first day of cny

today is the first day of cny! as usual, there were only my grandmother, my parents and my siblings here. cos my only paternal uncle is in australia and my aunts normally come later on the 1st day.

anyway, so yupp, i woke up a few times in the night. then at 850am, i woke up again. this time, i was thinking, isnt the lion dance ppl suppose to reach soon? haha, before i could clear up my head, i heard the drums! ooops! they are already at my neighbour's house, which means their next stop is my house! LOL! i hasnt washed up and my sis was still sleeping! so yupp, had a super rush morning, washed up, changed and went down to wait for the lion dance. haha.

the lion dance 'danced' for quite long and made a word 祥 with the mandarin oranges. took a picture with my family members too. hahaha.

after that, went to take a bath and finally settled down for b-runch at 10am. then dad stayed at home, just in case any guests come over. mum drove to gradma and grandpa's house while my brothers and i went in another car driven by my sis. this is so that my mum can come back earlier to help my dad while we the kids continue staying at my grandparents' place. lol

anyway, talked and had quite a bit of fun there. saw my cousins, uncles, aunts and then also my cutest cousin niece! :) haha.

anyway, then at nearly 3pm, came back home. realised that my dad's cousin's children were at my house. haha. and so there were 4 little children there! and since xiuling's cousin niece came back with her, there were suddenly 5 kids who were all under 6 years old at her house! haha.

not long after my dad's cousin's children left, my 三姑 arrived with her daughters from singapore. haha. so happy to see them! :) did nothing much then, slacked and talked and watched tv and talked.

oh ya, we, the 4 kids are supposed to bring my younger brother to go to some places to bai nian on this day, cos he was going back to singapore the next day. so yupp, grandparents' place, tick! there are 3 more places to go. but the weather was just too warm to make us feel like moving. LOL

anyway, so at about 5 plus, finally we decided to go to my relative's house, which is actually just beside mine. haha. talked talked talked and xiuling learnt sth! xiuling learnt that if she wears slippers in the house, her feet might not be so cracky.

anyway, xiuling's 四姑and小姑 arrived later with their family. so dinner was a big affair today. had lots of food (that's why xiuling gained weight) and talked and drank wine too! hahaha. so fun!

you see, when there are many people eating, we tend to take super long to eat. so by the time we kinda realised that dinner was over, it was already about 9pm. so yupp, went to my dad's cousin's house for about half an hour. it was because my brother had to go back to spore the next day, remember? oh ya, 7 of us went in one car. cool, right?

then 4 ppl were dropped off at my house while 3 of us continued to pd's house. reached at about 1010pm and stayed there till 1130pm! haha.

yupp, then went home and guess what? the youngest 3 were super energetic today while the teenagers were super tired. so yupp, xiuling knocked off at 1230am! hahaha. but xiuling knew that the adults were talking at the living room downstairs while the kiddos were playing near her room! LOL