Bangkok Week 749 — Mika's Photos

Happy Friday!, says Lucy. She loves getting up with the sun these days.

Sneaking in some morning exercise before the rest of the house wakes up.

Arlo shows off what his off road racing kart can do. Wait, I thought you're having breakfast, Arlo?

It's the day we've all been waiting for! International Day!

Waiting for the parade to start, Arlo and his friend AClaire practice waving their flags.

Arlo's flag is very cool: Thailand on one side, Canada on the other.

Let the parade of nations begin!

Here come Arlo and Mum! (The lucky nursery kids had to be escorted by an adult.)

Demonstrating his festive spirit.

Yay, Canada!

Then we had to sit patiently through an assembly: each year did a small performance.

All eyes on the Year 1's.

And a short Muay Thai demo. I'm not sure whose idea it was to teach 3-6-year-old boys about punching and kicking.

And a performance of "It's a Small World" by all the teachers.

Good thing this is a song that Mum knows!

Arlo, his teacher, and some of his favorite classmates.

Enjoying the hand-made lollipop that he got from the Thai booth.

And here it is! The photo you've been waiting for: the Canada booth!

Some great Dollarama investments on display.

There were a dozen or so booths around the entire property. It was crowded; hopefully not a super-spreader event!

Arlo got a freshly made popsicle at the Thailand booth, for which he had to stop eating his lollipop. Oh boy, I see where this is going!

Back at the Canada booth, flag-making is in full swing.

Arlo makes one, too, out of a beautiful red leaf.

Admiring his flag, and admiring the maple cookie. In case you're counting, this is his third dessert of the morning, and it's only 10:00.

The flag-making was very popular!

The customers are sitting patiently.

This was a great idea, Granny!

The giant earth suspended above our booth was made by Arlo's class earlier in the week.

The two men, representing Canada.

Some Japanese customers.

And Arlo's teacher kindly took over, so that Dad could walk around and visit the other booths.

Arlo's friend AClaire did a nice job: nice and centered.

Making sure the glue is nice and stuck.

Time for a tour of the other booths. Here in England, Arlo spreads marmalade on bread.

And he also got to make a double-decker bus.

Can't help but go down the slide.

Israel had great representation! Seems half their population might have been here.

Enjoying coconut ice cream, again from Thailand. What's the dessert count now?

Then Arlo rolled some croissants in France.

And did a Japanese tea ceremony.

Unclear if he made a rain stick in Australia, or just stopped by for a juice box.

Before calling it a day, he went back inside the (K1) classroom to play with their trucks.

Back at home, the World War I flying ace is enjoying herself.

Trying on a potential halloween costume: too bad the tutu is too too small.

Oh my! Mum's over-the-top birthday gift just arrived in the mail, and Arlo's the first to try it on!

Friday night activity: monster truck madness! Arlo needs his costume for tomorrow night already!

Saturday morning, Lucy is intent on progressing toward a crawl.

Inspecting the wooly carpet in the gap between her mats.

And when he comes downstairs, Arlo has his first look at the (almost) finished result. He approves!

Lucy's wondering where her costume is.

Arlo's made a lovely bridge for his cars, all by himself... but that nice plate of lunch looks quite un-touched.

Lucy's still patiently waiting for her Halloween costume.

And relaxing with her cute little bunny from India.

Face plant.

This is a nice soft bunny, Mum.

And where are we off to, so late in the afternoon?

The new house! We're here to join the Halloween festivities.

Arlo's ready and all geared up for his first Halloween adventure.

Look! Cactuses across the street! (Never gets old.)

Don't worry, Lucy, we didn't forget about your costume! Little Donald (whose pants don't quite snap up).

Slowly but surely, Arlo is figuring out how this works (the Thai version, of course).

Family photo with the decorations that the Moo Baan put up.

Special award for effort to this house, that not only had lights and decoration, but halloween music too.

Assessing his haul! Arlo only stopped at fewer than 10 houses. Imagine if he'd stopped at all of them!

And a special award to Donald as well, who's still up and flying her plane, despite the late evening!

The next morning, everyone's a little tired from the late night last night.

Oh my. That's Arlo, with a candy in his mouth. (Dessert after breakfast...)

Arlo's off to swimming...

... so Lucy's enjoying a bit of quiet time by herself.

Just some toys to bite...

... and some houses to tip, as she sits nice and straight.

Arlo's very excited for / proud of Dad's 'do. But wait, why are there no more bag clips in the kitchen?

And a trip to the Farm, where they're having a big Halloween bash.

We're getting good mileage out of this costume.

This is probably the first time in history that a little monster truck has driven into a mulberry field to look at a baby chicken!

And vroom vroom, out he comes again.

Lucy is wondering what's so special about this farm!

Arlo insisted on coming to feed the goats.

He's very good at it now: he knows which are the best stalks to pick up, and doesn't hesitate to feed them to the goats.

He's not even afraid to nudge his way in front of other people trying to do the same.

Have to give the Farm credit for their Halloween decorations!

There was a live music concert, and lots of special food vendors.

Lucky Arlo got an entire cup of Ben and Jerry's Strawberry Cheesecake ice cream! And Lucy got to sit on grass for the first time.

No complaints from this boy.

Dancing to the music.

Despite another busy afternoon/evening, Lucy is up bright and early again on Monday morning.

Shake shake your keys, Lucy.

Breakfast and a book for Arlo. And let's not forget, it's Day 3 of Halloween.

Reading the "newspaper". (The insert for his cold meds.)

Today is October 31st, and the school is all deked out accordingly! (Arlo's excited.)

Vroom vroom, the monster truck is making its third appearance.

It's a little ergonomically challenging to drive around while wearing it though.

And it's about to come off. I think it lasted 90 seconds.

Since Mum came to school this morning, Mum gets the honor of playing with Arlo in the sand for 5 minutes before leaving.

Arlo, his classmates, and his teacher, making the most of the American holiday!

That afternoon, we asked Arlo to sit next to Lucy for a photo. We were met with ringing enthusiasm.

Keeping one eye on his sister to make sure she's only mouthing her own toys.

Having a word with Lucy over dinner.

That's nice: seeing eye-to-eye.

Another day, another early morning for Lucy.

Cheese!

Oh no! Someone call the doctor -- Lucy's head has disappeared!

Aha! Mystery solved! Never in a million years would we have guessed that this construction site was going to be... a regulation-size ice hockey rink!

Mr Monkey, at pick-up.

Getting home and making a bee-line for his candy basket. Oh well, at least it'll be all gone soon!

Wefie with my lady!

Just a few days late for Halloween, Miss Sunshine tries on a bright orange jumper.

Strengthening her arms; getting everything ready for crawling!

Sitting pretty.

Everyone's so nicely dressed today... but no one wants to pose for a photo.

The "smiles".

Hey Arlo, those are cool fire trucks you have.

Showing off her sunny bum while Arlo shows off his bike skillz.

In case you thought the cactus upstairs might be resting... you'd be wrong! Here comes a new paddle! Stay tuned...

Showing off her sitting abilities.

Something different to entertain over lunch today.

She likes it. (And I must say, I like this photo!)

Hooray! Arlo and Lucy are heading in for their first COVID vaccines!

Waiting patiently for the paperwork to be processed.

Someone seems unaffected by the jab; phew!

Thursday morning, someone's up bright and early again.

This could be an ad for PlanToys.

Here's Arlo, mimicking how Lucy sits.

And photobombed by Dad, who's off to work.

Uh oh! Mum's about to be on her own with these two monkeys until K. Noi gets here.

And Mum manages to coax Arlo into taking some photos with his sister.

What a loving sisterly gaze.

Sharing some laughs.

Tickle tickle!

The expressions say everything.

Mum's brilliant suggestion to Arlo: pour sand down the slide! Thanks, Mum!

And we end this week with our accountant-in-training. See you soon!