We took a trip

We recently traveled to Thailand for work meetings and a week of rest.  We recently returned from Thailand after a week of work meetings and a week of chasing two busy kiddos and not getting much sleep.  It wasn't actually the restful trip we had planned in the way we were thinking.  We were quickly reminded that traveling with two small kids is different than as a single or a couple.  A lot less sleeping happened than we were hoping.  We scheduled outings around naps and 6:30 bedtimes.  We ate quite blandly.  We came back tired and really ready to settle into our own house (as we had been living in someone else's house for the 3 months before that). But looking at the photos, we had a fantastic time. I will make a few posts with photos because there are several. Here is the beginning.

bathing beauty- Baby Zar got baths in the sink every day. She loved it!

Biker Boyz - A.P. rented this motorcycle and he and Little t spent many hours exploring with it

Little t wore this helmet all.the.time. His poor little head was always so sweaty, but he was always ready for a ride!

Love these babies!

The boys got us roses from a local farmer on Valentine's Day. Baby Zar was so touched by the gesture that she decided to eat hers.

One of the highlights of our trip was the 'circus' that was up the road. We stayed in a house in a subdivision of mostly older foreign people a little outside of Hua Hin (3 hours south of Bangkok). Up the hill was a Buddhist temple that had just finished major renovations. So to celebrate that as well as Chinese New Year, they had a week long celebration. All around the clock, chanting, praying, music, and noise blared from that area.  We were just far enough away that it wasn't annoying (i.e. didn't keep us up at night) but we could definitely hear it.  We went up two or three evenings to check it out. We ate street food, rode rides, shopped, and took in the busy, noisy, dusty fun of it all.  Below are some photos of that time.

Entering the circus area, which was full of stalls of food and things for sale

The temple is in those trees. The whole things was lit up with fluorescent bulbs hung from the trees.

Ferris Wheel! All 4 of us crammed in one cage and went for a ride.  

Little T loved the rides...especially the merry-go-round

He drew quite the crowd as he showed off his mad jump skills!

Baby Zar chilled most of the time - such a good baby!

Waving hi.  She waved at Little t every time he came around on the merry-go-round.  Seeing as the ride was about 10 minutes long because the operator went to take his smoke break, poor little thing's arm almost fell off!