tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32221196321030359302024-03-21T17:33:18.610-05:00I'm Asher and He's JackThe Hampton Boysroger and courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729866448049526280noreply@blogger.comBlogger420125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222119632103035930.post-45305540478033147412013-03-01T08:29:00.000-06:002013-03-01T08:29:00.441-06:00A Day in the LifeAs we wrap up things here in Bangkok and head back to the US for a bit, I thought it was a rather appropriate time to share another day in our life. <a href="http://rogerandcourtney.blogspot.com/2010/03/show-us-your-life.html" target="_blank">Last time</a> I shared about our day we had just moved to Bangkok and Asher was 17 months old, now it's three years later and we are heading back to the US with a 4 year old and a 2 year old.<br />
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Asher gets up early, but he's pretty good about playing in his room until his "<a href="http://www.amazon.com/Wake-Childrens-Alarm-Clock-Nightlight/dp/B002RNKOM2" target="_blank">green light</a>" comes on. Once the light turns green he turns off his AC and comes running into our room demanding breakfast. At this point his typical breakfast includes 2 pieces of toast, oatmeal and yogurt. The boy loves to eat.<br />
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Mornings are hectic as we get breakfast, a little play time, get bags packed and wrestle Asher into his school uniform. Depending on the day either Roger or I and maybe Jack take Asher to school. Before I leave the house I try to throw in the first load of laundry.<br />
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The drive to school is somewhere between 20 - 60 minutes long depending on the day of the week and the time of year. We spend a while playing on the playground with Asher and his friends before the morning assembly starts. After we get Asher settled in at school we either head home or, since we are already downtown, go visit some friends.<br />
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Usually we just head home and while Jack plays I hang up the laundry and do the first round of dishes. If Jack is doing good I can go ahead and get the house straightened up or work on packing up and cleaning out different areas. Did I mention we are moving out of this house in 16 days? Everything has to either go into storage or into a suitcase bound for America.<br />
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Sometimes in the mornings Jack and I join the other househelpers and grandparents around the neighborhood for a morning stroll, but usually we stay indoors where it's somewhat cooler. If we have to we head to the grocery store or up to the mall to run errands, but most days we just stay home and play.<br />
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Closer to lunch time Jack and I walk up to the top of our street and order lunch. His current favorite is fried basil pork with no pork. He just really likes the rice and green beans. Jack has all of his favorite routines and pretty much has the cook at the restaurant wrapped around his finger. He points and squeals and she gets him his rice as fast as possible. Right before we leave he always makes all the ladies swoon when he speaks his little bit of Thai, wais and then gives her kisses.<br />
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After lunch Jack gets a quick spray down in the shower and heads off for his nap. I try to do absolutely nothing while he sleeps, but sometimes I am forced to get off the couch to do more laundry, wash more dishes or cook dinner.<br />
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Most afternoons Roger can work at home while Jack naps and I head back down to the city by myself to pick up Asher. I repeat the morning commute (although it is usually a bit faster in the afternoons) and wait outside with all of the other parents for Asher to appear. We almost always make a pit stop for milk before heading to the playground and then heading home.<br />
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After school we tend to just hang out at home. Lots of afternoons are spent on the couch eating a snack, watching a show and reading books. After a little time to unwind both boys usually head right out the front door and spend the rest of the evening playing outside, only taking a short break for dinner.<br />
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After it cools off we go for bike rides, run up and down the street pretending to be airplanes or play soccer in the middle of the road with the neighbors. There's also a healthy dose of cat chasing, knee scraping and sibling fighting. Once it gets dark the garbage truck comes by and we head inside for baths.<br />
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Just a side note about awesome Thai people can be: one night I had bubbles out in the street and most of the neighborhood preschoolers were chasing me around. We saw the garbage truck coming and as usual my boys started cheering and waving and, this night, blowing bubbles. All of the other kids were whisked inside away from the dirty garbage men. Evidently our fascination with the garbage truck is very American. The very next night the garbage men all came back with bubbles and they stopped the truck in front of our house and blew bubbles for Asher and Jack to chase. Of course, now the neighbors think we are even stranger than before.<br />
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It's also worth mentioning that Jack has a rather small vocabulary for a 2 year old, but he can say garbage truck and Gangnam Style.<br />
