Bangkok Week 807

December 14, 2023

It was a busy week! Arlo hosted us for his wonderful Christmas Show at school; P’Kate and her family came to visit; we swam; went to the farm; checked out the new downtown IKEA; had a visit from Uncle Simon; everyone got sick; and Arlo turned 4.25 years old!

We start the week with the much-awaited Christmas Show at Arlo's school.

The stage is set, and the audience is waiting with bated breath.

Behind the scenes, the K1s are waiting patiently togther.

Our snazzy little Christmas Tree, waiting for the curtains to open.

We present K1 Snowflakes, dancing to "Christmas, Christmas".

And all the classes on stage for the finale.

Someone was not at all happy about the "snow" atop his head.

Looking cute in his Christmas Tree dress.

Group shot.

What a wild Christmas Tree!

Checking out the fire place with Martin.

Helping to tidy up, so that the staff can enjoy their own Christmas party.

Saturday morning: a make-up lesson for Lucy, since we were all occupied during Arlo's Christmas show.

She can't wait to go in!

Here's Lucy!

Getting better at paddling and kicking.

Look at Lucy swim on her own!

Resting up after an exhausting lesson with Teacher Big.

Sunday afternoon: back at the pool.

The big fish is working on both front crawl and backstroke now.

Playing together on Mum & Dad's messy bed.

Checking out the new house. It's coming along!

The ground floor AC has been installed. I'm sure this will come in handy in April!

The ground floor bathroom is almost done, too.

The new awnings.

Arlo the artist, practicing his fine motor skills.

Oh my goodness! Two demanding customers asking for foot massages from K. Wan!

This is Lucy. She's supposed to be brushing her teeth. Do you think she wants to?

Oh no. Spiderman has *finally* figured out how to get things off the high shelves.

P'Kate is over for a pre-holiday visit. It's been almost half a year since we last saw them.

She brought a fun matching game.

Then everyone tried their hand at drawing... the same picture.

Lucy's supervising.

It's a drawing competition. "Complete the picture". Let's see who can be more creative.

Arlo's completion.

Now it's block time.

And nap time.

P'Kate's house...

... and a stage where P'Kate and Arlo recreated their Christmas performances.

Annual line-up photo.

Unintentionally visiting the farm! (We'd meant to visit the Bangkok Prep holiday fair, but got the day wrong.)

Checking out the touch-sensitive plants.

Bananas!

Still lots of ducks.

The food-du-jour for the sheep and goats are carrots now.

Lucy wasn't so sure, but Arlo was confident as ever.

Picnic dinner.

Very impressively peeling an entire orange.

Who wore it better??

Public Holiday Monday: checking out the brand-new EmSphere mall, and brand-new IKEA.

The elevated walkway connecting it to Emporium and EmQuartier is a surprisingly long walk.

Minimalist interior.

Large atrium in the middle for stalls.

Great views of the BTS!

And the attraction we came for! Good thing we arrived right at opening time.

Trying out a desk chair for kids.

This dog was calling Lucy's name from the moment we walked in.

Two urban shoppers.

These two worked up an appetite. So let's enjoy the view, and an 8-baht ice cream cone before the long trek home.

Great view of the neighboring construction site in the elevator ride down.

Rudolph is backing into our house.

And a visit from Uncle Simon, after over a year!

Arlo's taking great case of his new cat, recently adopted from IKEA.

Dog is accompanying Lucy everywhere these days, including into the bathroom.

Having fun with the air filter!

The mattresses for Arlo's bunk bed have arrived.

Enjoying soup for lunch.

Snatching all of Arlo's favorite friends when he's not looking.

And enjoying some ice cream.

What a life, Lucy!

Saying bye-bye to the giant ball. It's off to a new home, that will make better use of it.

Sunset over Ekkamai.

New baseball cap for Lucy.

Measuring up with her brother.

Someone is turning 4 years and 3 months old today. 4.25!

And Arlo brought home quite the bundle from school, including his Learning Journey!

Night night from the two monkeys. See you next week!