Snow Day!

The weather has been beastly hot and humid here lately. We are having record breaking temps, even the locals are complaining! But, like always, life goes on and we all find ways to keep entertained and cool down.
Today is Tuesday and on most Tuesdays D has a friend over whose mom makes jewelry at a local gift shop. Her name is Fern and while Thai schools are on break, she comes over and the girls play after D gets out of school. Fern is very, very sweet and using more and more English words each time we see her. D loves having her over and has gotten so good at speaking slowly and checking to make sure she understands. They are very cute together.
Despite this weather, we heated things up a little more by baking cookies for a school function tomorrow. All 3 kids were pretty excited to bake and help out. See our yummy lemon cookies!

Anyway, once the first batch was in the oven, D had a brilliant idea. At Christmas time, family back home sent us a super fun gift called Sno Wonder. It's a powder and minutes after you add cold water, you have snow! We keep a big bag in the fridge and D pulled it out and poured it all over the kitchen table. Really really fun and special to watch Fern experience her first snow! In our kitchen! In sweltering heat! D specifically asked me to post their photo on the blog. I think she really enjoyed sharing this with Fern too. Perfect way to cool down. And a new way to play with Little Pet Shops.

We sent a bag of snow home with Fern and she bounced back to her mom and grandma so cute and excited. I hope they had a snowball fight tonight.