The official Childrens Day is the second Saturday in January.
This year we had decided to stick to one of the smaller celebrations. We had been told that there would be activities at the Police Station in Chompoo.
So after the normal Saturday morning chores were finished we headed off at around 10.30am, taking the pleasant drive down the waterway to our Tumbol village.
Sure enough the activities were already underway with lots of games and giveaways to the children.
Mum kindly donated 100 baht to be given as a prize with one of the games, won by a local boy.
Our children got involved too, especially Nu who jumped at every chance to join in the fun.
Another well organised event by the local constabulary, who included a road sign identification game in the activities making for an educational morning as well as lots of fun.
There was not so much to do for the older of our children and after some thought and a couple of hours at Chompoo we decided to take everyone over to the Cold Season Festival at City Hall.
And what a good descision that was. One of the first things we did was get everyone a ticket for fishing out prize tickets from the waterway at the Red Cross stand. Most of us got washing liquid or shampoo, but Gu ended up winning us a twin tub washing machine.
After that great start we wandered around the festival where the children spent money that my Mother kindly gave and I paid for one big ride for everyone. The younger children all, opted for going on ‘bumper boats’ whilst Gu and Tai joined me on the Bumper cars.
Another great Day rounded off at home with another giveaway of cuddly toys from my Mum and relaxing infront of the TV with a Disney cartoon.
Hope you all had a great day kids…love you all.
For all the photos from Childrens Day please visit our photobucket album here.
