Thailand part 1

We flew into Thailand on October 1st which also happened to be on Zeke's birthday! We had a great donut hole "cake" and opened a present of an elephant puppet that Grandma and Grandpa got in Myanmar and that Grandma was so gracious to play with. The kids were enthralled and talked and talked to the elephant like it was real. It was so funny.

We stayed in the Krabi area on Railay beach. The kids thought it was great to be staying right next to the ocean. We rented a house from the Railei Beach Club which was right up against the limestone cliffs and about 100 feet from the beach.

We rented a longboat and headed out to go snorkeling. For some reason it was impossible to find a snorkel that fit Zeke so we got him these nice goggles and called it good. He was surprisingly good at holding his breath and swimming around to find the fish. He only got out of the water (after almost 4 hours) because his life jacket had rubbed the back of his neck raw from lifting his head out of the water so much. Porter even put some goggles on and looked at the fish. He mostly just liked floating around in the water or sitting on my legs to have me pull him around while I snorkeled. It was a blast and probably Zeke's favorite thing.

We also went rock climbing on the famous limestone cliffs there. Zeke decided he wanted to go as well. He got pretty good at climbing up that rock. They had the perfect routes from beginner climbers to expert.

He got really scared on this one for no real reason at all. Another kid before him went and got scared so Zeke decided that must be the thing to do. The guide had to climb up and bring him down again.

Toby and I also got a chance to do some rock climbing. It was exhausting, but so fun. The routes I went on pushed me to my limit. I fell more than a few times but always made it to the top. (except the last one but that was the hardest one and I was just too tired!)

Toby practically ran to the top of each route. He didn't want to go on any harder ones though because he really doesn't like falling off. He never fell the entire time.