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Bath time is rather unexciting at our house. No bathtub means quick showers for everyone and then off to bed. We don't mess around at bedtime. I'm too close to the finish line and have them well trained to brush teeth, put on pajamas and get in the bed.<br />
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The rest of the evening is for relaxing, exercising and occasionally heading out for a massage or a coffee with some girlfriends.<br />
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I can only imagine how much our day is getting ready to change. In 19 days we will be back in America (at least for a while), settling into a new house and new routines. While I know I will miss Asher's school, being able to play outside every day and our garbage men, I am very much looking forward to dropping the boys off with Mimi, reconnecting with old friends and (at least for a while) not being the weird neighbors.roger and courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729866448049526280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222119632103035930.post-8854032984198770022013-02-15T08:55:00.000-06:002013-02-15T08:55:00.481-06:00Asher and the AlphabetAsher will finish Kindergarten 1 at the end of the month. This year they have learned all of the consonants in the Thai alphabet as well as the English alphabet. Here's a video of Asher saying the Thai alphabet.<br />
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Every night after baths, Asher and Jack spend a few (ok, exactly 5 because they are little and need very specific limits) minutes bouncing around on our bed. When the timer goes off it's time to brush teeth and head to bed. Jack loves his tooth brush. He also says about 5 words, one of which is teeth.<br />
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So, every night the timer goes off and Jack throws himself off the bed and takes off running as fast as his miniature legs will go, running towards the bathroom screaming, "TEETH!!!" We all giggle at him and he giggles at himself and then we hold him down and force him to let us brush his teeth.<br />
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This sets the stage for our latest adventure.<br />
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Three weeks ago we were plowing through our normal bath and bed routine. Jack heard the timer and took off only to hit a puddle of water when he went into the bathroom. Down he went and we all braced for the scream. Oddly enough there wasn't much of a scream, just a heap of Jack sort of crying and looking confused. I scooped him up, dried him off, looked him over for big bumps and put him to bed.<br />
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He whimpered for a few minutes and then drifted off to sleep. A few hours later he started crying and since that is pretty unusual I ran up to see what was wrong. He looked fine, but he wouldn't go back to sleep. I figured his belly hurt (I think we had something really healthy like chocolate chip pancakes for dinner) and the thought even crossed my mind that maybe he hurt himself and needed some Tylenol. Then the thought of him throwing up bright red Tylenol all over his crib crossed my mind. I rocked him, Roger rocked him and finally he just went back to sleep.<br />
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The next morning I found him sort of floundering in his crib. His arms were hanging onto the edge, but his feet appeared to not be working. I got him breakfast and when he was done I plopped him down on the floor and realized that the boy couldn't stand up.<br />
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Off to the doctor we went, got some x-rays, watched the doctor search Google for "toddler hip pain" and left without knowing anything more than he didn't appear to have broken anything. We went back three days later (three non-walking Jack days later) to see a pediatric orthopedic doctor. More x-rays, thankfully no more Google and no more answers. Just a two year old that couldn't walk.<br />
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We waited a week (another non-walking week) and went back again. I tried almost every day to get Jack to at least stand up, but he would always just perch on his one good leg and then fall down and crawl away. Of course, at the doctor's office he stood up, and while holding onto my hand, walked down the hall. Fantastic. The doctor told us all would be well and sent us home. Jack refused to stand or walk for two more days before finally waking up one morning and deciding he was ready to go.<br />
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We watched him limp around for another week before we decided that maybe we should go back to the doctor even though the doctor told us he was fine.<br />
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The doctors we had already seen were out of the country, so we ended up at another international hospital seeing another new doctor (I think this was number 4). This guy was on top of things. Instead of telling Jack to walk, he threw some toys across the room and let Asher and Jack run after them. Once he saw how he was limping (and confirmed that I was not imagining it) he told us his plan for figuring out what was wrong. Once again we needed x-rays and I have to say I'm getting pretty good at holding Jack's leg in the correct positions.<br />
