I woke up in the morning to find August sleeping off the pad and up in the corner, a good foot and a half above the head of the bed. Later, at 7:35, he suddenly came down the stairs on his own and found us. August nursed, then first played with Kayla, who was standing using the stools. He liked the hearts on her pajamas and was touching those. A few minutes later he and I got close to Eddy and were petting her for awhile. He grabbed a shirt of mine and was hiding in it and said “Where is he? He was here.” And when Kayla screeched he asked “What is that noise?”
A little before 10 we headed out to take care of at least one of our failed errands of the day before. Up at the thrift shop, I found a sweater, and Carly found a few shirts and a pair of pants for August. I was watching August while she looked, and August found an Elmo book about caring for the planet that we got. Carly paid, and August saw a rack of bracelets, and proceeded to try on pretty much all of them at least once. We finally were able to leave the bracelets.
We headed down to Carkeek Park where Carly met up with Colleen and a couple of her other colleagues from CPM. On the way, August managed to pour water on himself from his water bottle, so we changed pants.
At the park August threw around a bouncy ball that someone had left in the play area for a few minutes, then we went to the swings. As we walked by the play area with the salmon, August ran off and then pointed along the pathway from the other side of the building and said something like “walking here”. He then ran to a specific spot, tapped the ground with his finger, and said “fall right here”. He was remembering falling and scraping his knees right there.
He was on the swings for several minutes, then we went down to the beach, where we first drew with charcoal in a log and August did some singing and played by himself. We then headed down to the beach where we saw some sea stars, crabs, anemones, snails, and a little worm. Thatcher showed up after awhile, and I didn’t know it was him at first because he didn’t say hi and he was wearing sunglasses. But then I figured out it was him and he joined in our exploring. After 20 minutes or so Derek came down with Kayla for a few minutes, but then some raindrops started to fall, so they headed up. Took awhile to pull August away and convince him to go up and see mama. Back up by the playground, we got out the picnic mat and ate some lunch on the grass, then said goodbye and headed home.
At home he napped for close to an hour and a half, from 1:50 to a little past 3. While he fell asleep, I went up and finished the airplane with Thatcher that we had started building before. After his nap, he played with Thatcher out in the pit, turning on the hose and making a river. Carly filled up a bucket with them and made a mud castle, which Thatcher quickly destroyed with his hoe. August started to sing songs about the water, and playing there, using real words “Stand right here…playing in the water…” Etc.
We then drove to Ken’s Market and bought stuff for dinner: a quiche, hummus, drinks, etc. and went to Stephanie and Nate’s house or, as August now knows it, Ruby’s house. We sat at a table along the side of the house. He and Ruby did some art together, we ate, and Ruby showed us a really cool book called Blue 2, that August also really liked. But his favorite thing was playing with the cats and dogs and petting them. He held a string toy for one of the cats, rubbed heads with them, petted them, barked back at the dog that was barking at me, and fed the old dog one piece of food at a time, placing each piece on the floor in front of her. Oh, and he got to use a bubble gun thing out on the porch. A bit past 8 we said goodbye, and Ruby gave Carly and him a hug.
We went home and skipped a bath and he was asleep sometime after 9.
New words/phrases: wrist, bracelet
Morning:
Bracelets:
Carkeek:
Ruby’s house:
Saying goodbye:
