He woke up at 7:50 and opened the door and came out – the first time he had opened a round door knob on his own. He wasn’t ready to say good morning to Oma, so Carly went in and they nursed. She asked if he wanted her to change his diaper first and he said “No, maybe not.” When they came out they were looking for Cherie and went down stairs. She came from upstairs and made some noises to get their attention. He said “What is that? Maybe a bird. Eee, eee.” He then came upstairs and they spent several minutes walking like different animals, including a bear and doing a crab walk.
I took him outside while Chuck and Cherie worked on cleaning out the garage. We got the bubble fan thing working and he played with that – blowing bubbles a little, but also just liking the wind and noise. And he spun in the empty pool. Inside, he ate some breakfast with Carly. He hasn’t eaten blueberries recently, but started eating them and raspberries off the Abby Cadabby plate. They had a pressure washer show up. August saw the guy and asked “Who’s that?” So we watched him a lot, and August got a broom and did some sweeping. I was talking to him about our plans for the day and said we were going into town, and he asked “What town we going to?”
Carly and I took him in to Safeway, where he sat in the cart and took Marshy with him. He liked dropping the groceries in the cart behind him. We then went over to Borst Park. He went on a big kid swing by himself for a little while, then I pushed him in the little kid swings for quite a long time. Carly ran back to the store. When he was done swinging we climbed on a play structure and did the shaky bridge together. Carly showed up, and met us as we walked over to the arch climbing thing. She helped him climb up it a couple times, then we headed back.
The garage was looking pretty empty, and they were working on the attic above. August really wanted to climb the ladder and go up there. At one point August went to open the door to the garage and Chuck made a noise. August responded with “You scared me!” I watched August while Carly and Cherie worked on the quiches for dinner. August and I also played a bit with the shells today, and did art on a big piece of butcher paper that Cherie got out.
After the quiche was done, the three of us went over to Steve and Claremay’s. There, August went straight to the toys, but then he and I went out to with Claremay and picked apples. He really liked that. Back inside, we went downstairs to see Steve. He told his Harry Truman and Army recruitment stories, and August played with Claremay, both with a ball we were throwing around and with the Etch-a-Sketch. I did the ball hiding trick with my two hands and he found it hilarious. A really nice visit.
We headed back to the house for dinner. The quiche and asparagus was delicious, and August ate a bunch of both. He started to get funny at the end, and put his feet up on the table. Carly pushed him back and let him put his feet up on her arm. After dinner, he went outside to see the soon-to-be sand area with Oma. We were then in the bedroom and August was doing his own Peter Rabbit voice, which Carly found scarier than mine. He then patooied on the bed, so Carly gave him a ‘timeout’. Back out with the shells, he and I played a game we started earlier in which he tries to feed them to me and I say “That’s not food, that’s a shell!” He thought about Bluie so we got Bluie out, and he had a grand time throwing Bluie back and forth with Cherie. Then August decided to go out into the garage. As he got to the door, Chuck knocked on it, and August shrieked hilariously. Earlier he had talked about being scared when people hid or surprised him, but this time he just loved it. He spit on the floor again, and we said “Time for a timeout” To which he excitedly responded “Timeout!” and ran for the bedroom. At which point I said I surrender, as he has clearly won. I made it a day short of28 months. But when we all settled down, I did take him into the bedroom and we had a talk about rules. I first started asking him about the rules for throwing, and he then started talking about the spitting rules on his own. He then said “Show you things not patooie on” and grabbe Marshy and said “No patooie on Marshy” He then went around the room and house pointing out other things he couldn’t patooie or “spit” on: sandals, the bed, the backpack, Opa (which he appreciated).
Carly gave him a bath, which was much mellower than yesterday, then he did a very sweet session of saying goodnight and getting hugs from everyone. Earlier I had also said “I need a…” And before I could finish he said “Hug!” and gave me a big hug, then went back to Carly and said “Big one!” He was then asleep at 9:30.
New words/phrases: gouda, squirt gun, ambiguity and damaging, pie crust, spitting
Turning and stomping in the empty pool:
Safeway:
Borst Park:
Cleaning:
Lying on the lounge chair:
Steve and Claremay’s. Picking apples:
Back at Oma and Opa’s:
