He was up at 7:20. In the morning we made a card for Chloe using the cake thing from his 5-Touch class and putting stickers on it. Inside, he wrote his name and ‘gargatuan’, and traced ‘Happy Birthday Chloe’. He also put a lot of stickers on the floor. We left and headed to the bus stop, wanting me to run along the way. On the bus a man fanned August with a paper fan and August kept asking for ‘more’ and was also signing it.
We got to the park about 9:45. We found Jill and Logan, and he started by wading with Carly in the play area. He then got on top of the fountain part and was putting his foot in the water as it came up, and his hand in the waterfall part on the edge. I then got him the bucket and he played with that, and when Chloe arrived she borrowed a cup and the shovel. Later, August wanted to use the shovel, and he went over to ask for it, but she had her back to him and he couldn’t figure out how to ask for it. A boy came by and sprayed him a few times with a little squirt gun and August liked it and asked for more: “on the pigeon…more squirting.” Played a bit more, then we headed over to the picnic tables and ate. He rejected the first Korean raspberry, but after that ate them. He ate the ‘Logan snacks’ and a few other things, then found it fun to dip the Logan snacks or freeze-dried strawberries in the ranch dip and give them to me to eat…which was interesting. We stayed there for quite awhile, then went back up to the water for a minute, then they were going to do cake. Went back for that, and August loved the cake, starting with the white chocolate on top, then eating the “white stuff” (frosting) “yellow” (the cake) and the “red” (filling). He fell off the bench, but handled it pretty well, despite getting a little scrape on his forehead. It was time for a nap, so we changed him, and went for a walk. Took a little while to get him down, what with all the excitement in the park (wading pools on, etc.) so I kept walking while Carly went on up to the coffee shop. Walked the paths in the north corner of the park until he fell asleep. Went back to the coffee shop and he slept from 1:08 to 2:04.
Headed home, stopping at the info center for water. Had to stand up on the crowded bus, but we made it. Home, they nursed, and then were reading Don’t Let the Pigeon Stay Up Late. One page says “We could count the stars.” so August asked where the stars were. So they came out and Carly drew the same picture, but included the stars above. August then did some painting, and I turned on some music. He started dancing to a Cloud Cult song. He was being pretty funny, and put his head right up against the fan to feel the wind, then was holding the red paint tube in his mouth. After that he found the snot sucker and was trying to put it in his nose and use it. We watched some Korean songs and looked up words, then he was cuddling with Carly on the couch.
I was getting a headache, so laid down for awhile, and Carly took him out in the stroller. I got up after awhile and went out to find them, but Carly wasn’t answering the phone (it was in the stroller and she didn’t hear it), so I hung out in our park, where a Korean concert was happeneing. Eventually, Carly called back and said they were at the new playground in the apartments up by Madeul. I walked up there and found them playing in the sand. August was filling his sandal with sand and joking about putting it on. He had apparently started something, as another girl was putting sand in her shoe, and Carly said another kid had been doing it earlier. Earlier, Carly had been able to spin August on the spinny thing in the play area.
On the way home, I was hiding behind the trees and jumping out, which he liked until he wanted me to stop: “No hiding by the trees.” He then wanted Carly to run while pushing the stroller: “Want to run with mama.”
At home, Carly was eating something and August wanted some: “What is it the food that mama ate?…What is it mama got?” I gave him a bath (he wanted his hair washed), and August spotted a mosquito looking thing on the side of the table that we could barely see. He said “What is the green one?” Not sure exactly, but we called it a mosquito. I caught it in a container, then August went out with me to release it out the window at the end of the hall. He and Carly went to sleep about 9:30 again.
New words/phrases: reading 꽃 (flower) on a sign
He figured out how to save his monsters in Sago mini Monsters as pictures. Here is one of many:
The party:
Watching Logan:
Watching Chloe:
After his nap:
Home. The stars:
Painting:
Cuddling:
Playground:
Headed home:
Home:
