Mid-Autumn Mooncake Festival

The Mid-Autumn Festival (aka Mooncake Festival) was on Wednesday. My mom and Phil's parents were over for a nice big dinner to celebrate. We dressed Calvin in his "Granma Loves You" onesie. For once he's actually awake!


Phil was taunting Calvin with all of the food he's missing out on. Although technically he'll get it eventually anyway from the breast milk...


Before dinner all the dishes were spread out on the table to offer to the ancestors. In Cantonese tradition everyone has to stand before the table and bow 3 times. Even Calvin had a turn (with some help of course). Phil's mom made the standard dishes - vermicelli noodles with shrimp, cabbage, lotus seeds, mushrooms, bean sprouts and chicken, and of course the giant whole chicken complete with head! Good thing we got a new dining room table or else all of this food would never have fit.