family is still dealing with  getting settled, but we look forward to some play dates...they are cutie pies too!

Matteo looked so cute and it brought a tear to my eye!! He loves getting dressed up in princess dresses at daycare and I think he has been longing to wear an Ao Dai as when we put it on him, boy did he like it!!....so on some intuitive level he is somehow suited to wear his traditional outfit.

Anyhow the Tet event was simple and Matteo, and all children, received a gift bag...we had a nice time, though we were both so tired when we got home...here are a few photos to remember the day....