I’ve been looking forward to my joint Chinese New Year event with Mandarin Seeds at apple seeds since my first one last year. And even though the weather report was threatening snow, I knew it wouldn’t prevent New Yorkers from venturing out.
Our family LOVES the play space, gift shop, and healthy snacks at apple seeds, so there was no need to bribe the kids or my husband, for that matter. He knows that when we go, the kids are completely taken care of. Everything is clean, interactive, spacious, well organized, and so easy to keep track of your little ones.
The kids were really cute acting out the animals from my animal book and were amazing as they counted all the way up to 100 (yì bǎi). That’s my son acting like a yā zi (duck).
Mandarin Treehouse had amazing art projects for the Year of the Tiger. The children got to decorate their own Chinese Drums and color cute Year of the Tiger sheets. To finish things off, they handed out “hong bao”, lucky red envelopes to all the children.
As if mingling with apple seeds members, catching up with friends, watching the children have a great time wasn’t enough, I found a new dentist for my boys, to boot! Dr. Lisa Bienstock left her table display to buy my books, so of course we got to talking. She was extremely friendly, sweet to my boys, and came highly recommended by a friend who came to support me. Talk about coincidence! I’m calling for an appointment tomorrow…
