Today is the New Year's Eve for the Chinese New Year! Happy New Year!

2008 is lunar Year of the Rat for Chinese and to be honest, I would rather call it the Year of the Mouse as to me rat is uglier than mouse and depending on the type, the mouse can be pretty cuteJ.

At the beginning of this year, Olivia registered for an art class to learn Chinese painting and the mouse was the theme for her very first class. That was the first time Olivia saw how a Chinese painting was done and it was fascinating to her! After some learning and practice, here is the mouse Olivia drew for the Chinese New Year, aren't they cute?! I am going to definitely frame it! J