Bangkok Week 702 December 9, 2021 Christmas has arrived in Bangkok! Enjoy the holiday season! View fullsize It's a busy Friday: Arlo is learning how to use the lock on his favorite suitcase. View fullsize Winding down with cement mixers and bulldozers. View fullsize Well, that's one way to have a call with your Pu and Yaa. View fullsize Gourmet dinner from Urban Pantry. View fullsize Ho ho ho! We have a serious Saturday morning project here! And Arlo can help, this time. View fullsize Recreating this photo, from 2 Christmas's (or, Christmas Tree Assembly Days) ago. View fullsize Concentrating very hard on hanging the ornaments. View fullsize Picking just the right branch. View fullsize Making sure to put some ornaments on this side of the tree as well. View fullsize And voila! Arlo's masterpiece is finished! View fullsize Taking the feedback, and hanging them a little higher. View fullsize Look at my work! View fullsize The finished product. View fullsize Arlo's Christmas pose for the year. View fullsize And a shot with K. Wan as well. View fullsize Arlo asked to recreate this photo, from last year. View fullsize That afternoon, taking a trip to Sansiri Backyard, to see the banana trees and the farm animals. View fullsize Arlo-sized banana trees. View fullsize Much more hopping than last time we were here. Today, there are even rice harvesting demos. View fullsize So many bananas. View fullsize We had to count them. View fullsize Goats and sheep! This is a surprise. View fullsize Arlo's first time seeing farm animals (other than chickens and ducks). View fullsize We didn't have any food for them, so they weren't interested in us. View fullsize Where they all live. View fullsize Ah, the chichens. These are more Arlo's speed. View fullsize The cantaloupe greenhouse seems to be doing really well! View fullsize A late afternoon burst of energy: run run run! View fullsize Running along the tall grass. View fullsize Driving a life preserver. View fullsize And riding a tree support. Giddy-up! View fullsize Arlo even found his way up onto this photo point. View fullsize By himself. View fullsize Lazy dinner: brioche grilled cheese. View fullsize It's Father's Day today! So Arlo teaches Dad all about bicycles. View fullsize Then it's a trip to Decathalon, for new shoes for Arlo. Or is it for entertainment? View fullsize Trying out badminton, which he's only seen in his Picturepedia. View fullsize Browsing the aisles. View fullsize Riding a bike. View fullsize Even camping in a tent. View fullsize This is a pretty comfy tent, complete with inflatable pillow. View fullsize Ah, now there's the father-son shot for Father's Day. View fullsize And a late-afternoon trip to the park. View fullsize Arlo decided on his own to play on the slide. View fullsize Barged right through all the other kids, to ride over-and-over. View fullsize Running around the park on his own. View fullsize Oh! Look at the sunflowers! View fullsize No really! Look at the sunflowers! View fullsize A very observant boy he is: the big kids were climbing up the slide, so Arlo did too. View fullsize Just wandering around the playground to see what everyone is up to. View fullsize Trying out the climbing dome. View fullsize Observing how the see-saw works. View fullsize Kindly helping Mum tend to her cold. View fullsize Long overdue project: repotting the pumpkin seedlings. View fullsize Arlo was a big help, putting the coconut husks into the soil mix. View fullsize It became a soil-moving exercise after a while. View fullsize The finished product. View fullsize Hope they like these plant bags! View fullsize A holiday gift arrived in the mail from Chicago, from Mum's boss. Arlo inspects. View fullsize Bella kindly offers her back as a lab table. View fullsize Arlo approves of the packaging. See you next week!
