Mothers Day 2011

I have written before about how well the Thais do Mothers Day which is celebrated tomorrow, the birthday of HRH Queen Sirikit สิริกิติ์มหาราชินี. Today every school in Thailand will have organised Mothers Day events ahead of tomorrow's holiday, (thanks Ma'am! ) and of course these took on much greater significance for us today as Benedict was involved courtesy of his nursery.

We made it to see  Benedict and his classmates dancing. We were so proud of him and as you can see he and his buddies look so incredibly cute. I think it is fair to say they were terrified as well. Clearly practising in the classroom is quite different to being pushed out in front of the assembled dignitaries and doting parents. But our boy done brilliant! I think his teachers did too! I really don't know how they do so well with these children.

We dashed back for our respective schools' activities. I really enjoyed our show. As I say the Thais do this stuff really well and the kids love getting dressed up and showing off. We had a very decent rendition of Beethoven's Ode to Joy by our school orchestra and the usual stuff: poems, prayers,traditional dancing and singing. What a pleasant way to start a long weekend!

Yes this is a blog about Life in Thailand!

A momentous event in the life of Benedict occured today: he had a poo in his potty for the first time! In my eyes he can do no wrong for this! As you can see we keep him busy with ironing in his spare time! My word, it's quite an experience watching him grow up.

Benny can throw things overarm perhaps suggesting he might be a great cricketer! This can be a problem. The mangostein in Benny's hand might have ended up on the dinner table as he actually threw it. Tut tut!

Benny is a great copier as the above shows. RJ is a great friend and Benny just loves playing with him. What a racket they can make. Benny can tell you the photo is of "RJ".

All I can say is Benny is wonderful even when he is naughty. He definitely doesn't like the word "NO"! But he is a real live wire, as strong as an ox with boundless energy.

Benny's teacher at nursery told me he is dancing at school at the Mothers Day events which fall next week; it is celebrated in Thailand on the same day as the Queen's birthday and it is a big event. Unfortunately both of us will probably miss this as we will be caught up in events in our respective schools. We dance a lot at home: Benny loves "Clap your hands".