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We headed back to the doctor's office and then we finally had our answer: Jack had a toddler fracture and now that almost three weeks had passed we could see his bone starting to heal. Since Jack was already walking the doctor decided no cast for now and we all headed home happy to finally have some answers. Other than a few more follow up appointments it looks like we finally figured out the ending to Jack's Great Fall.<br />
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In other news, Jack maybe has a broken leg. He fell a week ago and hasn't walked since. The doctors can't find anything on the x-rays, so we are just waiting...I think. Either way, it's not a lot of fun to carry around a 2 year old in the Bangkok heat, but at least he doesn't have to wear shoes and that saves me a few minutes every time we leave the house.</div>
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We are keeping busy getting all of stuff ready to go into storage. It's a great time to get rid of stuff, so I have been cleaning out closets and throwing away as much as I can. One benefit of moving so often is getting rid of stuff I don't really need, but moving is a lot of work. I consider myself an expert 50 pound suitcase packer at this point and I will soon be testing my skills again.</div>
roger and courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729866448049526280noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222119632103035930.post-23568144816567404182013-01-20T09:15:00.000-06:002013-01-20T09:15:00.317-06:00Things That Probably Don't Happen At Your Preschool (Part 2)Last week was traffic and bicycle safety day at Asher's school. I'm not really sure what all they talked about because Asher said that he had a hard time understanding the policemen.<br />
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I think they learned a little about road signs and maybe how the policemen direct traffic. During the busiest parts of the day in Bangkok policemen will be at most intersections stopping traffic during green lights and generally adding to the chaos in the streets. Maybe now the preschoolers understand why?<br />
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After the safety lecture they all headed outside to practice what they had learned. Asher evidently had fun waiting for his turn to ride the bikes.<br />
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They practiced safely crossing the road (or maybe they let the bike riders get an early start on scaring pedestrians dumb enough to try and cross the road).<br />
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There were also stoplights and different traffic signs set up around the courtyard, so I think they had to follow directions and try to not break any of the rules. Asher was unclear as to whether or not traffic violations resulted in needing to pay a bribe.<br />
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Overall it seemed to be a fun day and Asher really liked it because there was very little time spend learning to write Thai letters that day.<br />
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The odd part of the day came out later on when he kept talking to me about the policemen and their bags. I finally asked him what he was talking about and this is what he says: "Well, Khruu Wen (his teacher) told us that if we stood up or talked while the policemen were talking they would hit us with their stick and put us in their bag and take us away."<br />
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Asher sort of scoffs at this sort of thing and doesn't fall for it, but it's a pretty normal for people here to tell their kids things like this. We have a friend in a different part of the country that finally realized one day that all of the children in her church were scared of her because their parents had been telling them that foreigners bite kids.<br />
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Just another day at school, living in fear of policemen sticking you in a bag for standing up when you are supposed to be sitting down.roger and courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729866448049526280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222119632103035930.post-74202710675812005552013-01-18T09:35:00.001-06:002013-01-18T09:35:41.307-06:00Things That Probably Don't Happen At Your PreschoolThere are a few things that are different in a Thai preschool. Let's look back to the end of July and see what happened on Fire Drill Day 1, Year 2555.<br />
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In order to make it more realistic they actually started a small fire inside the school.<br />
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And then they rolled the fire through the hallways.<br />
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Like all good events there was a special sign made just for that day.<br />
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Okay, I admit, the sign is a little creepy looking.<br />
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Asher seemed unmoved by the whole experience. He was unimpressed by the fire in the hallways, but he was quite taken with the small flags that the teachers carried. For some reason he calls the flags castles and for months talked about seeing castles all around the city. We didn't know what he was talking about for the longest time. I still haven't figured out why he thinks flags are called castles.<br />
