Photos
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Imp
Sometimes he does this impish face that totally does NOT look like him, but is cute nonetheless.
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Our New Thai House Part 2 – Foundations
When setting the first foundation of a Thai house, it is a common practice to hire a Brahman priest and hold a blessing ceremony. Enter Ajarn Chachawan (Ajarn is an honorific title equivalent to sensei in Japanese and pretty much nothing in English), pictured on the left in the photo below. He was also the announcer/master of ceremonies who did the morning ceremony for our wedding two years ago. He will also be supervising the installation of an animistic “spirit house” on our property this month or next. Truth be told, he’s pretty much our go-to guy for all our Brahman needs. Clockwise from Ajarn Chachawan: Mother-in-law, yours truly, worker,…
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Doing the Robot
didja know? babies have a primal walking reflex!
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This one needed posting
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Rapper’s Delight
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Can sit by himself
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Can’t find a baby scale for sale in Isan…
I did, however, find a calibrated vegetable scale at the big marketplace in downtown Mahasarakham for 750 Baht (can weigh up to 15 kgs., green-colored 5 kgs. model was 500 Baht). To this I attached a baby bath chair with a couple plastic ties and some stiff Japanese cord (I know, I know this is just a step above duck taping, but it seems to be working out OK).
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nosh
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The Wiggly Baby Song
////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// Wiggly wiggly baby Wiggly wiggly baby Wiggly? Wiggly! Wiggleh? Wiggleh! Wiggly wiggly baby! repeat x 49,000 – lyrics by J. Yoshida ////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////// This used to be his favorite song, but he’s since moved onto Bach fugues and Asian Jungle Punk. I’ve been polishing up my songwriting skillz, though.
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Why we switched to disposable diapers…
//////////////////////////////////////////////// UPDATE: I forgot that the extended entry appears automatically in my RSS feed. I apologize for terrorizing any of my feed readers (although it appears I’ve already scared one into not having children). This is the true power of poop. //////////////////////////////////////////////// I mentioned previously that we were devoting much effort to going greener by using cloth diapers. Well today, I am officially announcing we are going ungreen and switching mainly to disposables. There are 3 main reasons for this: Cloth diapers can no longer hold his big loads (we started supplementing breast milk with formula, which causes rather, erm, voluminous eruptions) Disposable diapers very effectively draw wetness away from…
