Loy Krathong!!!

The girls were fortunate enough to catch one of the biggest festivals in Thailand....Loy Krathong....Shawn and I had the experience last year and loved it and were soo happy that the girls could experience it as well!!!


Shawn and I with our krathong...it was strong last year...hopefully it will be just as strong this year!!!


Putting it into the river....don't forget to pray to the water goddess for forgiveness of polluting her waters!!!


Megan with her krathong that she picked out!!!!


Evy with her krathong that she picked out!!!!


The girls with their krathongs!!!


Evy floating hers....


Megan floating hers....

There is also another tradition during Loy Krathong....and that is to light a lantern and float it into the sky...you literally can see millions of them....I have inquired about them and apparently sometime they can screw up airline pilots and have possibly caused accidents...and they do pollute the sky and must come down somewhere....so we all only did one together...to save on the polluting effects....




Loy Loy Kratong....Loy Loy Krathong...Loy Krathong!!! There is a song for the festival too!! Here are the lyrics in English...

November full moon shines
Loy Krathong, loy Krathong
and the water's high in the river and local klong
Loy Krathong is here and everybody's full of cheer
We're together at the klong
Each one with his krathong
As we push away we pray
We can see a better day

Thai Cooking Class

One of the days in Chiang Mai we signed up and attended this Thai Cooking School...it was something that Shawn and I have always wanted to do and so it was a great opportunity to do it with the girls.....we were picked up at our guesthouse and taken to the local foods market..where we were taught that the cheapest eggs are the best...because the cheapest egg is the smallest and has the most flavor because it mean s that the chick is young and just starting to produce...the older the chicken the larger and less tasty the egg...okay good to know...the brown eggs are chicken and can stay out at room temperature but if you wash them then they must be refrigerated...don't really understand but okay....then on to the noodles...noodles are either made of rice flour, egg, or soybean flour....and you can buy them freshly made at the market.....then onto the rice....rice is a staple here and you never want to waste any rice because it is quite a lengthy process and they workers work sooo hard for every grain of rice....when it comes to buying rice you want the most expensive...they hae blue rice, yellow rice, rice for making stiky rice, the cheapest are just the broken bits of rice, and so on.....very interesting....we were taught that coconut juice is the juice inside the coconut, then mash the insides and it makes coconut cream, half it with water and you get coconut milk......then the curry pastes, you can but them and if you stir fry the paste then you can leave it in a jar on the counter for up to six months......very interesting....what a great day!!! We each got to make five different dishes and ate all day long!!!


Yummy!!! Tofu!!


Yummy Pineapple!!!


The family of Thai Chefs!!! Look out for Shawn!!!


Or maybe Shawn should look out for me!!!! hahaha


Evy has an evil look in her eye.....watch out!!!!


HOLY FIRE!!!! What fun cooking this is!!!!


Yummy Pumpkin!!! Smile!!


I love this picture of Evy and me.....


Shawn showing off his too hot for anybody curry!!


Evy with the pestel and mortor making Som Tum!!


Awwww...how cute!!


Shawns very proud of his omelette style pad thai!!! Good Job Shawn!!!


Cooking up a storm!!


Alloy!!! Very Delicious!!!


Megan the littles chef!!!

WE had a great and filling day!! And hopefully we learned a thing or two about cooking Thai food!!

Chiang Mai Wats with the Girls

While in Chiang Mai we decided to check out some of the local Wats in the area.