Here's my sister, Via, with my wife, Kanittha, having breakfast at her hotel, The Pullman. The hotel is really very nice and the breakfast buffet was fantastic, but the hotel isn't located in a nice part of town. Fortunately it's in a great self-contained complex that feels like it is in a less congested and more upscale neighborhood.
Little Nio doesn't agree with his Mommy where we should be going. She wants him downstairs, but he prefers to take the higher ground for a better vantage point. Not sure if you can see it in this photograph, but he's carrying his toy sniper rifle. So you can appreciate why the higher ground is more important.
Striking a pose in the connecting walkway between the hotel and the duty-free shopping area.
Tita Via bought an awesome gift for Little Nio — it's a toy chainsaw! Aside from the battery operated chainsaw with moving plastic teeth complete with sound effects, its got safety goggles, work gloves, ear protectors and a hard hat. Despite all the great added props, Little Nio is only really interested in the chainsaw. Let's hope he doesn't go looking for a creepy hockey mask to go with it.
Tita Via spent a simple and quiet afternoon visiting with us at home. We bought one of Tita Via's favorite dishes... "pork satay" and had ourselves an impromptu picnic in the bedroom.
We all watched "Kung Fu Panda" together, curled up and had an afternoon nap all on the big bed. It was relaxing and simple fun for all.
Without prompting, Little Nio instinctively knew how to operate it and the proper way to hold it. It may just be good ergonomic design that allows for the natural handling, or our son may have been a lumberjack in a former life.
Here he is doing a bit of pruning on his Mommy's plants. For the rest of the day, and over the next few days, he's tested his chainsaw on the furniture, the doors, the walls, his stuffed toys and the cat, of course.
