February 9th is the date of this year's Chinese New Year. It's the Year of the Rooster.

Before I left work today, I posed Lucky Cat, which is supposed to draw wealth to a business, over three boxes of fortune cookies at our office snack spot. This is on the heels of today's Mardi Gras cake.

Tonight, we have a family dinner out, and Sunday we might catch a parade in D.C. or Baltimore. This year's celebrations are special because Cianna is old enough at 15 months to begin to understand what's going on. She also got her very own Lucky Cat, which he promptly hugged and kissed.

- mike lee - langley park, md