The Dragon Dance was of course the highlight for us at the Chinese New Year festivities and market at West Edmonton Mall today. We had a wonderful time there today. It was soooo much better than just having the Lion dance outside of T & T the way they used to. Instead they cover the ice rink and have a huge market and a stage and have all kinds of displays.......a market and then a dragon dance through the market....things happening all day - in fact all weekend!
We had a great time there then had lunch at Tony Romas. Did some shopping at T & T before heading home. It was a great addition to Abigail and Sams project on China and very memorable!
If you want something fun to do tomorrow then head to WEM to see the dragon dance and look around the market - many of the stalls give away trinkets, calendars, chinese new year souvenirs etc etc. Sam and Abby were given Disney magnets they love too!!! :) I treated myself to a beautiful bottle that has been reverse painted INSIDE by artists in China.....hard to explain but just beautiful and I thought we would have a go at doing something similar with some little bottles to show Abigail how difficult it is!!!
All in all a fun, and interesting day :)
