September 18, 2011

Mid-Autumn Festival & Sky Lanterns

It was non-stop fun this past weekend. In fact, I have a slew of pictures to edit over this week. On Saturday night, we enjoyed our belated mid-autumn festival with another adoptive family. We had a lovely dinner and then came back to our house to light sky lanterns in our backyard.

The anticipation was very very exciting!!

Although my camera really struggles in low light conditions, the night was truly magical. Believe me, our short video really does it better justice than the pictures I ended up taking with the flash.


The smiles on their faces says it all.

We will definitely be purchasing sky lanterns for Chinese New Year in January.

XOXO
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18 comments:

  1. My Vintage MendingSeptember 18, 2011 at 10:03 PM

    What a magical memory. So glad the kiddos had good weather to enjoy it. Have a great week...my sleep in days were wonderful! Smiles...Renee

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  2. JodeeSeptember 18, 2011 at 10:23 PM

    What a fun night! The lanterns look fabulous! It looks like the kids had a great time!

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  3. LeeSeptember 18, 2011 at 10:41 PM

    I need to buy some of those lanterns-what fun!
    What magic memories you are making...keep it up!
    Thanks so much for sharing!

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  4. DonnaSeptember 19, 2011 at 1:09 AM

    Wow, that really is magical, Kim! I love the look on the kids faces, so fun and sweet! Sounds like an amazing time!!

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  5. La Dolce Vita: The Sweet LifeSeptember 19, 2011 at 6:22 AM

    We had a magical autumn moon party too. Definitely a new tradition for us. Where did you get the sky lanterns? They are beautiful!

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  6. KJ@letsgoflyakiteSeptember 19, 2011 at 7:03 AM

    What a memorable experience. I just showed my daughters the video, the loved it. I would also love to do this. We were very disorganized this year with school starting that we didn't get to any of our local celebrations and I feel bad about that. Thank you so much for posting that little video.

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  7. vivianSeptember 19, 2011 at 7:21 AM

    thats awesome. Did you make them or buy them? I'm glad you had a nice weekend. I pretty much rested all weekend and didnt do anything special. I needed to lay low with this silly cold, which is still hanging on to me! but I do feel somewhat better..
    have a great week!
    xoxo
    vivian

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  8. DearHelenHartmanSeptember 19, 2011 at 8:53 AM

    We love those - couldn't do them this July because of burn bans, hoping we can do them for fall - so pretty.

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  9. ~Lavender Dreamer~September 19, 2011 at 9:03 AM

    Family fun...doesn't get any better than that! Enjoy your sweet kids, they grow up fast! Happy Monday, my friend! ♥

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  10. ★Carol★September 19, 2011 at 9:09 AM

    I'd never seen these before, until our town's 4th of July festival. Looks like you had a great time, and you can just see the joy on Josie's face.....such a sweetie!

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  11. Michelle @ Dream Home DIYSeptember 19, 2011 at 10:26 AM

    Oh how fun :) I love sky lanterns....they look so magical as they float away!

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  12. AnonymousSeptember 19, 2011 at 10:29 AM

    Fun Fun Fun

    Sherry

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  13. Joanna BSeptember 19, 2011 at 1:43 PM

    What fun, and what a great idea!! Where do you get your sky lanterns?

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  14. Pink Roses and TeacupsSeptember 19, 2011 at 3:14 PM

    Hi Kim,

    How wonderful that you had this chinese celebration for the kids.
    Josie is one lucky little girl, and she is beautiful! The little boy is adorable too! I hope she enjoys her dancing class. Ibet she will!! Now, I am off to check out those cute Halloween things made from pipe cleaners! Too cute.

    Debbie

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  15. JanetSeptember 19, 2011 at 3:33 PM

    The lantern looks like so much fun and such a great way to celebrate the mid-autumn festival! Don't think we could do that here in CA, though.
    Blessings,
    Janet

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  16. The Star GalSeptember 19, 2011 at 3:43 PM

    I'll be checking CNN to see the reports on UFO's in your area!

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  17. Cheryl G.September 20, 2011 at 12:22 AM

    Amazing sky lanterns. My son would LOVE that but we couldn't have anything like that where we live (everything is so dry and no open fires are allowed---I wonder if we could go to a park or something).
    They really are magical.

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  18. Pam KesslerSeptember 20, 2011 at 8:56 PM

    Those lanterns are so much larger than I had thought they were from the other photos. They really are quite impressive.

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