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So, what do you think? Are we likely to run into these types of fire drills when we are in the US?roger and courtneyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09729866448049526280noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3222119632103035930.post-31194973464747652902013-01-01T07:32:00.000-06:002013-01-01T07:32:17.044-06:00Project 365: 358 - 366<div style="text-align: center;">
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Happy Birthday Baby Jack!</div>
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Merry Christmas! And let's mention how these four could not sit still for a picture. Every single picture has Asher frozen in this pose, Jack running away, Ellie being held in place by Asher and Aedan looking he's just fed up it.</div>
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We followed up an exciting Christmas with two sick boys and lots of laundry.</div>
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Daddy and Asher relaxing in the glow of the iPad. More than likely it was Asher showing off how great he is at Fruit Ninja.</div>
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Roger and I went out for the evening and I had the opportunity to model my Christmas present.</div>
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I took Roger's mom out for a foot massage, it's the best way to end a day of walking around the city.</div>
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Jack had Asher's sunglasses and Asher's bike. You can imagine how well Asher took that.</div>
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At Asiatique: all was well until Jack got his head stuck in the railing. For real. That little stinker shoved his head right between those rails and started screaming. I had a brief moment of panic and visions of the scene the foreigners were going to cause before I just grabbed his head and yanked it back out. He recovered quickly, but it took Roger and I a very long time to stop giggling about it.</div>
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You can tell we will be having company soon because I actually got the "train room" all cleaned up and sort of organized. I think Jack managed to undo all of my work as soon as he woke up the next morning.</div>
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We took the boys and went to look at Christmas lights. Last year it was relatively cool and we wore long sleeves and pretended it was cold. This year is was like 95 degrees and 90% humidity. A true Bangkok Christmas.</div>
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While getting rid of all of our loose change I came across all of these different coins: Japanese Yen (used to share a washer with former Tokyo dwellers), Indonesian Rupiah (used to live there), Malaysian Ringgit (visited there a few times), Thai Baht and a few American coins. </div>
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Asher brought home a Christmas ornament from school. I asked him if he made it and he enthusiastically told me no, his teacher made it, which to him makes it even more special.</div>
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Jack and I went on a little Christmas shopping expedition that included a water taxi ride. Unfortunately it was quite unsuccessful, but Jack did enjoy being on the water. Also, I think Jack looks exactly like Asher in this picture.</div>
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We took Granny up to the top of the tallest building in Thailand. While Granny enjoyed the views of the city Jack enjoyed driving the tuk-tuk.</div>
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Asher took Granny to see some Christmas trees. Then he taught her how to take pictures like a Thai.</div>
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My laundry basket grew legs and ran away from me.</div>
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I stopped by the hospital to check in on a friend and got a nice shot of central Bangkok.</div>
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Asher had a program at school to celebrate Father's Day. He stood up in the front of everyone and sang with his class and made a card for his Daddy.</div>
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We celebrated Father's Day by wearing our yellow shirts in honor of the king and spending the whole day at home together. Asher was a good little Thai boy and wai-ed his Daddy.</div>
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Mimi's Christmas present is on the way to America. I think it will make her giggle every time she sees it.</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">Jack and I spent the morning at the hospital playing with Emma on the rooftop garden. I think these two are just about 9 months apart, so technically they could be brother and sister like everyone thought. They both love to cuddle and to run and neither one of them likes to share Goldfish crackers.</span></b></div>
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I met up with some friends for dinner at Terminal 21. I am always amazed by the big express escalator, you can go straight from floor 1 up to floor 5.</div>
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Asher is so very proud of his little Christmas tree. He turns it on as soon as he wakes up every morning and proudly hangs a new ornament from our Jesse Tree story on it every night.</div>
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My little school boy marches down the hall every morning to put away his backpack before he runs off to the playground to see his friends.</div>
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I enjoyed my first (and probably last) Peppermint Mocha of the season, definitely my favorite Starbucks drink.</div>
