Hilda hosted a big Halloween Party at her place this year. It was too hot for Zoe’s reindeer costume, so she wore a Chinese dress instead.
Archive for October, 2008
halloween party
Published 31 October 2008 Hong Kong , Lamma Island , Yung Shue Wan Leave a CommentTags: friends, zoe
Zoe loves to hang out with Baby Kai. John, Anh, Zach & Kai will all move to Hanoi at the end of November, so there’s not much time left.
on the couch
Published 23 October 2008 Hong Kong , Lamma Island , Pak Kok Old Village 1 CommentTags: zoe
Zoe says, “Enough photographs already!”
last legs
Published 23 October 2008 Hong Kong , Lamma Island , Pak Kok Old Village Leave a CommentTags: wildlife
We had a visitor on our balcony. Trinh says when a mantis turns brown it will die. Only the tips of the legs are still tinged green.
all gone
Published 20 October 2008 Hong Kong , Lamma Island , Pak Kok Old Village Leave a CommentTags: zoe
One of Zoe’s favorite activities is removing all of her clothes from her chest of drawers. Luckily, she is also very good at putting everything away again!
autumn approaches
Published 11 October 2008 Hong Kong , Lamma Island , Pak Kok Old Village Leave a CommentTags: zoe
The weather in Hong Kong is cooling down as autumn approaches. This afternoon Zoe came down to watch Trinh, Eric and Oliver plant seeds for the vegetable garden. Then up to the lawn. Zoe wasn’t sure what to make of the grass at first, but soon enjoyed crawling around and chasing after her ball. The mosquitos still come out before dusk so we had to run back upstairs before we were all devoured.
root beer floats
Published 11 October 2008 Hong Kong , Hung Shing Yeh , Lamma Island Leave a CommentTags: friends, trinh, zoe
We came home to Hong Kong to rainy weather and a typhoon warning. The typhoon failed to materialize, but the root beer float party was postponed. Fortunately, Tuesday was a public holiday and sunny – a perfect combination! The party was thrown by Jennifer, who lives on Lamma and whose father runs a soda pop company in Pennsylvania. These were serious root beer floats, with six flavors of root beer to choose from, and complete with whipped cream, sprinkles, a wafer and, of course, a cherry on top.
swimming pool
Published 3 October 2008 Koh Samui , Namuang , Thailand 2 CommentsTags: noah, travel, zoe
We made it back to the hotel in time for a last late-afternoon swim. Zoe loved the swimming pool, letting out a squeal of delight every time the pool was within sight during our stay. She figured out the basic idea of swimming her first time ever in the pool. We’re thinking swimming lessons might be in the cards for her soon.
mummified monk
Published 2 October 2008 Koh Samui , Thailand Leave a CommentTags: noah, travel, trinh, zoe
Our Koh Samui package included a day of sightseeing. We took advantage of the deal and piled into a van on our last day. The first stop was to see the mummified monk at Wat Kunaram. While we were there, we made sure to receive blessings of holy water and string bracelets from the local (non-mummified) monk. Next up, we headed into the jungle so Zoe could feed sugarcane to the elephants. Then a shopping stop in Nathon, where we confounded our hosts by buying vegetables instead of t-shirts. Then around the north of the island to the Big Buddha. Then back down to the monkey theatre. The actor-monkeys were on a road trip, so we had to make do with feeding bananas to the youngsters. Zoe was sensibly wary of the teenage monkey, but got along well with the 1-month old. By this time, we were exhausted, so we skipped the butterfly garden, the aquarium, the crocodile farm, and the snake farm. I was hoping to meet the Centipede King and Scorpion Queen, but I guess that will be next time.
in the bath
Published 1 October 2008 Koh Samui , Lamai , Namuang , Thailand Leave a CommentTags: travel, trinh, zoe
One of the best things about staying at the Banburee was the giant bathtub, big enough for the whole family. After our baths, we headed to Lamai Beach – a much more local scene than at Chaweng. We parked ourself in front of a beach shack restaurant and gorged ourselves on som tam, pad thai, cockles, coconuts, beer and cocktails. After a few hours, our beach spot turned into a volleyball court, so we moved out of the way. A serious tournament between the bar girls and the Muslim boys ensued. The girls kicked the boys’ butts.
