Sethiwan Halloween Fun

I am 100 percent getting involved in planning it next year in our building.  Sebastian was finished everything in about 16 minutes.  It took us triple the time to decorate.  We did not do a haunted house which was met with great disappointment.  Luckily I arranged for some people to meet at the pool after to swim off some candy and extend the event.  Next year I am imagining some apple bobbing, donut eating games at the pool with some Halloween party music.  Maybe a huge haunted house. Just something to mark the occasion more.

School Halloween Fun

Friday was school Halloween.  Sebastian was a little indecisive when it came to costumes this year.  Therefore, I ended up with a few.  Although, I cannot blame him for ending up with two Harry Potter costumes, that is on me and my inability to remember anything.  But in the end it worked out as then me and Luis had a costume.  We were both Harry Potter.  Sebastian two days before changed his mind again, originally he wanted to be Harry Potter, then Harry Kane and finally settled on a ninja.  After school I took him to the crazy school trick or treating event with a billion kiddos and then we had dinner with Nadia and family.

Counting out the candy!

World Record Breaking Friends!

I got the email this morning congratulating the children and making their World Record Official.  It is the World Record breaking site that they found the record on and Sebastian could not be more excited. I am still working on Guiness but am so happy they got recognised here.  Super proud of them all!

https://recordsetter.com/world-record/marshmallow-roasting-stick/59451

Juanway Ticket

It was 10 years ago that at this time Juan (Luis's best friend) descended upon on for a two week stay in Phuket.  Little did I know that he entered on a one way ticket and stayed 6 weeks.   After that I renamed a one way ticket to Juan way ticket and ensured all visitors now had a return flight.  We have come a long way since then and my love for Juan has only grown over the years!  He has come to stay with us now for 9 days (I did not even ask to verify the return) and it has been great having him.  Wednesday I joined him and Luis for an evening out. 

Mini Tri and Aloni Goodbye

We woke up on Sunday to another beautiful day. We had a lovely morning and even a mini triathlon.  It was not meant to be race but of course it was a race.  I was thankful that Sebastian one is age group in his head otherwise the tears would have come.  We also got home in exactly two hours as a new super highway opened. It was great to have Aloni and family here with us.  

Fingers Crossed for a World Record

Saturday night was the most magical.  The 8 children all on their own decided to try and break the world record for largest marshmallow roasting stick.  They did not even tell us that they looked up the current one and the rules to break it.  They all worked as a team to find the largest one and brainstormed ways to accurately measure the length of the stick, and find away to get it over the fire.  It was truly brilliant.  There was little arguing, an immense amount of collaborating and then a lot of celebrating.  I have done my best to submit everything so have to watch this space!

A Little Italy in Khao Yai

On Friday other families arrived and the real fun began, we had a lovely day at the site on Friday and then Saturday we headed over to Little Italy.  Khao Yai is wonderfully bizarre, it has various sections that are made to look like places in Europe.  We see places modeled after France, Italy, Sweden, the UK and probably many more I have not come across.  It is surreal real as some places get it pretty spot.  I had never been to Toscana before, and we all decided to check it out for lunch on Saturday.  I am not sure I would stay in the area but it was so nice to see and indeed it felt like we were in Italy.