My daughters love to hear stories. When they get cranky or start fighting in the backseat of the car (which, these days, seems to be almost every time we drive) the moment they hear "Once upon a time..." they listen up and all fighting/whining stops. It's magical.
Poetry doesn't have to be fancy. One of my favorite singer/songwriters of all time published a book of poetry. So much of it is simple and lovely and understandable on the first read. He inspired me to write this.
There is a car called the S-Cargo and it looks like a snail. (get it? S-Cargo = escargot) It probably looks out of place everywhere, but it looked really out of place when I saw it driving the streets of Bangkok last month.
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If you order something off Lazada (the Amazon.com of Thailand) that costs $2.50 or more, you get free shipping. That's just 7% of Amazon's minimum order amount for free shipping. Someday when we live in the US again, I'm going to have a heart attack from sticker shock.
My two year old is way girlier than me. Most days, she will not leave the house without putting on, at minimum, a polka-dot hat. Many days, she puts on the whole sha-bang pictured below. I love it!
Ear infections hurt like the dickens. And they can make you temporarily deaf. Learned this one from personal experience.
I can enjoy a Thai drama without subtitles. I don't catch anywhere near every word, but I can follow the plot. Learning a foreign language is hard, and Thai is especially hard, so I celebrate every victory, including this one!
There is a resort a few hours drive from here that's designed to look like the Shire. And you get to stay in a hobbit hole. Sleeping in a hobbit hole in the Shire is now on my bucket list.
You can get strawberries in Thailand! And right now it's strawberry season! And they're delicious and cheap! I am obsessed with the tropical fruit found here, but it sure is nice to bite into a good old strawberry.
Love Strawberries and the S-Cargo looks oooky to me. :)
ReplyDeleteLove the reminder of my happy visit to Bangkok 3 years ago: serendipitous too, as I was just looking through our photos from there earlier this evening. Loved the guesthouse we stayed in but maybe next time will have to try the Shire :-)
ReplyDeleteSuch a fun post. Sorry about the ear infection, our kids get hard of hearing from built up ear wax (post colds, but pre infection), it's not fun. Well done on the language milestone, you can be proud of yourself! Oh and, I am going to try the story trick! Thanks!
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