While I'm here on Koh Chang in this grass roof internet cafe on the beach, I thought I'd record a couple of memories of Nicholas during the trip. He has been an awesome traveler.

• After watching us call the front desk in Bangkok several times for different reasons, Nicholas picked up the phone and said, "Hello? This is Nicholas, and I need your help. The refrigerator won't open. I tried to open it, but it won't open!"
  
• Nicholas hid behind the curtains at our room in Koh Chang, then appeared. "Ladies and Gentlemen! This is Nicholas! The band will be on Friday. That's all."
• At Ocean World in Bangkok, everything Nicholas saw related back to Finding Nemo. When he saw a manta ray, he called it "Mr. Ray", and when he saw a shark, he called it "Bruce".
• Nicholas has a new Chicken Little video dubbed into Thai (he calls it "Little Chicken"). One night, a pop song came on over the sound system in the hotel. Nicholas got out of his chair and started a little dance step. It took us a minute to realize that he was imitating a dance Chicken Little does in the movie.
• Nicholas announced he was going to tell Naa Kat a story. He started off, "Once upon a time, there was a prince named Daddy." That was the whole story. The end.
• Nicholas gave Ying a big hug and told her, "Be a good grownup."
• Due to the parental vigilance and energy a 2.5-year-old requires in the big city, we tried to change our flights so that we would all come back together this Friday. The airline didn't have space -the earliest Ying and Nicholas can come back is May 19th (which is still earlier than originally planned). We explained to Nicholas that Daddy would go back to Seattle, and Mommy and Nicholas would stay at Baa Oh's house with Oat, Ahm, and Odd. He got very excited and said, "And my new friends will be there!" We told him that, yes, his new friends would be there. No problem -Daddy can go back to Seattle, and Nicholas will play with his new friends at Baa Oh's house. But soon after, he gave me a big hug and said, "We like having you around." Good to hear. :)