Bangkok Week 689 September 9, 2021 The moment we’ve all been waiting for, for 18 months: Granny comes to visit!! And, Arlo starts seeing some friends again. View fullsize Bella's really not digging the new door at the top of the stairs. "Let me in, Mum!" View fullsize Not sure if we're talking to Granny or watching the daily Zamboni video. View fullsize Arlo talks to his grandparents in Trat, before bed. View fullsize A special dinner: vegan Taiwanese food, all the way from Ari... View fullsize ... and this is part 2, an hour later. (They accidentally sent the wrong dish, and replaced it at their own expense.) View fullsize Saturday morning trip to the newly-reopened park. Yay! Look at all the people in the skate park! View fullsize Arlo's content watching them, but not quite ready to try himself. View fullsize Hey, it's Sally! Arlo hasn't seen Sally since April! View fullsize A few hours later, with a much emptier skate park, Arlo is ready to try out his wheels. View fullsize Slow and steady, for the first outing. Good first try, Arlo! View fullsize Back at home, trying my Arlo backpack -- inspired by Sally and her mom. View fullsize And then it's an afternoon visit to Granny. Hello up there, Granny! View fullsize Just sitting "at the park". View fullsize Another day, another visit to Granny: this time, snail-spotting. View fullsize It's good luck Monday! Nailed by a bird, on both the head and shirt. View fullsize Waiting for my annual Work Permit doctor's check-up. Lucky to have access to the premium lounge this time, thanks to Dad's new credit card. View fullsize Here, we have a winner for the prestigious Worst Innovation of 2021 award: Au Bon Pain's Tom Yum Earl Gray Tea. View fullsize Back at home, Arlo reads "The Carrot Seed" to himself. View fullsize The day has come! At last! The day we can take Granny home! Arlo is thrilled. View fullsize He wastes no time, and asks Granny to read him some books. View fullsize Granny's quite a good reader, it turns out. View fullsize Arlo also wasted no time training Granny: this is how to fetch the toys that Arlo pushes under the couch. View fullsize Showing off his new hair band. View fullsize And his new Bella Ears. View fullsize Everyone reading the book. Even Bella! View fullsize Showing Granny how wonderful his Picturepedia is. View fullsize And lucky Granny gets to feed Arlo his bedtime bottle, even on Day 1! View fullsize And lucky Mum and Dad, get to enjoy Granny's cooking, even on Day 1. View fullsize Entertaining us all with, "Down at the station, early in the morning!" View fullsize Daily Zamboni video. View fullsize Delicious home-made pasta -- we lucked out, two nights in a row. View fullsize And bringing in the rear: weekly Durian update. See you next time!
