For the month of January, Elle and Mr. Nie have been singing a Chinese song in the car. Elle is learning the song for the Chinese New Year (CNY) Performance at Dulwich. Mr. Nie brought his tape recorder of the song in the car for Elle. Emmy even has starting to learn the song as she heard it so much.

Elle’s early years (2 – 4yrs) at DUCKS put on the CNY performance. The performance is scheduled for a two day run so all parents can see it. We had requested the second day performance. However, I had volunteered to help get the children dress both days. So I “sneaked” in to find a place to watch on the first day of performance. Of course I had my camera but had planned to get better pictures the next day with the long lens and video camera (and Jim).

On Wednesday, Elle woke up with a fever. Not going to school…I was so disappointed. I wanted to see her dance again. However, I was glad I was able to see the performance on Tuesday. They are so cute performing at this age. Elle’s class was sheepherders, very cute little herders.