Bangkok Week 641 October 8, 2020 A busy week for Arlo! A playgroup, a birthday party, swimming lessons, and even a trip to the dentist! View fullsize It's Fri-yay! View fullsize Practicing with the fork. Sort of. View fullsize Yay! Arlo's birthday card from Bonnie and Bob finally arrived. View fullsize Admiring the cute little painted animals. View fullsize That night, Khlong Ekkamai 12 reappeared! Worst flood since we've lived here. View fullsize Where's Arlo!? There's Arlo! View fullsize Saturday Ekkamai playgroup! We didn't even make it inside, and Arlo was distracted by all sorts of wheels. View fullsize Inside, where the floor is smoother and the air is cooler. View fullsize Very excited by all these wheels. View fullsize Wheels, dad! Wheels! View fullsize Showing restraint. View fullsize Assessing the situation. How best to approach these? View fullsize The verdict? Go low! View fullsize No wheels are too small to escape Arlo's eagle eyes. Pointing out the wheels in the Nursery school promo photo. View fullsize Arlo's buddy Carson stepped out to the bathroom, and Arlo seized the opportunity. View fullsize Time for a rest and a snack. View fullsize And we didn't last much longer: asleep by the time we reached Big C. View fullsize An early birthday present! Two new plants from Chiang Mai: a banana fan and a cactus. View fullsize Yay! It's Arlo's friend Sally's first birthday party! View fullsize What a delicious spread! We'd never seen anything like it! View fullsize What a friend: Arlo taunts the birthday girl by taking her toy, right in front of her. View fullsize Helping Dad blow bubbles. View fullsize Really not sure about this party hat. View fullsize Smile, boys! View fullsize Arlo's figured out where the fun is! A cooler of ice! (With some cans in the way.) View fullsize Sally's brother Doug was Arlo's partner-in-crime. View fullsize Happy birthday, Sally! View fullsize Sunday morning, another quick chat with Granny & Grandpa. View fullsize Wait, Dad, why are you taking the air out of my balloons!? View fullsize Reading, and practicing wearing shoes. View fullsize Another rainy Sunday. Boo. View fullsize Reflecting on life. View fullsize Entertaining himself... but looking guilty. View fullsize A muddy walk after all the rains finally stopped. View fullsize One more story before bed. View fullsize Arlo's first visit to the dentist! Trying to wait patiently: this waiting area is not nearly as fun as the pediatrics unit! View fullsize Can you spot Arlo? View fullsize Waiting to pay. Very disgruntled by the whole experience. View fullsize Taking stock of his alphabet cards. As far as Arlo can tell, they're all still there. View fullsize More morning stories with dad! View fullsize That's the great thing about waking up at 6am! Lots of time to read with Dad! View fullsize Yay! On our way to swimming! View fullsize Got there a few min early this time - so we have time to splash around. View fullsize Warming up! View fullsize Arlo's under in no time. View fullsize Excited: the fountains are coming up! View fullsize Arlo's mission: grab (and nibble) all the toys in the pool! View fullsize Hey, new trick! Standing on the table! View fullsize One last jump! View fullsize Arlo loves Clifford! (And Emily Elizabeth's friend Martha) View fullsize Arlo loves reading with Dad even more! View fullsize Big, toothy smiles for Dad! View fullsize Smile! View fullsize Dad! Isn't Clifford great, Dad? View fullsize And a morning banana. View fullsize At immigration to pick up my visa renewal: not many people applying for re-entry permits this year! View fullsize A grin to close off the week: see you soon!
