August in Phuket

Some recent photos of da kidz and me. No pics of Mam as she always says I can't put photos of her on the blog unless she looks perfect. Best to stick with photos of sweet kids.

 


 


They do play very sweetly together sometimes.




Jessica and daddy at the "Big Chicken" Restaurant not far from our house.




John and daddy at the Big Chicken (one of our new favourite cheap places to eat)

 

Another day, another party

We do seem to have a lot of parties to attend! Aside from organising 2 mammoth birthday parties for Jessica and John (around 60 people came for Jessica's 7th and John's 3rd), it sometimes seems like a party every week - kids parties being most common. A kids party here is not like back 'ome. When I was a kid, a few school friends would come round, we'd eat fish fingers, have a cake and some games, and their mummy's and daddy's would take them home to bed. Here it's not just a kids party. There's booze for the adults, loads of food, and the parents don't drop their kids off, the party is for everyone!

We went to a kids party in Patong recently. Birthday for Amy (4th, I think). Her dad is English. Their house is on the hillside overlooking Patong. About 50m away is a landslide - see photo on the weather blog. Loads of kids there and some adults to have a beer with. Photos of our kids and others below.


There was a "professional" kids entertainer

 
Jessica looking sweet




Tug of war (girls won)


Jessica giving lip to the entertainer. "That's not real magic", she said.


Jessica and Jessica


Jessica giving more lip to the entertainer. "Whaddya mean, that's all?", she whined.

 

John's School Sports clothes

I realise I may have added a few pics here and there of the kids in school clothes, but actually they have several variations... Jessica wears sports clothes on a Tuesday, John on a Thursday, and Jessica has girl guides on Wednesday. I need to snap some pics of all the different clothes!

Here's John in his sports clothes...



Velcro running shoes! No laces. Very cool.

 

27th July 2008

Weather has been a bit dodgy for a few weeks, but when I had a day off on 27th July we had a nice sunny and warm day. We took lunch at Kan Eang Seafood and then stopped at Phromthep Cape for a bit of fresh air. Unfortunately Jessica got sick later and then had 3 days off school. John got sick later in the week and was off school for 1 day. Daddy got sick too but had no days off work :)

 









John had new sunglasses...


Hey, who took my sunglasses???

At Phromthep Cape, John was impressed by the elephant shrine and ran off to pray. We did not tell him to do it, he just saw the shrine and prayed.

 

Jessica Monk - 7 Years Old

Shall I start with "where does the time go?"... or maybe "Who knows where the time goes?"... Jessica is 7 now, she's growing fast. Not just taller, but finally I think the little girl who likes to mess about and make silly faces is becoming more adult. Just recently, since her birthday recently she seems to have realised the importance of school, being a good girl, helping mum, listening to dad... Her laughter is real rather than a silly pretend laugh. Its a sweet sound.

Her birthday party was once again a large gathering. I was too busy to take many photos. I can say we had a very nice evening.


A magnifying glass was one of her top present requests!




Mams mum and Eng at our house for the party


Mam and friend Ya


John, Max and Calvin being boys...





Happy Birthday, sweet princess.

Who knows where the time goes. I have no fear of time.