August was up at 7:40, and Thatcher came down a few minutes later. Thatcher tried tickling August, who didn’t want to be tickled. August backed away, saying “No, no, no” and then pointed to me and said “Tickle dada”. Thanks, son. We played up in the playroom, and Thatcher was doing his ninja moves, jumping and rolling around on the floor. August was trying to do moves like Thatcher. I was downstairs a bit later and everyone else had gone upstairs. Kayla woke up in her stroller, and I held her on my lap for a couple minutes while I finished typing. A bit later I was out front watching Thatcher and August while I held Kayla. Chuck and Cherie were then up, and we were all up in the playroom for awhile, then back out front. By the kitchen, Augustw as afraid of Eddy, but then was stomping to the rhythm of Eddy’s tail thumping on the floor. Cherie started singing “Chim-chim-aree” from Mary Poppins and August liked it. He asked “What is song called?” I then pulled up the lyrics on my phone, and we watched the video from the movie. Finally, Cherie taught August to hop on his hands and feet like a frog and bunny.
We left at 11:20, Carly driving, and August surprised us by falling asleep at 11:35. We got to Dee and Grant’s house at 12, and Carly stayed in the car with him until he woke up about 12:35. He was hesitant about going inside, and I hung outside with him, playing with the wind chimes and looking at things in the yard. He was wondering what the things on a quail’s head are called, and I couldn’t Google a good answer at the moment. He kept requesting “More wind chimes” and then we were knocking on the little window above the couch. He could see my dad, and I told him to yell “Hi grampa!” Eventually, he was comfortable being inside, and sat on the rocking horse for a minute. He got off it, and then put Marshy on. We were looking at the pizza menu, and August had opinions about which pizza he wanted, even if he didn’t know what was on each: “Want mad dog” “What kind you want?” “I was think about 5.” My mom gave him a hug, and he wanted “more” hug, then surprised her by saying “How have you been?” He was curious about the tower fan they have, and said “Some kind of fan in there.”
After the soccer match was over (France beat Iceland handily), we headed up to MOD Pizza for a late lunch. August ate a lot of olives and mushrooms and crust, and some sun-dried tomato. We had a good lunch, then headed back to the couch. August and Carly nursed in the back room again, then we went out on a walk with my mom and Dee and Paul. August asked about flowers, and directed our walk though a church parking lot a bit. I then got Bluie out and August made a name of throwing him from the stroller. At first, there was a bit of a script where August would kiss the part of Bluie that had hit the ground, then throw him again. We got back and hung out at the house. Carly and August were out in the yard at some point. In the house, August watched his Korean videos, then some Kipper and Pororo. He was then doing some singing, and throwing Bluie around to my dad and Carly. He did a good job saying bye bye to everyone. I was most sorry to see him say bye to Paul, as it will be the last time he sees him this summer. He had had fun with Paul, requesting Paul sit with him both ways in the car for lunch.
We drove from there to Central Market in Shoreline, by where we went to the farmer’s market. We got some salad bar stuff for dinner. Carly looked around first, and I stayed with August, who enjoyed pushing a little cart around. He and I went and got milk and half and half and picked out bread. I then went and got some food.
We got back to the house and ate dinner at the kitchen island, then I gave him a bath and washed his hair while Carly did some cleanup in the kitchen. Andrea had made macaroons, so we got to eat those. August managed to stay up until a little past 9:30.
Dee and Grant’s:
On a walk:
Pizza:
Back at the house:
Shopping:
