Steve's House

This afternoon, Steve's son's birthday party was going on. As per usual, one gift-wrapped dinosaur-themed toy was your ticket to the beer cooler and buffet table overloaded with ribs, burgers, dogs, chili (and Thai food) from Bob's Bar-Be-Que.

I didn't bother with any photos of the party since it would have basically been the same photos from Steve's last party (his youngest son's birthday). However, Steve did have this new house that he built for his wife out in their yard. "Isaan in Pattaya," Steve calls it. When his wife gets tired of being in Pattaya, she can take the kids and go out to her Isaan-style country house for a while. (Steve adds, "I only get to go to the dog house.")

Anyway, it has it's own bathroom and a bed "nook", air conditioning, front porch, all for much less than you would pay for one of those clap-board slap-together barns that you can buy at the lumbar yard back in the states.

Oh... and Pui loved Steve's fish-and-turtle pond.

We left Pot at home for the party because we didn't think he would have much fun. He really seems to be slow to make friends or get to know other kids... although at Tesco Lotus the other day, while playing video games (i.e. distracted), he wound up chatting with some other boys. So obviously it is possible for him to warm up to other kids.