On Friday night James and I got to go out on our own. This rarely even happens at home, so to be able to do it in Thailand was a huge bonus and totally unexpected. I had really wanted to get to go to the Night Bazaar to buy a few souvenirs, but we had both known this was probably not going to work with three kids in tow and so I had pretty much dismissed the idea. It would just be too late for them and there was no way you could maneuver a pushchair, let alone a double one between most of those stalls.
Step in our wonderful friends Mark and Josie, who offered to babysit our kids while we went out. It was great! Just to be able to wander freely, hand-in-hand and not worry about which direction one of our little ones had just run, or what someone may have just picked up and put in their mouth, or knocked over or...or...or. Just to be free to browse to our hearts' content, without being on duty.
I have been so grateful on this trip for James' ability to communicate out here. He is able to do way more than just 'get by' and the Thais seem equally impressed and surprised at times. I think it also got us further with the haggling at the market. I just can't do it, but James is able to turn it into a game of sorts and have fun with it. Of course there wasn't enough time (it would have been lovely to stop and get a $3 foot massage for half an hour) but it was fun nonetheless.
On Friday night James and I got to go out on our own. This rarely even happens at home, so to be able to do it in Thailand was a huge bonus and totally unexpected. I had really wanted to get to go to the Night Bazaar to buy a few souvenirs, but we had both known this was probably not going to work with three kids in tow and so I had pretty much dismissed the idea. It would just be too late for them and there was no way you could maneuver a pushchair, let alone a double one between most of those stalls.
Step in our wonderful friends Mark and Josie, who offered to babysit our kids while we went out. It was great! Just to be able to wander freely, hand-in-hand and not worry about which direction one of our little ones had just run, or what someone may have just picked up and put in their mouth, or knocked over or...or...or. Just to be free to browse to our hearts' content, without being on duty.
I have been so grateful on this trip for James' ability to communicate out here. He is able to do way more than just 'get by' and the Thais seem equally impressed and surprised at times. I think it also got us further with the haggling at the market. I just can't do it, but James is able to turn it into a game of sorts and have fun with it. Of course there wasn't enough time (it would have been lovely to stop and get a $3 foot massage for half an hour) but it was fun nonetheless.
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