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2005 is the Year of the Rooster! 
Do you know what your Chinese sign is in the calendar? 
The Chinese believe the animal ruling the year in which a person is born has a profound influence on personality. 
They say: "This is the animal that hides in your heart." 
Our Family Signs Chance is a Monkey  Stephanie is a Tiger  Joe is a Sheep 
Please sign our guestbook...   We would love to hear from you! 
Photos from our Chinese New Year (Added February 28, 2005) Ciao! ~The Ratliff Family |
 Happy Chinese New Year!  Chance will receive a red envelope with "lucky money" inside which is a Chinese tradition. Some people also give oranges to their friends and relatives to express their respects and good wishes for the new year. The word "orange" in Chinese sounds like "Ji", which means "good luck". 
We'll be celebrating the Lunar New Year to treasure our asian heritage. Both Korea and Japan celebrate it in different ways. We'll be having rice cake soup (tteokguk) that day which is a Korean tradition. One of Stephanie's favorite soup and hopefully, will be Chance's as well...yummy! 
~ Update ~ On Monday, we celebrated Fasching with the Germans at the well-known and popular Mainz parade. It is Germany's version of Mardi Gras/Carnival as they dress up in crazy costumes and normal rules of behavior are forgotten. 
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