His birthday party day started with some major skyping in the morning: First with Cherie and Chuck, then with Vivian mixed in, then with just Vivian, then with Cherie back in. While skyping with Vivian August went and got the bath letters and played with those. The empty bag was sitting on the floor and he said “Something in there…was something in there” His first use of the past tense. He and Vivian were also singing the ABC song together. Really looking forward to the summer and seeing if they sing more songs together.
The rest of the morning and early afternoon were dedicated to getting ready for the party. Carly did the cake and frosting. I turned the laundry room into another play room. Carly went down and got cash for the pizza. And I went out and got a haircut and went to Home Plus for paper plates, beverages, etc.
Megan was the first here, right at 3. We had been talking to August about people coming over. He said “No, no, no” at first, but was then fine after that. Megan was next, then Jill and Logan, and then Nathalie and Chloe. I was abandoned by the three husbands, who all had other things going on. Logan brought August a present, an etch-a-sketch knockoff that August loves, and Chloe brought a 3-D puzzle of the leaning tower of Pisa, which will be fun to make. With each present, we were telling him this was his last present, as now every time he hears mention of ‘present’ he wants to open more of them.
Mostly the kids played on their own, only interacting when they wanted something another had. But August and Logan were playing with the big exercise ball together, rolling it back and forth for awhile. And when we were all eating cake, August pointed at Logan and said “Logan messy”, and then pointed at his own face, showing where Logan had frosting on his own. August was also really interested in what Chloe was doing when she was playing with Baby Q, and he and Logan were also looking out the windows at cars and busses a few times together.
At one point, when we were all in the parlor, August started hugging Carly from behind as she sat on the floor. He was then saying “More hug mama.” A little after eating cake, everyone else was in the living room and I went into the parlor to find August lying on his back on the reading area. I laid down next to him for a couple minutes. A very nice moment. He was then looking up at the light and said “big globo” and got the idea to play with the balloons, which we haven’t done in a long time (even though he sees them every time he opens the drawer to get the flashlight). That led to a long session of me blowing up the balloons and letting them fly around the room, something the other two kids really got into as well.
They sang happy birthday to August in all 3 languages, and about 6:30 the other two kids started to hit there limits, and by 6:45 they left. We did some clean up in the evening, although there wasn’t much to do, as everyone cleaned up as they left, and Carly gave him a bath. There was some more blowing up of balloons, reflecting on the party he said “Fun at the felix cumpleaños”, and we read some Dr. Seuss and played Loopimals on the iPad before he headed off to bed, falling asleep a little after 9 (in the morning, August would claim it was 9:14).
New words/phrases: using ‘was’, fun at the feliz cumpleaños
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His party:
