August spent a lot of the night rolling over into me, and I remember him talking in his sleep at one point, although I can’t remember what he said. He woke up right at 7. When Carly changed him, she had to take off his owl pants as they were smelling like pee. She convinced him that cat pants were okay, so then he got excited that he was wearing cats and owls together (“Both!”). He was also really interested in his musical instruments in the morning. We played on the xylophone and with the triangle and little cymbal things. He turned the triangle into a Q using the striker, and of course he put the triangle on his head.
Derek had invited us over to their place to hang out in the morning. At 10:30 we headed over. August didn’t want to leave without Mama, and talked her in to leaving with us. After a couple blocks, she turned back. He was not happy about this, and took a few minutes to calm down as we kept walking. He never got entirely happy on the walk, and when we turned into the apartment complex where they live, he immediately started protesting “No, no, no!” It was shady and windy, but we stayed outside for about 15 minutes, trying to get happy in the playground. He was trying to negotiate on what to do “Go subway; play iPad.” “Go coffeeshop…get coffee.” He wanted to go up on the play structure, then I went through the big tube first. A couple guys came with a little girl, and came up by August to use the slide. One of the guys just stayed at the top of the slide, cornering August against the tube, and didn’t seem to have any awareness that he was scaring August. So that didn’t help. Made one attempt after that to head into the building, but August fell apart. So left, as I didn’t want to burden Derek with all the crying. I set August down and he actually took off back down the path. He calmed down as he went, and really calmed down when I picked him up and he knew we were leaving.
We walked back under the tracks and found Yoger Presso open, now close to 11:30. We went in and got a strawberry yogurt smoothie. It came with a big straw, so I got a smaller one for him, but he ended up liking using both together. He mostly drew on the iPad, and would draw for a minute, then start a new one. He played a little Wordplay, then Intro to Letters, where he was starting to say “____ starts with __” – like “Book starts with B.” He started Green Eggs and Ham, and started reciting it himself, saying “I am Sam” on the first page, then on the third starting with “That Sam I am”.
He did a little more art and I got the one sandwich they had for lunch, although August didn’t like the ham. He was getting tired as we left, although he wasn’t in a hurry to leave, even though it was now close to 1.
We got home and he was soon down for an 80 minute nap. He woke up and he and Carly had ravioli for a late lunch. We then all walked up to Daiso. As we walked, I offered him my finger to hold at one point, saying “Hold my finger?” He then said “Hold my hand.” August protested a bit going into the store – he wanted to keep walking. We primarily got new pads of paper for him. He also saw the pastels and wanted to “take it home” and carried the package around the store. We headed back, and at the art museum I took the bags to head home and Carly headed to Home Plus. August was not happy about this second betrayal and was upset the entire way home. So at home I set down the bags and stretched a bit, then put the backpack back on. We walked over to Home Plus, and surprised Carly just as she was finishing at the checkout.
A whole lot of art in the evening. Carly gave him a bath. They had a ton of fun playing with Sophie (as August wouldn’t let her in the water), but he still won’t sit down. After that, he did a great job of avoiding going to bed. He saw that I had hung up the Alphabet poster, and spent a long time looking at that (he also identified “stinkbug” and “quahog” and “mariposa” on it). And at one point he made a dash for the parlor, saying “Play in the reading area.” But he was asleep right around 9.
Continues to learn Spanish. Saying “otra vez” a lot, and figuring out how to say “anaranjado” (orange).
New words/phrases: otra vez (again), mama coming with, ____ starts with __, looking for something, hold my hand, anaranjado, get some more water, stink bug, quahog, mariposa, play in the reading area
Qing the triangle:
Triangle on his head:
Carly’s finished tree before she took it down:
Trying to cheer up at the apartment complex:
Yoger Presso. Two straws and eyes that had been crying:
Walk to Daiso:
Evening:
