Bangkok Week 645

November 5, 2020

Arlo celebrates his second halloween 🎃 in style 🐠, with his friends. And he went to a few new playgroups for the first time, too. What a busy week!

Why hello there, ladies!

Finally learning to ride his trike. No clothes help.

End-of-day walk on his own two feet. Thrilled to meet P'Tae eye-to-eye!

They both see the same thing!

Gourmet mac & cheese (with frozen peas and hotdogs) for dinner.

The bananas we were going to use in our fruit salad were past their prime. So: we'll bring banana bread to the halloween party instead!

Reading in the morning is more fun with no clothes, too.

Figuring out how to play with the rocking moose.

Time for Sally's halloween party!

Arlo's not convinced about this whole Nemo thing.

He'd much rather play with Doug's trucks.

Arlo thinks, this dinosaur looks familiar...

Messy play! A little too messy for Arlo's taste.

Yum yum! Pizza for lunch! Arlo's fave.

Storytime with Sara.

There's Sally the diver! She and Arlo can go swimming together.

Arlo, swimming around the apartment.

A chase is on! The diver is after that clown fish!

The fish is cornered. And look, there's Mia!

Arlo and his friend, Mia.

Now Arlo -- I mean, Nemo -- is in his element.

Playing trucks with Dad.

Playing Poke the Pumpkin! What a fun party!

Back home, and fish-free... Arlo tries to crab-walk with Mum.

Hmm. Arlo's curls are looking extra springy today.

A bedtime story with Dad.

Tibetan! It must be Saturday night!

Another Funday Sunday!

It's a car chase, through a tunnel!

Oof. Arlo learns the hard way that you can't stand up in here.

Browsing the new Ikea catalogue.

Watching people go by. And the people are getting quite the view!

Pretty pleased with his eggplant.

Nap time for everyone!

Visiting "The Jungle on Ekkamai" ... a new plant and pottery shop that one of our neighbors just opened.

Arlo was more excited by the wheelbarrow than the plants...

Checking out all the plants; trying to decide which one to bring back.

Meeting an older lady, a niece of the shop owners.

Supporting their business, and our garden! (This is a Pink Diamond.)

Arlo's wondering what the heck this new plant is doing in his way.

Mr. City Boy is overjoyed to be spending time outdoors.

Enjoying Mum's English-language rendition of "The Earthworms' Party"

Ooh! Arlo gets to ride the Dad again. It's not every day the ride is open.

Very adorably hanging on for dear life.

Arlo wanted nothing to do with his stroller for this end-of-day walk.

Looking like a big boy in this outfit.

Lost something under the couch? Again?

Minding his own business.

Teaching himself the alphabet.

And in a less refined moment, eating Mum's hair tie.

Has a good mouth feel.

Wednesday morning, straight out of bed and time to run around!

Turning the air filter on. And off. And on. And off. And on...

Weee! Bubble bubble bubble time with P'Noy.

There it is!

Here it comes...

Catch it!

Having a snack on the way to swimming. (It was gone by the time we got home.)

Not sure he's ready for swimming today.

Hey! Hi, Dad!

Not sure about jumping off this table.

Not sure about this noodle, either.

Ah! Arlo's favorite time of class!

And a little swim, too.

Oh my goodness! Look what arrived while Arlo was at swimming!

This is a wonderful box!

Isn't it a great box!? Look at the wheels!

The truck inside is pretty great, too.

But this is indeed a very fine box.

End of day stories with Dad.

And with Mum. Slowly, patiently.

Lucky Arlo got a slot at the special playgroup at Sunny Side Up.

Practicing his grocery shopping skills.

And playing trains. So many train tracks!

And pushing this giant truck.

Trying his hands at an Arlo-sized piano.

Arlo even got to drive an off-roader!

Ooh. A button to push.

Mr. Cutie, pooped once he got home.

Totally zonked!

Yay! It's the Arlo book! On this excited note, we'll see you next week!