For Chinese New Year, our adopted Chinese parents, Mr. Gan & Ms Zhang (Chinese usually don’t take on their husband’s last name) came over.
I don’t know if I’ve told you about Ms. Zhang. Here you go:
The night before we interviewed to receive a baby in our home for fostering, I was out on a bike ride to a friend’s. On the way home (it was late at night) I saw this beautiful couple going for a walk. I felt impressed to stop at the stop light and talk with them.
Right after I stopped, I realized my scooter/bike (we have a 3 wheeler that is motorized) ran out of batteries. Mr. Gan insisted he push my scooter all the way home. Mind you, this is no small task. Our scooter bike is a huge clunker beast.
Within days ‘Zhang Mama’ was at our house. She bonded really quick with our little ones, and came over on a weekly basis.
The Zhangs are like family to us. On Chinese New Year they brought fresh food over and cooked and cooked for us.
The boys love it when they come. At this time, Tanner hadn’t had ear surgery yet, so he was still favoring Chinese (it is an easier language to hear, because of the tones). When we asked Tanner to help pour water in Mr. Gan’s cup, Tanner replied in perfect Chinese “Ta YiJing YouLe!”, or “He already has some”.
Many times throughout the night, Hunter kept saying “GanBei”, or “Dry Cup”, meaning “Cheers”, or “Bottoms Up”. I think we paid him 1 kuai each time he did it. The Zhangs thought it was pretty neat.
Happy Chinese New Year everyone! Happy Chinese Year of The Tiger!!
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