Happy Chinese New Year! (now whack that pinata!)

Maybe my child is multi-cultural. Maybe she just watches too much TV!

Ella wants a pinata. Out of the blue. And, she's upset that we don't have one in the closet or lying around the house somewhere for her to play with. What were we thinking? Forget Candy Land, or the AquaDoodle, we've got to have a paper mache sombrero and a baseball bat!

I think it comes from a Dora episode. She and Boots win a pinata as their prize for collecting tickets at the carnival. Well if Dora has one, Ella thinks she needs it too. I've tried to explain that pinatas are not something you'll find everday. They're for special occassions, parties or holidays and festivals. Sounds reasonable, but my child is not buying this lame excuse. If you need an occasion for a pinata, Ella will find one. "Let's have a party." Again, I try to explain that parties don't just happen everyday. they're for special occassions, birthdays, holidays and such.

"Chinese New Year Party, get a pinata!" HUH?!?! How does she even know about Chinese New Year you ask? My Ella is also looking forward to a new cartoon which looks a lot like Hello Kitty, but it's a little Asian child and her pets. (Something like "Knee-How Ki-Lan" no clue how you spell that.) This much anticipated show premieres on Chinese New Year. Leave it to those crazy folks at Nickelodeon to solve Ella's dilemma.

Pretty amazing though that she's figured this all out and now expects us to come through. So I guess we'll order take-out with chopsticks next week and pick up a pinata at Party City. Happy Chinese New Year everyone! (2008 is the year of the rat... I checked.)