Friday 11th Nov
Take a day when the schools are closed and House Mother has her day off and you get a day when I can’t get much of my own work done.
Thankfully the kids slept in till nearly 9am, giving me my first lay-in for ages. But then it was up and at it preparing breakfast for the hungry threesome.

As it happened I had a plan to go into Chiang Mai later in the day to purchase a paper guillotine in order to make a proper job of the greetings cards we are producing.

This being the case I figured it work work well to take the children in to town as well and take them to Buak Hard Park for a couple of hours.

So a deal was struck where I gave them some more card designs to work on quietly in the house if they wanted, whilst I got a little admin stuff done, or else they could play outside and not worry about having to be quiet.

I could have guessed the result.
They elected to do more drawing with Boon.

Somboon has always been a keen sketcher himself and he loves to pass on hints as to how the children can improve their skills.

It has been a delight to see how well Boon connects with the kids and how they are keen tolisten to his instruction.

I think he calls on his days as a Novice             Monk and uses methods used by the elder Monks on him.

So after lunch, ably produced by Somboon, we headed into town and to DK Book store where I got my paper cutter, envelopes and a few more accessories to enhance future designs for the cards.

That done it was off to Buak Hard Park as promised.

 This is a lovely spot on the bottom left hand corner of the Old City that, as well as a sports courtyard and large ponds, has a walking path all the way around and a childrens play area at the far left side of the park.
This may well become another regular as if affords a safe play time for the kids whilst the adults can watch from a distance and get some relaxation time.
I was most impressed with how well Jack made friends with other boys there.

When he first arrived at Stratton House just a month ago he was very reluctant to interact with others on our trips out.

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