Bangkok Week 685

August 12, 2021

NotALockdown still in effect; but Arlo has plenty of toys at home. And we celebrated our second Mother’s Day this week, too, with special brekkie and a special outing. Thank you, Arlo and Dad!

Arlo's learning how to take photos on the phone! Here's one such masterpiece.

Celebrating Friday night with Indian; we haven't had that in months.

Enjoying a Saturday morning (Thai-style) donut.

This one's not bad either.

And doing some arm exercises with the band.

We can send this band to Granny when she gets here.

Sunday morning stroll around the block.

Enjoying black bean ice cream.

Cheers!

It's railroad construction time!

A fancy figure-eight!

Watching the train go round-and-round.

And finally, it's time for Operation Pomelo.

Good thing I had my trusty helper with me!

Over 30 seedlings had sprouted!

The finished product: let's see how many survive the trauma.

Arlo is getting really skilled with his cleaning techniques.

Lazy morning!

All smiles.

It's pool time!

Arlo takes his pool time very seriously.

Lucky Arlo got a new book; absorbing all the details.

Enjoying fresh-from-the-cob sweet corn.

Arlo ordered Mum fresh croissants from Paul for Mother's Day. And he can't wait to dig in.

Yum!

Wishing Granny a happy Mother's Day too.

Thank you, Arlo and Dad!

But wait, there's more: a healthy serving of watermelon, too.

And requisite morning stroll around the block.

Special activity for a special day: toenail painting!

Arlo's intrigued.

Showing off his new toe nails, and nibbling corn-on-the-cob. What a holiday!

And a late-afternoon trip to Sweet Poppy, to get some outdoor time.

It's a lovely, surprisingly shaded, large property up in Nonthaburi.

Arlo's very enthusiastic about the slide.

Again! Again!

He even discovered a snail living inside a hole at the top of the slide.

Checking out the house.

He even met a little girl who was very interested in playing together. But our pandemic boy didn't really know what to do.

Arlo was interested in trying the big slide, but isn't yet coordinated enough to climb up on his own.

He made it up!

And happily slid back down the big slide!

That was fun!

And then he did it at least another 5 times.

More! More!

Taking an ice cube break.

A nice place to spend the afternoon; too bad it's a bit of a hike.

Procrastinating as we head back to the car.

And the week wouldn't be complete without an update on the Durian. Still alive!