Today included a walk around the lake with a stop to feed the fish, a play at a nearby playground, a trip to the store, lunch at McDonald's, jokes in the car, and an assembly line job to make goodie bags for D's religious ed class this weekend. All of it, very very fun with my comical 3-year-old son.
C has learned his jokes from D. Now, D can really tell a joke. She's good at it! But, the jokes they tell each other are not as clever as either of them think they are. Today, in the car, it went like this:
"Hey Ma, Why chi'hin caw row?" (Why did the chicken cross the road?)
me: I don't know, why?"
"Get hit by caw! Hahahahahahahahaha!"
me: "Awwww. That's really sad. Poor little chicken."
C: "Oh, rye, si-hee me." (Oh, right, silly me.)
"Where chi'hin eat Mom?"
me: I don't know, where?
C: "Mac N' chee re'rant! Hahahahahahaha!"
"You turn Mom."
me: "Hmmmmmmmmm. What did Bub say to the chicken after it told him a joke?"
C: "I no know."
me: "You funny guy!" (Who gets it? The word "gai" is Thai for chicken, and yes I made the joke up right there on the spot. I know- brilliant.).
C was kind to laugh very very hard. My driver (Bub) got the joke, looked at me in the rear view mirror, and then explained the joke to me to prove he got it. Then he laughed a little. I don't know if any of my readers will find this story funny, but it happened about 3 hours ago and I'm still cracking up. I think mostly because my driver was probably thinking that I'm a big dork.
We came home and assembled the goodie bags. C is 3, right, so I can't really think of a time that I've given him a job to do that was more complicated than fetching his shoes or packing away his toys. But today, he and I put together 30 goodie bags and he was a HUGE help! I was so incredibly pleased with him.
He took it so seriously- I put the first 3 items in, and he put in the last 3. Then, he would help place the bag in the finished pile. So cool to watch him "get it" and be a real helper.
Popcorn, juice box, seaweed, 2 chocolate soccer balls, wholewheat crackers, and some kind of little chewy candies.
Also funny was me trying to figure out what was in all these products as most of them are labeled in Thai only. Thank goodness for photos of fruit on the packaging!
Now, we'll just get to work on those jokes...
But he's proving to be a pretty tough little guy and was excited to have a Lightning McQueen bandage put over the top tonight. 
Stitches come out on Wednesday.
Let Christmas prep begin! (Or continue)
Traditional Thai dancers and music.
Thai people create little floats made from bread or a piece of a banana tree trunk. They decorate the floats with flowers, incense, and a candle. Then they send it floating down the river (or in our case in the lake) sending with it all of their grudges, anger, and bad luck. The float is also an offering to the goddess of water and is supposed to bring good luck.
The kratongs on the water.
Dance floor time, SO MUCH FUN!!! And a great workout! I think I'm signing up for the Bollywood exercise class next year! 
We've been several times since we were introduced a few weeks ago. It was the dinner plan for last night. I announced the plan and D whined, "Not again! Why do always have to go there!?"
The kindergartners "visited" 11 different countries this week, all put together by the parents. D and her classmates did some awesome stuff, learning about USA, Australia, Armenia, Canada, India, Pakistan, Thailand, Taiwan, Spain, Japan, and Nigeria. Such fun activities!
D and classmates dressing for winter in Canada. They kept the clothes just long enough to snap photos- and then peeled them off, as it is definitely not blustery cold here!
On the last day, the whole elementary school participated in an International parade and assembly, each child dressing in a traditional outfit or something celebrating their homeland. 
