
If you've read my book Year of the Rat , you'll remember how one-year old Max has a Lucky Destiny party.
So, we had a Lucky Destiny Birthday Party for Rain Dragon! It was themed in red, for the luck:
But the big event is the destiny choosing! In The Year of the Rat, Max chooses his destiny at his birthday party. That is a real Chinese custom! A one year old is presented with a variety of objects, each one symbolizing his/her future vocation.
We had Rain Dragon choose from money (finance manager), wrench (contractor), computer mouse (computer programmer), book (author/librarian), thermometer (doctor), paintbrush (artist), ball (athlete), spoon (chef/baker), solar lamp (new energy engineer!).
After much hesitation, she chose....
The spoon!
Yay! Rain Dragon is going to be a chef!
Well, even if her lucky destiny isn't quite accurate, at least we know she had a very lucky birthday party!
We had Rain Dragon choose from money (finance manager), wrench (contractor), computer mouse (computer programmer), book (author/librarian), thermometer (doctor), paintbrush (artist), ball (athlete), spoon (chef/baker), solar lamp (new energy engineer!).
After much hesitation, she chose....
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| she was a little overwhelmed by all the attention |
The spoon!
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| maybe she will fulfill my cupcake dreams! |
Yay! Rain Dragon is going to be a chef!
Well, even if her lucky destiny isn't quite accurate, at least we know she had a very lucky birthday party!
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| everyone clapped, so she clapped too! |
I hope you have a Lucky Destiny Party with your one-year-old (or two, or three)! It's great fun!


























