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Riding free

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After the party and celebrations of turning 8, we finally got some time and we set off to get Kiddo a bike.  It’s what she wanted for a Bday gift and it’s an easy enough thing to acquire, besides that, it’s a lot more bike friendly here than it was in BKK and the weather is better for it as well.  Kiddo had big dreams of a purple bike and again, that was easy enough.  Gifting done, party done, now all we need to do is to learn how to ACTUALLY ride a two wheel bike.   We didn’t get the small bike, the trainer wheels, or any of that.  Two wheels and done.  Do or die time.  I tweaked my back and had some soreness and spasms for a few days, so the first two days of biking fell to J.  She found a little path near us with bushes on both sides so if Kiddo fell, it was into bushes instead of straight to the pavement.  They were out for an hour that first day and by the time they got back, I was shown vids of Kiddo biking all by herself.  Day 2...
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The Party

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Sunday came and with it an early wake up time.  Kiddo was in at 7am to “check and see” if we were awake.  We were not , but we got up for her.  I want to note here, she will let us sleep in on Xmas and will have breakfast and  allow us coffee while presents sit under the tree with no complaints.  Sunday was - when are we going finish decorating, when can we blow up the balloons, only 4 hours until my party, now it’s only three and a half hours, etc etc etc.   She was all about the birthday party. It was fun.  It was wild… ish.  With a half dozen 8/9 year old girls running about, I expected the volume to be something akin to rock concert or jet taking off.  It was not.  I will credit them all that.  They were great.  Fun.  It got excited, but not out of control.  Also, I gotta say… Kiddo picked out some cool friends.  They are interesting, curious, respectful, and they cleaned up after themselves.  Literal...
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Thankfully ridiculous

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Just a quick one today.  First, the video and then the pics. The pics are of the class field trip.  Kiddo had a blast and hopes that J and I can take her back over the summer.  She REALLY wants to feed more bunnies and is a little sad that we can’t have a bunny in the house for her to play with.  She is tooooo much some times.  :) Lastly, I wanted to share her being her. We were walking to school the other morning and a building is being gutted and redone toward the school end of the complex.  It was pretty loud the other morning that the were refitting all the windows, as the knocked out the old frames and were putting in new, but some of the fittings they needed to drill or hammer and then hold in place and plaster and cement into place.  Kiddo has been curious about this for a while now and it looks like it will be done by the end of the school year. Kiddo- I wonder what it’s gonna be. Dada- Me too! K- Maybe a senior center. D- Could be....
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Toothless beers with an 8 year old

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J and I will wake tomorrow with an 8 year old in the house!  How did that happen?  It feels like yesterday that we were bringing her home with us.  Seems like yesterday that we was just walking and talking.  Feels like yesterday that she “had a problem” and colored herself blue the week before we moved to Thailand.  Time is funny with a child.  So many milestones that seem like they all just happened and yet there they all are. Seems like yesterday that she lost her first tooth, but over the weekend, I got this video.  J and Kiddo were going out to get a coffee and read together while I was at a Craft Beer Fest with some new friends and I got this vid.  She was walking and talking to J and it just flew out her face.  Easier than pulling it, I guess.  LOL As for me, I got out on Saturday and got to go to a Beer Fest.  It was a good time.  Lots of good people and lots of good beers.  I would like to give a more detailed ...
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I've got sands in my pockets, not hands!

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Friday, last week, was a day off for the girls.  It was Grave Sweeping Day.  A day to honor the dead and the ancestors here.  We all had a lazy day.  It was nice.  The weather was also great all weekend.  25 -27 (77-82F) and we were loving it.  I got some time to play in the kitchen and make some meals.  We (finally) got an air fryer so I’m almost back to full strength in my kitchen and I wanted to show off for J and Kiddo a bit. While I did that, they had some adventures of their own.  Sunday, they needed to go to the library to return the books, but we didn’t need or want books, since Kiddo had a ton of books from the school library and was good for a bit.  So, instead of getting books and doing library stuff, they hit a museum.  They wanted to go to the Science and Tech museum, but that is under renovations and close for a few more weeks.  Instead, they got to the Cultural History Museum.  They got to see artifacts th...
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