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Kids and dragons

March 16, 2012 By Susan Blumberg-Kason 6 Comments

Guess what arrived this week?

When my husband Tom and I booked tickets to Hong Kong for next month, we took advantage of Cathay Pacific’s special Year of the Dragon fare, which included a free stuffed dragon.

Pretty true to the ad, right?

My two youngest kids were delighted to open the package on Monday and find this dragon. I thought it would be difficult for them to share (alas, Cathay only allowed one dragon per online reservation), but they’ve surprised me as one carries it around during the day and the other one shares a pillow with it at night.

It’ll be hard to be away from the kids for a week in April, but knowing that they can picture Hong Kong through books I’ve read them–and now this dragon, which comes from the airline we’ll fly–makes it a little easier to get away.

Filed Under: Featured Tagged With: Hong Kong, Raising Multi-Cultural Kids

Comments

  1. Chandrika says

    March 16, 2012 at 7:58 am

    He looks adorable – and does he resembles Barney or am I imagining that?

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    • Susan Blumberg-Kason says

      March 16, 2012 at 1:46 pm

      Now that you mention it, the one in the lower photo looks like him!

      Reply
  2. Stuart Beaton says

    March 16, 2012 at 7:54 am

    Waaaaaaaaaaaaaa…. now I want one!

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    • Susan Blumberg-Kason says

      March 16, 2012 at 1:46 pm

      There’s always Tao Bao! You never know!

      Reply
      • Stuart Beaton says

        March 16, 2012 at 6:45 pm

        I do know… Ellen’s been scouring TaoBao since you first posted the picture.

        Bugger all.

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        • Susan Blumberg-Kason says

          March 16, 2012 at 7:53 pm

          Wah! I’ll look on eBay here. They might only be available in the US…for now.

          Reply

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