Bangkok Week 868

February 13, 2025

It’s a long-awaited visit to Trat, to kick off the mid-term school holiday! It’s a fun-filled couple of days there, and then lots of swimming and playing at home while Mum & Dad still work.

It's the last day of school before the mid-term break... and we're fortunate to have good air!

Everyone's making the most of it.

Lucy and Taiga, the cutest biker gang.

Lucy! What happened to your face?

Looks like this one won't be coming off easily!

Equipped to make a balloon animal!

Building a tall tower, and "standing on a stool like James in "The Snowman"."

What concentration.

Little Miss Diaper Head.

Bonk! A victim of her own bright idea.

Beautiful skies, and we're off to Trat.

Early comfort break... and a broken bench!

This group of big bikes was taking a rest as well.

We found a cute little cafe (with giant croissants!)...

With cute decor, too.

Delicious mint chocolate drink...

... and a very pink drink for Lucy.

We're here! And everyone is happy!

Reconnecting with fun toys...

... and other things.

We picked up Aa Nan along the way, so she's here now too.

Inflating the bike tires with Aa Top.

And taking the Tuk Tuk for a drive. Hmm, these two look like underage drivers.

No really, time for a drive!

Who knew this Tuk Tuk is really a 4-seater!

Arlo's practicing to be a motorcycle taxi.

Hang on, Lucy!

Selling the balls for 20 baht (despite the "%").

Lucy hanging with Bella.

Learning from her brother, these stones are great to dig around in.

Tong, just chilling big-time.

Picking flowers...

... and checking out what fruits are growing.

The lotuses are past their peaks.

Cute little Arlo-sized papaya tree.

Buddies Arlo and Tong.

Visiting the Saturday evening walking street.

Somehow we parked right at the ice cream truck.

Yummy ice cream!

Stopping to check out lottery numbers.

Someone was hungry, and wanted to try every snack we passed.

Group shot!

Tired and needing to rest her legs.

Everyone's favorite time of the day: hair brushing time.

Night night!

Mobile breakfast with Puu the next morning.

Sunbathing Bella.

Enjoying plucking the seeds out of a lotus flower.

Aa Nan kindly helped pick a few more flowers out of the pond.

So many seeds!

Lucy practicing her wildlife photography.

And time for a drawing class.

Great person, Lucy!!!

Hard at work on a multi-page landscape (or should I say, carscape).

Showing Puu the picture she drew of him.

Lunch time!

And then a trip to the pier, where we saw some fishing boats!

Look at all the lightbulbs!

Watching the fishermen clean their boats.

Great sea breeze, with Koh Chang in the background.

Group shot.

And then swinging by Yuttanavi Memorial Monument, which commemorates a naval battle between France & Siam.

Very interested in the missles.

Lighting fire crackers to make merit.

And no outing would be complete without ice cream!

And feeding the fish.

Saying hi to the old tortoises, too.

Arlo took an interest in these "Ngob" hats.

He actually wanted to buy one. Maybe next time!

Bath time for Bella!

And the best hair combing.

Monday morning already? Aww, time to take good-bye photos.

See you next time!

Hugs for Bella, too, of course.

Stopping at our favorite rest stop.

Arlo was very excited to step inside a phone booth! How novel!

Hippo hippo hippo hippo hippo!

And slideeee!

Back at home and wasting no time. Let the school holidays begin!

Taking stock of all the small plastic bead thingies he's made at school.

Arlo's self-proclaimed "busy fingers" exercise: unscrewing the remote control.

Board games!

Delicious strawberries from Dad.

Wednesday is a public holiday!

So Aya and her family came over for lunch...

... and the kids all made sticky rice "dumplings".

Lucy was a ball-rolling pro!

A snowman!

Showing off what she rolled (quickly).

And boiling until they float.

Delicious!

No play date these days is complete without a board game or two.

And a make-up swimming lesson for Lucy.

They each got a new pair of goggles!

How very cool!

Expending energy through a late-afternoon run.

So pooped from the day (and no nap) that she fell asleep like this.

The mid-term break is still on, but Mum & Dad are back to work today.

Playing with magnets.

And sticker art.

Arlo was able to sneak in a make-up lesson.

Look at the beautiful sky!

See you next time!