He slept until 7:55 – a long sleep. He nursed at 5, but that was a long time before nursing. He was cuddling on his knees on my chest on the couch, but wanted the iPad when he heard me reach for the phone. Wanted “A ah apple” song, but I pulled up the wrong song and he said “That’s not A Ah Apple!” Got the correct song (the tongue twister one) and watched a few more, then we made oatmeal and ate that. He gave me the last bite, which he often does. He then watched the video from class, and at 9 we went down to meet Atsuko and get the tart she made me for my birthday. I told him we were going down to meet Atsuko and he said “Atsuko is…? Atsuko is a…?” We ate some of the tart (he really liked it) and then brushed his teeth and finished getting ready to go and left at 9:45.
He got impatient on the train – was fine until two stops were left, then wanted the iPad, but was frustrated I wouldn’t get it out, so did a little screaming. The rain was still holding on, despite forecasts saying it should be ending. We looked at some boards with art on them near the entrance to the park, then walked to the children’s museum.
It was the first time in a couple months that he has played on the first floor or in the basement. He kept saying “Remember this!” Started with the chalk, then went and made letters and shapes on the floor out of the magnet strips (“Make an A…Zinn Zinn do it.”), and wandered around to the major things around there: cotton balls in the glass, the minerals, the insect sounds. He was wandering on his own, but would occasionally want to make sure I was coming along: “Want dada to come.” We went downstairs and had it to ourselves. He stomped on the circles that light up, then wandered around, with him directing me as I carried him: “Go past here.” We played with the blue blocks, starting to make a tunnel, but then using them to make numbers on the ground. He was trying to complete the 4, but got frustrated when he couldn’t push a block. We payed around there, then went up to the cafeteria and ate lunch. From there, we went down to the book room. He chose the Oh No! and I see… books and we took ours up to reading loft. He wanted to read with the dinosaurs. Did that for awhile. He heard a baby crying and said “Hear the sad baby.” He went down and found a big book about insects and got excited: “Read this! Read this!” He was starting to get energetic though, and started waling around, repeating a Korean phrase from the video, and crawling along the floor saying “ganchum” (crawling or inching, sort of). He was trying to look at a little window which was a little over his head, saying “Hard to get up here” and repeating “rectangle” (the shape of the window). I changed him, and he wanted to see the faucet. It is one with a sensor that doesn’t work very well, and he said “More buggy faucet” and “Look at all the bubbles.”
We went outside and he played on a grate and dropped down rocks. Then he wanted up and cuddled with me, covering his eyes. Clearly tired. I tried putting him in the backpack, but he said “More cuddling”. That happened twice, then I said “How about Camel as a pillow?” He thought about that, then pointed and said “More camel” and I was able to put him in. He immediately covered his eyes with Camel and put down his head. Seemed like he was asleep after just a minute, but I walked over to check on the wading pool (no change). I went to the first floor coffee shop, and he popped up his head when I ordered. Seemed like he would just fall to sleep easily, but he kept putting his head down for a few minutes, then lifting it up. Walked around outside for a total of 40 minutes, to 2, at which point I was going to give up, and he started talking anyway. Went back to the coffee shop and hung out there, since I had already bought my maple latte. He traced words and letters, and I did some reading. He tried using one of our recent Korean app purchases, one part of which doesn’t work. He declared “It’s a buggy app.” After a half hour or so he got up and started playing around, going on tippy toes and running around, and then stomping. He wanted some water, and enjoyed drinking the cold water from a cup. He started spinning and reciting a line from a song (“bingul, bingul, bingul, jak, jak, jak” spin, spin, spin, clap, clap, clap), and wanted to hop. We did that a little – he wanted to hop on specific words on the floor, like ‘ice cream’ and ‘delicious’. His lack of a nap showed though when he started to get loud. He had wanted up and then started shouting “A!” I just shushed him and he screamed and started pinching me and bit my hand. Very brief – like 10 seconds – then I was able to quiet him down, get our stuff, and leave. He was fine after that, and said “Sorry Dada for screaming and biting” once we were on the train.
At home, we read with Peter Rabbit. He went through another new Bob Book, word for word, only stumbling on ‘soft’. He was hungry, so we had a Larabar. He bit his tongue or lip and was balled up on my chest when Carly and Megan got home just after 5:30. He popped up and had fun with Megan for a few minutes. After she left he nursed, and kept wanting to fall asleep. We kept him awake, and started his bath. Carly gave him his bath, then I left for the store. I got groceries, then went to the little book store and bought a couple of Hangeul/Korean workbooks for August. I came home and he was still awake – curled up on Carly, hiding behind Where the Wild Things Are, which they had been reading. Carly took him in to bed a little before 8. He lined up books again, they read a little, and he was asleep at 8.
New words/phrases: buggy, all the, reading ‘delicious’ ‘ice cream’
Watching:
Trying some tart:
What an escalator looks like when it is delivered:
Children’s Museum:
Superman:
Reading with the dinosaur:
Playing on the grate:
Cuddling:
After his nap:
Home:
