Bangkok Week 660 February 18, 2021 Arlo turns 17 months this week! And we enjoy a long weekend, to boot. View fullsize It's the start of a long weekend; this calls for some tractor photos! View fullsize Sitting with Lion for a morning chat. And wearing a matching shirt, to boot. View fullsize Wefie. View fullsize Short trip over to Big C; taxi-spotting while Dad goes to the bank. View fullsize And vroom-vroom-vrooming around the grocery store. View fullsize Who's been imported around here? View fullsize Back at home, time to unbox Mum's new work phone. View fullsize Oooh and aaah. View fullsize Arlo takes himself for a walk around the block this evening; forget the stroller! View fullsize Trying a new veggie burger for dinner. Smell while cooking was differentiated, but taste was not. View fullsize Trying out the new phone's portrait mode. Looking handsome. View fullsize Off on a little Saturday morning excursion. View fullsize It's still Christmas at Gateway Ekkamai. View fullsize Woah! Escalator. View fullsize Arlo's very pleased with his newest toy. View fullsize Doesn't hurt to have a quick spin at the seat of the race car while we're here. View fullsize Go horse, go! View fullsize So many trucks! View fullsize Hey, the new phone's selfie mode is pretty good! View fullsize Checking out that cute boy in the phone. View fullsize Late afternoon at the park. View fullsize Playing on a cobblestone area, so his tractor can roll. View fullsize Portrait mode. View fullsize Looks like a pose... but he's really eating some part of a tree he found on the ground. View fullsize The windswept look. View fullsize Just realxing. View fullsize Coming back with Dad after doing a huge lap around the park. View fullsize Just coming back to rehydrate. View fullsize What's that crazy man doing? View fullsize More water! View fullsize Rolling around, and not wanting to leave. View fullsize February 14th: Happy Valentine's Day. Arlo turns 17 months today, and is here to measure up. View fullsize Dropping men down the tube. Fun for Arlo; not for them. View fullsize Mum's finally able to create her masterpiece in peace! But Arlo's eye is on the prize. View fullsize Mum's sculpture in pieces, Arlo pretends that nothing is amiss. View fullsize An impromptu visit to Habito, a residential development and mall a 10-min drive from our place. View fullsize They have a unique playground area in the mall. View fullsize Everyone sitting, as Arlo would say. View fullsize They're also home to the Bangkok Prep secondary campus. View fullsize And a giant ecological park and plant nursery. View fullsize They have rice fields, tomato greenhouses, duck ponds... View fullsize ... and this melon greenhouse. View fullsize Arlo is underwhelmed, but we think it's interesting. View fullsize Most interesting is the plant store, which is very reasonably priced for Bangkok! View fullsize We may even be back for some cacti in the near future. View fullsize Resting up at a natural food store before heading home. View fullsize Arlo is at home at the bar. View fullsize Enjoying the peanut butter smoothie. View fullsize Tuesday music is back! And this time, it's in the Grand Ballroom of the hotel. View fullsize Waiting patiently for Music to start. View fullsize Arlo enjoyed it; didn't seem to mind the large room either. View fullsize It's just Mum and Arlo for the walk tonight; where's Dad? View fullsize On our way to Thursday swimming; Arlo's hair is ready. View fullsize Arlo can't wait for his class to start. View fullsize So many things going on: balls, noodles... View fullsize Covering some good distance on his own. View fullsize "Waterfall! Waterfall!" View fullsize Enjoying jumping off the platform and swimming back. View fullsize Mum, there's a turtle on your head! View fullsize Slide time... View fullsize ... and a long underwater swim! View fullsize And cleaning his Puu's watch with a tissue, to wrap up the week.
