Friday, April 24, 2015

April 24, 2015 - Picture Fest (Phuket Holiday, Charlotte's Birthday, ILCM Dinner, Berimbau Workshop)

So I am working a job these days and life is super busy - I woke up at 5:15 this morning to exercise and this blog is kind of taking the hit.  So this will be a photo fest with limited commentary as I have committed 45 minutes to this activity this week.  Yikes, I am so geeky.

We went to Phuket and I realized I really don't need to bring my SLR on vacations like this - unless I decide to take up flora photography.  The Canon S95 is just FINE for this.

Here is our room at the Marriott Vacation Club.  We just bought in too:
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The girls love buggy rides:
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The JW Marriott Phuket - our first Asian resort love:
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Typical Matt phone multi-tasking:
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Who doesn't love popsicles?
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Char takes our photo:
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I love this picture:
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Braids in progress:
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Not sure Sophia was fully on board with the results - but they were cute nonetheless:
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Beach!
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Polarized:
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Nothing makes our girls happier than manicures!
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We spent our last night at Holiday Inn - not bad.  Their kids club was great!
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Chatterbox Sophia tells us something important by the beach:
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Cool idea - but more bugs than you can imagine:
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Sophia scores a ride:
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These cubbies are awesome!
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Tuesday Apr 14 was Charlotte's birthday - we made a cookie cake the night before.  Char and I wrote out her name which was awesome:
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Opening gifts:
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At school with her class:
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Mom and Grandma:
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Ms. Wong and Miss Josephina:
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Birthday dinner at the Hard Rock:
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Sophia is sad she does not get presents for Charlotte's birthday!
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But she gets over it:
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Random sunset photo -reminded me of the Endor moon:
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Post braid - they took hours to take out!
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Char is convinced her hair is longer as a result:
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Prepping for the birthday party.  Cookie cake #2 for the week:
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Food spread.  I asked everyone to bring fruit since Char claimed to start eating it at 5:
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Takeaway swag:
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Toilet paper was a surprisingly tasteful touch:
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Pass the present to music.  I gave Matt the stink eye for wrapping the gift ONCE.  So we started later so he could wrap them a few more times:
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Char loved her bouncy castle cake!
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Thanks to Oliver for cutting this for us.  And of course thanks to Veronica for making such a masterpiece!
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Char loves this jewelry / nails sticker book:
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And that night we went to the Ladies Club ball:
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And visited Shrek the next day:
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And finally - we did a Berimbau workshop for Capoeira on Sunday.  Many thanks to my morning training buddy Titan for helping me along in this class:
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So proud of Justin - first kid out there!
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