Up nice and early at 6:30. I had my book group meeting at 7:30, which lasted until 9. During my meeting, Carly made oatmeal and August got upset because it wasting too long (she was washing her hands, wouldn’t let him get up when she was cutting strawberries, etc.) Afterwards, he reflected on the whole thing, talking about how every step made him sad.
We got out of the house around 10, headed for the easter egg hunt gathering at Children’s Grand Park. August isn’t used to traveling the subways with Carly now, and wanted to nurse and was upset when he couldn’t. We got off at Sagajeong, then back on a train, and had to get off again at Yongmansan. After nursing on the platform for awhile we get back on our way. We stopped at GS25 to get kimbap and eggs and a sausage thing August has been eyeing.
We got to the picnic area (in the grass south of the new playground) as they were doing the easter egg hunt. We set up our picnic mat and started to eat, and August was given a few eggs with toys inside, and a hard boiled egg, which we peeled and ate. We added the fruit that Carly had brought and donuts she got at Dunkin’ Donuts to the potluck mat and August had fun trying out all the different foods (and eating a couple of the donut holes). We talked to Jill and Logan a bit, but then they had to leave as Logan was ready for a nap. We talked to one guy who we had briefly met on New Year’s Eve, but then August too was getting ready to go – he was grabbing the backpack and wanted to get in. So we packed up and headed out. We stopped at the drinking fountains and low faucets at the new playground as August wanted to play in them. Did that for several minutes, then went up to show Carly the “outdoor theater”. I changed him (he is very concerned about falling off the changing tables nowadays – he holds on very tightly, and talks about it a lot. But he generally gets through it, noting it is something that has to be done. I give him the option of standing on the floor and using a pull-up, but so far he still chooses the changing table) then we were back out in the theater, where August had fun hiding from me.
We got walking for his nap. He refused the cover again. And after 3 minutes of walking he was saying “All done fall asleep.” Kept walking, circling through the paths to the north, and he fell asleep after 15 minutes. Making falling asleep more difficult was that he had hiccups. We went to the upstairs cafe, which was surprising empty when we got there and we got our favorite table. It filled up as we sat there though and was quite busy by the time we left. He slept from 1:04 to 2:17 and after he woke up did some nursing, then we read some Dr. Seuss on the iPad.
We went to the zoo, which was now crazy crowded. He wanted to see monkeys, so we went around the backside of the primates area to the macaques that usually don’t get much attention. Still busy, but not too bad. August was really enjoying them and we watched for several minutes. It helped that other people were throwing food to the monkeys and that was entertaining. I think he is really going to get into animal documentaries in the future. He was asking to spell animal words, like ‘elephant’ and ‘monkey’ and ‘macaque’ and was happy to find out that ‘macaque’ has a ‘Q’ and we spotted it on the sign.
We then went over by the elephants and sat on the stump stools. He played on the stumps for several minutes, climbing on them as Carly held his hands and then ‘falling off’. At one point he decided there was something in his shoe, and he wanted to “find out” what it was. He sat on my lap and shook out his shoe for a long time. We headed home about 4, after stopping to change him again (Carly this time).
The trip home went smoothly. He painted with Carly and played on the iPad. He did art and music with me, playing on the piano and with a drumstick. At one point he decided he wanted to nurse, and sat on the couch repeating “Nurse, please” while Carly was in the bathroom cleaning it. For him that was waiting very patiently. We played with the balloon (glob0) and made up a globo/balloon song that he wanted to keep repeating. We all skyped with Cassie and Colin. We were playing with play dough at the time and August saw Colin eating Cheerios. So we made a bowl from play dough and he was pretending there were things in it (like cucumber, tomato, and bussot (mushroom). He wanted some apple, and as I carried him into the kitchen he made up a little “Get manzana” song complete with an arm motion.
We drew shapes using pastels, then he read Plant a Tree with Me with Carly, then was out with me reading Bob Books and Happy Birthday. He then went in with Carly and was asleep about 9.
New words/phrases: macaque, big word,
Morning:
Picnic:
Drinking fountain:
Zoo:
On the stumps:
Home:
