Project 365: 295 - 301

Day 295

Asher spent the afternoon with a container of water, a rock and two horses. He had a blast.

Day 296

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.

Day 297

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.

Day 298

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.

Day 299

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.

Day 300

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.

Day 301

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.

Project 365: 288 - 294

Day 288

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.

Day 289

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. 

Day 290

Jack decided to take himself on a little stroll, no outside help required.

Day 291

Something (probably Nemo) was really holding their attention.

Day 292

When Jack's not busy hiding things he can be found stacking spices in the kitchen.

Day 293

That boy loves to run.

Day 294

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.

Project 365: 281 - 287

Day 281

Girls night out! I enjoyed a fun evening of shopping, hummus and Cherry Sprite with some good friends.

Day 282

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.

Day 283

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.

Day 284

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.

Day 285

They found a way to play together. Don't worry, it didn't last long.

Day 286

Jack in a box. Get it?

Day 287

A mall (not very) near our house was having an Earth Day kind of thing. There were lots of trees and fish to check out along with a hot air balloon.

Project 365: 274 - 280

Day 274

After we picked Roger up at the airport we headed to the park to check out the turtles and climb on some stuff.

Day 275

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.

Day 276

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.

Day 277

Jack got a little wild with some after lunch Oreos.

Day 278

Evidently all of the men in this family are genetically pre-disposed to leg crossing.

Day 279

Jack thinks there is nothing more fun that playing in his big brother's room.

Day 280

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.

Project 365: 267 - 273

Day 267

Mimi sent Asher some new clothes for his birthday and he wanted to pose for a picture before church.

Day 268

Roger had to go to Malaysia for a week, so we had a lot of picnics at dinner time.

Day 269

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.

Things like this only happen when Roger is out of the country.

Day 270

We made it home quite safely from school and our little poser wanted some pictures taken in front of the house.

Day 271

Jack was worn out and literally sick of being stuck in the car. Daddy come home!

Day 272

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.

Day 273

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.

The Ghost of Halloweens Past

We are lazy about Halloween. Or maybe just lucky. It's not a big deal here outside of International schools and certain neighborhoods full of expatriates. Our boys have no expectations of dressing up and (if like the past two years) we don't get around to finding a costume, it's not a big deal.

But.

That does mean we miss out on the extreme cuteness of babies dressed as bears and the silliness of dressing up with our friends.

Here's our first family Halloween post (click here). 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.

The next year we did actually celebrate Halloween while in Vancouver (click here). Asher went as Asher Bear and to this day I don't think I have ever seen anything sweeter.

Sorry Baby Jack, the second baby living in Bangkok doesn't really get to be a bear.

As for this year, well, umm....Mimi got them some new pajamas and that's good enough for me.

Project 365: 260 - 266

Day 260

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.

Day 261

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.

Day 262

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.

Day 263

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. 

Day 264

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.

Day 265

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.

Day 266

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.