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My friend Shalinn is moving back to America. She moved to Bangkok right around the same time Jack made his appearance in Bangkok and we have seen her almost every week since then. She is an amazing worship leader and we will definitely miss her talents on Wednesday mornings.</div>
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Asher asked if we could make a birds nest. We did it. I officially have used up all of my craftiness.</div>
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Asher was part of the morning assembly and helped to raise the flag during the national anthem. He was very serious during his task and very proud afterwards.</div>
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We spent the whole day kicking off the Christmas season. We put up the tree, decorated the house and then ended the day with a trip downtown to see all the Christmas lights.</div>
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King David was royally thrilled with the little sinks at the mall.</div>
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Asher's bed was just waiting for him to jump in.</div>
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We pass trucks like this all the time, but I finally captured the craziness.</div>
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We headed to Chiang Mai for Thanksgiving and decided to show the boys the spot where Roger proposed. They were unimpressed with the family history lesson, but quite taken with the construction equipment.</div>
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Before we headed off to stuff ourselves with turkey we stopped by the Chiang Mai zoo and saw some animals. Roger fed a cheetah pieces of raw meat. He said it was the best trip to the zoo he has ever had.</div>
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We enjoyed a lovely retreat in the mountains outside of Chaing Mai. Roger went zip-lining, we spent hours talking with friends and the boys went wild on the playground with their friends.</div>
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I took my first flight alone with the boys. It was late at night and a short flight and I think it was mostly a success. It was a little sticky for a while when both boys were asleep and wouldn't wake up to walk off of the plane, but we made it.</div>
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Little bit had to go back to the doctor to get his bandages taken off and then he got cozy and took a long afternoon nap.</div>
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Snack time got complicated when Jack spilled his cereal and saw the big pigeons start circling up around him.</div>
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Everybody is heading home from work. Luckily I was headed into the city, so I got to miss some of the traffic.</div>
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Yay Asher! He got all A's in English. Love it. </div>
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Asher skipped school and after we did some grocery shopping we grabbed some lunch at the mall. Asher's new thing is paying for stuff and getting change back. He's pretty funny about it, he will just stand there holding his hand out waiting and waiting for the clerk to give him some money back.</div>
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Jack was worn out after playgroup and was getting pretty silly waiting for nap time.</div>
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Asher loves to wear long sleeves and he loves to pose for photos.</div>
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The doctor told me Jack would be fine the day after surgery, but considering he had stitches and had been under anesthesia I didn't believe her. Turns out she was right. Jack woke up and acted like nothing was wrong.</div>
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I love that he wants to help keep the car clean, I don't love when I get lectured about driving through puddles so that the car will stay clean.</div>
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Poor little fellow. He was up early in the morning and then he didn't get to take a good nap. He crashed in the car on the way to pick up Asher.</div>
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Sometimes (lots of times) when Roger is working at night we eat popcorn, watch a movie and just have fruit and yogurt for dinner.<br />
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We got new water bottles for the boys. Poor Jack couldn't figure his out at first (you have to bite to get the water out), but he eventually did get it after Asher explained it to him.</div>
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Do you think this looks loud? Because I can assure you it was even louder than it looks.</div>
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I got brave and wore jewelry to church. After I spent a few hours on the nursery floor while every single kid "explored" my jewelry I remembered why it was a bad idea.</div>
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Yum yum yum. Jack went crazy on some rice.</div>
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Love the city, hate the traffic.</div>
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We spent the last day of Asher's school break hanging out with friends, watching Thomas and sword fighting.</div>
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Asher headed back to school after his mid-term break. He was super excited to see all of his friends.</div>
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Bangkok does not give us the opportunity to enjoy fall, so we decided to just pretend. We cranked up the AC and baked a bunch of fall goodies to go along with our very homemade Pumpkin Spice lattes.</div>
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I got up early and headed to the hospital with Jack so he could have his hernia repaired. We are so spoiled here, we waited in a fancy lounge and Jack had 4 nurses following him around. It was so sad leaving him in the operating room, but at least I got to stay until he was asleep. The surgery was quick and we were back at our house less than 3 hours later.</div>
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Asher spent the afternoon with a container of water, a rock and two horses. He had a blast.</div>
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I know that the very kind employee that gave Jack his own cart to push was trying to help, but wow, what a bad idea. Luckily most of the people he ran over worked at the grocery store, so I didn't feel bad.</div>
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This week's super fun amazing outing was to the Bangkok Science Center. If the subway/skytrain/walk didn't wear us out, the toddler playroom sure did.</div>
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<b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: normal;">So, another one of Asher's teeth randomly fell out. We are assuming it was just loose from his fall earlier this year. We were all sitting on the couch and he said, "Mom, this thing is in my mouth." Then he handed me a tooth. It was weird.</span></b></div>
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Puzzles have been all the rage around here lately. Unfortunately they also cause a lot of rage in 22 month olds that can't quite figure it out by themselves.</div>
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Our neighbor's bananas continue to grow into our yard. Still don't know the etiquette as far as whether or not we have any claim on them.</div>
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The infant car seat is finally out of our extra bathroom (hey, there's no closets in these Asian houses) thanks to Craig's List.</div>
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Whenever you find something hidden in a weird place in our house, you know that Jack must be near by. I find my contact case in this same place (between my bed and mattress) almost every night.</div>
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This is my cheap way to work out: 30 Day Shred on YouTube, 2 cans of spaghetti sauce for hand weights and a fan so I don't completely overheat. </div>
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Jack decided to take himself on a little stroll, no outside help required.</div>
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Something (probably Nemo) was really holding their attention.</div>
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When Jack's not busy hiding things he can be found stacking spices in the kitchen.</div>
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That boy loves to run.</div>
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We took a little impromptu road trip and while eating ice cream found ourselves engulfed in a small mob of photo seekers. Jack loved it. Asher just wanted his ice cream.</div>
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Girls night out! I enjoyed a fun evening of shopping, hummus and Cherry Sprite with some good friends.</div>
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Poor Jack woke up from his nap with a high fever...and a hernia. We didn't realize it was a hernia at the time, but we have a great doctor and he immediately knew what it was. Some antibiotics and tylenol took care of the infection and fever and an appointment with a pediatric surgeon started to take care of the hernia.</div>
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Policeman Asher was directing traffic on Rama IV (his new favorite street). He manages to be just as unpredictable and annoying as every traffic cop in this city.</div>
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Our big outing of the week was a trip to the zoo. We hadn't been in a long time and it was definitely a lot more fun now that Asher is older. We saw lots of animals sitting on concrete slabs and were cornered by an angry goose inside a giant bird cage.</div>
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They found a way to play together. Don't worry, it didn't last long.</div>
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After we picked Roger up at the airport we headed to the park to check out the turtles and climb on some stuff.</div>
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Asher had his first field trip. His class rode a bus (big pink bus! with pictures of Lightning McQueen!) over to the aquarium and spent the morning looking at fish. It was pretty much the highlight of his entire month. He still talks about it.</div>
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Since Asher was out of school we met some friends for a morning at the park. Asher's favorite part was getting to hold Ellie while we loaded the car.<br />
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Jack got a little wild with some after lunch Oreos.</div>
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Evidently all of the men in this family are genetically pre-disposed to leg crossing.</div>
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Jack thinks there is nothing more fun that playing in his big brother's room.</div>
