Little Stars

Eliza started going to a little Thai school 2 mornings a week. Its called little stars. http://www.littlestars-preschool.com/ (DON'T GO TO THIS SITE IF YOU ARE NOT IN A SECURE COUNTRY!) She likes it for the most part, so far. She doesn't like when I drop her off, but I am pretty sure she is over it as soon as my back side is out of view. It has a good mix of Thai and western kids. She learns in Thai half the time and then English. She has already learned so much. It makes me feel a little unfit since she had to go to a school for a few hours to learn some things, but as Micah pointed out, the teachers there don't have to cook, clean do the laundry and shopping for the kids, just teach them. She has already started doing a lot of pre-writing stuff, which I could never get her to do at home, and the other day she said, "Mom, bugs have 'tennas." (antenae) So it has been cool to see her report the things she has learned, and see the things she has made.
A bad shot of the playground with the sand, her favorite thing.
The eating area, before lunch of course, there are usually small rows of tables and chairs on the patio.
In her Thai classroom with some friends.
A back to school sign (it is back to school for most of the kids, since many have been going since they were 18 months!) The Thai school year begins in May.


First day, pink polo. Everyday has a different color in Thailand. And at her school they match there uniforms with that days color. (Sunday is red, Monday yellow, tuesday pink, wednesday green, thursday orange, friday blue, and I can NEVER remember Saturday.) But many people wear yellow on Mondays, even adults wear yellow shirts to work. The king was born on a Monday, so they wear the shirts to honor him. Everyone loves the king.

Help Someone Get into design school.

Vote for Christopher! Our friend that works here with us is trying to get a scholarship into a film school in Vancouver. He is in the top 10 now and if he gets enough votes he could get a full ride. So if you have a minute go to the link and vote for his video. His user name is Chraisia. You have to have a youtube id to vote.

http://www.youtube.com/user/VancouverFilmSchool

New Family Photo

We just took this photo after a concert at our little place. We are sending some of these out in the mail.

A Lazy Project

I made this little dress for Eliza. It was pretty easy because it was from an old junior's skirt I bought at a yard sale. So I just cut it and sewed it so I could use the original zipper. I am still a little scared of my zipper abilities. I actually wanted it to be more of a tunic, but it is more dress length. That's what I get for not really taking any measurements. I may change the straps though, I am not crazy about how the ribbon is hanging on it.

Eliza Turned 3!

Eliza turned 3 last week. It was quite a week. We gave her a gift from us on Monday.


A new baby doll, stroller, bassinet, bottles etc. She was very excited to say the least.

And she got a little table and chair set from her Grandpa.

Then on Saturday we had a massive fish themed party. We made the hats, the decorations and the cake.

We played a fishing game.

There was an octopus craft for the bigger kids.

And the orange fish cake, which Eliza talked about for weeks. I think she tolerated her party. She just wanted to eat cake and ice cream.

This is when she had waited long enough and was standing by the oven where the cake was resting saying: "Come on Mom, come on Dad, fishy cake."


Ahh finally the cake.

And she is covered in all her birthday gifts. It was a good day. I don't know the final kid count, I stopped counting at 17. It was pretty peaceful considering it rained and the kids had to stay inside.