Bangkok Week 622

May 28, 2020

Arlo’s really mastered crawling now; and it’s becoming a liability! He also enjoys a few shopping excursions for the first time in months! And of course, a visit to the park.

It's time for another edition of Banana Breakfast!

Two spoons are always better than one!

Big smile for the camera.

Applesauce is for babies. Bring on the good stuff.

On second thought, maybe we'll stick to applesauce for a while.

Delicious santol fruit, that were went up from Trad.

Enraptured by dad's storytelling.

Having a nice nap on Dad. So much more comfortable than the bed.

Mum talks to her old roommates; Arlo plays with his favorite toy, the speaker.

Tongues are fun to play with, too.

Office chair shopping! Arlo is not impressed. "I already have a chair on wheels, guys."

"Can we go, already?"

He didn't realize how exhausted he was from that shopping excursion.

Learning about the very hungry caterpillar, and his busy Saturday.

And folks, we have a candidate for least flattering selfie.

It's Sunday morning, and you know what that means. Picnic in the Park!

Checking out the water and the pigeons with Dad.

This is fun.

Arlo loves looking at everything outside.

Playing with his favorite water bottle, and inspecting the grass.

Looking intently at the pigeon walking by. What is that?

Sitting on the edge of the ground. Gotta avoid all that green stuff!

Snack break.

And a quick stop in Emporium, for the first time in many months!

Social distancing being enforced in the food court.

Enjoying our lunch with a partition.

Back at home, Arlo enjoys his dessert: sweet, fleshy Durian!

He can't get enough. A true Thai boy at heart!

Uh oh! Phone's been hijacked.

Another Arlo selfie.

An unfortunate surprise on Monday morning. Phone's been damaged, after being cleaned with water.

Into an airtight box with silica gel it goes; and then we wait patiently for 72 hours.

Meanwhile, Arlo feeds himself cauliflower with precision and determination.

Yum! Arlo loves cauliflower!

Oh no! What's this?

A cage for the monkey!

We have to keep master safe from himself!

Arlo doesn't seem to mind. He keeps on playing with his toys.

And his tongues.

The more pragmatic setup (and what we'd originally envisioned).

Mango vs. banana. Who will win?

72 hours later: the gods of tech were on my side this time. The silica gel worked, and phone is back to normal. 😅

Arlo's getting good at standing on his own. Although he's starting to realize he might be boxed in.

Enjoying the new snack food Dad bought for Arlo: cocoa o's.

Good for fine motor skills, in addition to being delish!