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Asher's buddy gave him some Thomas chopsticks for his birthday. They are the training kind with little holes for his fingers and he can eat almost anything with them.</div>
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Mimi sent Asher some new clothes for his birthday and he wanted to pose for a picture before church.</div>
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Roger had to go to Malaysia for a week, so we had a lot of picnics at dinner time.</div>
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This was the flood that was the cause of an epic 2.5 hour drive home from Asher's school that included: flooding (obviously), traffic (always), a failed attempt at circumnavigating both traffic and flood, Jack throwing up in his car seat (while lost and stuck in traffic), seeing the central Bangkok prison (while Jack was puking), lots of Asher telling mommy to stop crying and that it would be okay, missing the road to our house and one final u-turn that got us home just in time to dry all of our tears, eat dinner and go to bed. And clean throw up out of a car seat.</div>
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We made it home quite safely from school and our little poser wanted some pictures taken in front of the house.</div>
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Jack was worn out and literally sick of being stuck in the car. Daddy come home!</div>
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Asher's last day of school was a party day. He got to wear whatever he wanted (the helicopter, of course) and he spent the morning at school playing games and eating junk food.</div>
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We survived the week (barely) and got everyone to bed early so we could get to the airport the next morning to meet Roger's plane.</div>
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Here's our first family Halloween post (<a href="http://rogerandcourtney.blogspot.com/2008/11/indo-ween.html" target="_blank">click here</a>). We dressed up as an Indonesian nanny, an Indonesian driver and an Indonesian baby. Trust me, it was really funny and not nearly as offensive as it might seem.<br />
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We went out for a nice drive around the city (it is possible!) and then stopped by our favorite park to let the boys burn off some energy. Asher ran sprints for about 10 minutes before he ran out of steam.</div>
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After his bath Jack gets dried off and thrown into the big bed for some play time with Daddy. After Asher joins him he gets crazy hair and then likes to lay down on Mommy and cuddle.</div>
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It rained. It flooded. Only one of the eight outbound lanes were open during the afternoon rush hour(s). It took us a long time to get home.</div>
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Taking this one grocery shopping just got a lot more fun. It was just the two of us, so we snagged one of these little car shopping carts. It's the first time we've seen them around here. I'm thinking America has had them for awhile? Either way, absolutely genius, but rather hard to maneuver. </div>
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Happy Birthday Asher Boy! We took cupcakes to school to celebrate our biggest boy turning 4. I love getting to be in his classroom. Those kids crack me up. I asked his teacher to take a picture with him and all of his friends came running up to get in the picture, too.</div>
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Jack spends hours trying to play this little instrument and then, when he finally figures it out, he scares himself with the loud noise and starts crying. Amazing.</div>
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Mimi sent new Halloween pajamas and Asher wanted me to take a picture so she could see how much he likes them. We asked Jack to join in, but he declined and started crying at the mere suggestion that he would like to pose for a photo. Asher tried to hug him and tell him it would be okay and I managed to snap this picture at just the right time.</div>
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Our neighbors invited us to a birthday party...with a horse! I think that there are not many things funnier than seeing a horse trotting up and down the street in an urban neighborhood. Well, maybe it was funnier when one of the old ladies came and got the horse and took him to her house so he could eat her grass and save some time in her garden.</div>
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They say that children will copy what they see modeled by their parents. Evidently we've taught Asher quite a bit about iPhone photography.</div>
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Science! Actually, it's just salad dressing that I was making, but if Asher were older and homeschooled I would definitely call this science class.</div>
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I have many issues with the McCracken County Clerk's Office (living overseas there is just absolutely no way I can renew a driver's license?!?), but I will hand it to them this time. We requested an absentee ballot and it was at our house in Bangkok in four days.</div>
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Asher wanted a chocolate birthday cake. I wanted something a bit more exciting. Guess who won?</div>
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