Thai for Taiyo

After his recovery Taiyo totally bounced back as a happiest baby on the block, being super cute and fun all the time. He seems to have grown so much all of a sudden too. Now he can put his crocs on, kicks on his scooter, counts one to ten in both Japanese and English, and climbs up on the bar stool. He enjoys playing music daily on the sidewalk, and his drumming skill's improving too. Are we ready to show up at the open mike up the block? He's suddenly been doing very short naps some days this week, too. I'm fearful of no nap days that seems to be around the corner.

After super short nap on Wednesday, we had late lunch at One More Thai on Clinton Street near Houston. Yes, exactly, one more Thai in this Thai saturated city. Thai food is like Duane Reade of restaurants- you can find it anywhere, and usually provide a pretty good value. This little restaurant has comfortable decor, with easy to climb benches for Taiyo, enough room for strollers and an energetic one to run around. It was empty at 3pm, and big open windows felt nice but this stretch of Clinton always have lots of car traffic and there was serious construction noise from Houston Street. The waitress immediately brought Taiyo a plastic cup of water with a straw which is always a good sign of a kid-friendly restaurant. Lunch special was good value with an appetizer and an entree- we went for curry puff and fried rice- $6.95! Food was pretty tasty- although first he had to step away to the front door to poo. But then he ran back to the table and loved the curry puff, then some fried rice. "Chicken - yummy!" This week he's enjoying meat very much.