He was up at 7:05. I developed a sore throat over night and kept sleeping. He and Carly skyped with both Cassie and Cherie, and I was up about 8:30. Carly did recycling while I hung out with August. We read Moby Dick and wrote words in our little notebooks. He started writing a lot of Qs like he used to do. We read Picasso’s Trousers, and with Carly he was successfully tracing a ‘K’ – the last letter he struggles with.
I changed him before we left for Costco, and he didn’t like me trying to put on the kitty cat shirt – he settled for Carly putting it on. He said “Sad about dada putting on the kitty cat shirt.” Perhaps his biggest sentence yet. Then, I was making ‘meow’ noises and he said “Sad about the meow, meow, meow, meow, meow.” We made a quick trip to Costco. He sat on Carly’s lap each way on the subway, and at Costco he and I stayed outside by the sculpture and ate some food while Carly went and bought cheese. We headed home, and he fell asleep from 1:05 to about 2:35. I fell asleep for a bit, and slept awhile after he woke up.
We then all went out for a walk. We stopped to get Juicy Juice. We asked what kind he wanted and he was very clear: “Mango…and fresa!” So he and I shared a mango and Carly got choco-banana. We walked put to Nowon Stationary, where we bought some cards and stickers. August got a set of Hangeul stickers. From there we walked to a playground southeast of there (신기루어린이겅원) and played. He played with his stickers for a couple minutes, then up on the play structure. I was hiding from him, and another little boy joined in. The boy had a bunch of sand toys, and let August play with them. Did that for awhile, then headed home.
Carly went to Home Plus, and August and I headed home, but he wanted to stop at the playground across the street. We played there for awhile, going over by the dinosaurs, and having a snack, but then he started to leaks we headed home. Carly came home, then August and I were sitting on the couch with the iPad. He was holding my hand against his head, which was nice, but then he put my thumb in his mouth. When I warned him not to bite, he did the opposite, biting quite hard. Carly took him in to the bedroom for a time out. Back out in the living room, he wanted cold enchilada for dinner, so he ate that. I gave him a bath, which was quite long as we were having fun playing. He was putting random letters and numbers up on the door and asking what it spelled and I would make nonsense noises. Eventually, he had every sponge up there.
After that, we played with the balloon and brushed his teeth. He read Snoozers with Carly, and was really into the word ‘snoozers’ as it “Has a Z.” And while reading At the Zoo (a book Carly wishes would disappear), he was asking “What animals do you see?” I took off at 8:30 to go hang out with Derek. Carly tried to put him to sleep at 9, but he kept popping up, and would spot a book on the bed and say “Read this!” He fell asleep at 10.
New words/phrases: frio leche soya, backamapack, Avent, spelling ‘balloon’:
Costco:
Home. Reading Monster Party and clapping:
Playground:
Our playground:
Walking in the dinosaur footprints:
Hiding from mama when she got home:
