Em and I headed out this morning to the buy groceries at Foodland. Our area of Bangkok has several grocery store options, and we use different ones at different times, but for good quality and availability of farang (western) food, Foodland is our favorite option. (I should say, though, that our local outdoor market is the best and most interesting place to buy produce.) Another thing this particular establishment has in its favor is their little restaurant that serves an American Breakfast! So this morning we enjoyed scrambled eggs, bacon, toast, fresh orange juice and tea (Emmy feels like such a big girl when she gets to drink tea!), serve on real china, no less. 47 baht ($1.50) each, and we sat up at the counter- big fun for a Saturday morning!
One of my childhood memories is always going to the grocery store with my mom, so it's fun to get to do it with my girl. She's a great shopping companion (unlike Asa, who is always overcome with desire in the dairy section and begins to chant "milk, milk, milk!" in increasingly desperate tones as I'm trying to find yogurt and butter), and the promise of a box of juice on the way home goes a long way in keeping her content while Mommy does her perusing!In other Emmy news, she had her 5 year old checkup this week. She screamed like a banshee while getting her shots, which was pretty rough, but aside from that all was well. She's 3 feet, 10 inches tall, and still off the growth chart for height, and weighs 43 pounds, putting her in the 50-75th percentile for weight. We thank God for a healthy girl.
