Learning Thai

Happy Songkran, everybody! Songkran is the traditional Thai new year and is a big holiday here. Many people go back to their home provinces so the city gets a little emptier. You may remember from our pictures last year, that it's also an excuse for a big, country-wide water fight! The girls got to celebrate Songkran at their school on the last day before a week off for the holiday. Here are some pictures of the giant water fight at their school.....

Many people also wear special clothes for Songkran- mostly bright, floral "Hawaiian-type" shirts. The girls are wearing special Songkran outfits.

Tom says we're lucky our camera survived the mayhem as he repeatedly got soaked while taking pictures!

Going back to the buckets for a refill.

Watch out for this one!

This guy looks like he's just about outweighed by his gun!

The girls with some teachers. The one on the right is Claire's teacher, Khruu Fon. Eliza is crying because she just got squirted in the eye.

We are enjoying a quiet weekend as a family around the house and Sharon is also staying with us, recuperating after getting out of the hospital. It's actually raining right now, so that's pretty exciting too! We're really looking forward to the rainy season around here! On Monday we have a team Songkran party planned at our house, so we'll post pictures of that soon.
-Candice