Peter and I had some time to visit in the morning and eat breakfast, then we headed, with Kasiah, up to the Lynnwood pool to pick up Micah from his swim lesson. They then drove me down to the train station in Edmonds. We got out to take a selfie, then said goodbye. I had about half an hour to wait, so I walked over to Waterfront Coffee, got a coffee, and walked along the waterfront for a couple minutes and then to the station. Started listening to the new Invisibilia season. Train came, and I got a window seat on the left. The train was sold out, but I didn’t have a neighbor until Olympia.
Got in to Centralia just after 1 and walked to Chuck’s office. He gave me a ride home. August was asleep, having fallen asleep about 1:15. Cassie and Cherie took Vivian, Thatcher, and Colin to the water park. August woke up at 3:30. After he was awake, he and I played on the bed. He stood on the edge of the mattresses, feet on the box spring, and we talked about the fabric hanging on the wall. On his own he started saying “I also like this one.” That lasted quite awhile, then I changed him. Carly had started vacuuming, so he wanted to do it. He and I vacuumed the laundry room, then he went out on the porch and shucked corn with Carly. I followed him and we wandered around outside and inside, then ended up at the wading pool. Carly and I had just started standing in it when the others got back. Vivian and Thatcher hadn’t had enough and came into the pool as well. August wanted to play with Vivian’s pink shoes and got really sad when she said no. Carly took him and nursed. Back playing, I was holding Kayla. Her eye looked a bit runny, and August said “She has soap in her eye.” Vivian and Thatcher started spraying Carly with water balloons and squirt guns, and August got involved, chasing her around the driveway.
Cherie had ordered pizza, and Chuck picked it up on his way home, arriving around 5:30. We ate dinner out on the porch. Thatcher and August wandered off, and I told them they couldn’t go in the bedroom yet. A minute later, August had gone around through the house and climbed on the bed. He saw me through the window, and, in his Dad voice, said “Auuuguuust!” Got him and Vivian and Thatcher out of there, then a bit later Cherie took Vivian and Thatcher up to the motor home. August had been wanting to go up there since I got home, but now that he had the opportunity he kept getting distracted on the way up; he walked along the boards at the edge of the driveway, working on his balance. Eventually, we made it up and in the motor home. They played with the glass ornament while Cherie held it, tried on everyone’s shoes, including mine and Cherie’s slippers, and played with the dials and switches and air vents – or as much of them as I would allow. We left, and August saw Uncle DD drive the truck down to the lower driveway. So we went down there to him. August played with the stuff around the sand area, and we started singing “Yellow Submarine”. We were talking about them leaving in the truck, and August made the joke “Kayla will drive the car”. He found the container to one of the bubble wands and asked me what it was and I told him. He then told on Thatcher, saying “Thatcher dumped it out.” He kept asking about where they were going, and Thatcher’s house, and I was reminding him about playing in the mud with Thatcher. He showed he remembered that by saying “Thatcher says ‘Watch out August!’”
They left a bit later, and August did a good job saying goodbye to everyone. He got caught in a group hug for Kayla and wasn’t too fond of that. Later, Vivian went up for her bath and wanted August to come along. He played up there, then afterwards smelled dozens of items in the drawers with Cherie, then took a bath with Carly. The two of them read with Carly, then I was with August as he walked up and down the ramp to the bed and did some random counting and singing as he did so. He was then nursing and I dozed off on the bed. But he got back up, and was really thinking about Thatcher et al., particularly their shoes: “Where’s Thatcher’s shoes? Where’s Vivian’s shoes? Where’s uncle DD’s shoes? Where Colin’s shoes?” He was also talking about what makes mama happy: “It makes mama happy if you nuzzle noses.” He nursed again, and was asleep around 10.
New words/phrases: shucking corn, chainsaw
Saying goodbye to Peter and the kids:
Skyping on the train
Kayla trying to get his corn:
Eating with Thatcher:
Wearing my sandals:
Smelling things with Oma:
