The lit kratong looks more impressive on the water if it's dark, but the line gets REALLY long then, so we decided early was better. Last year they had a big open flame on the pier to light your kratong. I'm not sure if something bad happened, or if they just realized that open flames and kids don't go well together, but this year the flames were inside little lanterns.
While this was pretty and more safety conscious, it made it much harder to get the kratong to the fire.
Add to that, the fact that it was windy, and the whole process made Vivi quite tense. Young had gotten a pink bread kratong for Elena, but she was also a big help with lighting Vivi's and keeping it lit.
We made it to the platform.
Jeff stayed on land in a stalker position to take pictures.
He got some cool pictures of the lake.
We got the kratongs in the water, and watched them float away.
The fish were really excited about the bread ones.
After kratong release, I took Vivi and her friend over to the games area. They had "games" like fish the egg out of the pool and the number you get inside it tells you what prize you win.
Vivi was very pleased with her prize.
There was also a dunking booth.
Viv totally missed, but had fun trying. Her friend, on the other hand, nailed the circle twice, but apparently not hard enough to initiate dunking. Several people asked me if "my son" was on the baseball team. When we met back up with his mom, Vivi excitedly told her how everyone had asked if he was on the soccer team, and I was like, yup, that one's mine, the one who gets baseball and soccer mixed up. Sigh.
It was getting close to Elena's bedtime, but Vivi really wanted to stay for the Thai outfit fashion competition which she had signed up for. It was supposed to start at 7:00, so I figured she and I could stay a little longer. We sent the rest of the family home, and just sat and enjoyed the full moon and friends.
We usually start Vivi's bath and bedtime routine around 7:30, and when the fashion show still hadn't started at 7:20, I decided we should just call it a night. I knew that it would be Thai time late, but I wasn't willing to sacrifice the next day at school or the next evening which was Thanksgiving, for a fashion show which may or may not have started before 8:00. Vivi, who was approaching bedtime anyway, was NOT happy about my decision, but I just walked us out towards the parking lot where Jeff was going to pick us up. I knew it was not the nicest thing to do, but I was hot and tired too, and I just couldn't do anymore party. I offered her a compromise, if she stopped crying, we could get ice cream as a special treat. Bribery totally works.
It was a fun night, and I was glad we were able to end it on a high note rather than a meltdown.
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