Finally the St. Andrew's Crew

I have heard a lot about the teachers at St. Andrews.  Luis loves the school and all the people there.  I have met some at the odd event but we were finally able to coordinate a dinner on Friday.  Luis had warned his Mum that there were no Spanish speakers, but as always someone appeared saying they spoke very little and ended up speaking loads!  I really wish I had the courage to talk more, it definitely makes me look bad.  Besides my own insecurities about my language skills it was such a fun evening.  The gentleman are from Ireland and both their partners British, we had such a laugh together.  It took way too long to make it happen and we certainly won't wait this length of time to make it happen again.

On a totally different note I just wanted to showcase my dinosaur pancake making skills somewhere.

Bangkok Hidden Boat Tours

Wednesday was a Buddha Day and therefore a holiday from school.  I took this opportunity to have a Matt and Amanda day.  I had heard about this Bangkok Hidden boat tour for ages and we decided it would be something fun to do.  We got our own little boat and traveled through the canals around Bangkok.  I had never seen any of it before.  It was very interesting and a nice day on the water.

An interesting day and I am also now caught up on all the Bruton gossip!

Matt Watson in Bangkok

Matt has arrived for a week break before heading off to Bali for a month.  He could not have come at a better time as Wednesday was a holiday.  Therefore, Tuesday after school we headed for a catch up at a local establishment followed by Lucy's going away party.  Chris also joined us as they became great friends when Matt visited Grand Bahama.  

Super sad to see this lady go!  Her and her family are off to new adventures in Singapore next year.  Thankfully, this is not far for us to go and visit and vice versa.

Brunch, Bluey and Pizza

Sunday was a busy day.  First, I dropped Sebastian at the drama place he likes for a full day of Bluey activities.  Then killed some time shopping before heading to a leavers lunch.  Back to the drama place to see his performance, I much preferred when him and Willa had their own private workshop!  Then we went home to make pizza from scratch, inspired from lunch the day before.

Lots leaving, going to miss this one!

The performance.

Pizza success! Although, it was not very yummy, they pretended it was and ate all!

Espanol Cena

Luis's Mum is having a wonderful time but I imagine it is frustrating only to have Luis to talk to.  We struggle through tidbits of conversation but that is probably even more frustrating for her.   For that reason and also to catch up with some people, we had a dinner Saturday night with our Spanish speakers.  Andie and Luis were friends in Quito when they were small, therefore it was great that Mayra got to see her again.  Chris, is my Math buddy and one of my favourites.  He says his Spanish is rubbish but it is pretty fabulous to me!  We both cooked and had a great evening.  Sebastian even celebrate his 'unbirthday' which he just saw on his favourite show.  Very helpful as an unbirthday is exactly as sounds, every day but one.

Sebastian and Mummy Brunch

I had Sebastian all lined up for football this morning and at the last minute he flat out refused to go.  I had a whole morning planned that went totally out of the window.  Luis tried to convince us to join them at Chatchuk Market (I believe the worlds biggest market) with him and his Mum.  Luis tried to convince me it would be fun.  But there was no way I was going there.  Instead Sebastian and myself had a morning at the pool followed by an Italian brunch.  

I already knew I made the right decision and then Luis sent me this. Hahahhahhaha!

We had a delicious lunch and Sebastian learnt how to make pizza from scratch.

Monkey Pod Staff Social

 Friday was quite the day and I was more than thankful that the social committee organised an event.  Even better at Monkey Pod, end of our road.   It was great to debrief with some of my favourite people. 

I only went for a couple hours but enough time to decompress and speak to some people about things not involving school and kids.