He was awake at 7:30 and they did a lot of nursing. Once he was out and playing, he figured out how to put one hand on the small table and one hand on the chair and raise his feet of the ground, suspending his body in the air. He was happy about that. He then found the tape measure, and we spent the next several minutes measuring Colin and other things, like peoples’ feet. His favorite toy was the microwave, and he and Colin were playing with that. I made him a cheese sandwich and he ate that. Vivian slept in, but finally was up, and after awhile we (us and Cassie) took the kids to the Fiddlers Coffee, which we had never been to before, so Cassie could download some new apps, etc. for Vivian for the flight tomorrow. August and I looked at the food choices and settled on a savory croissant, which he then ate most of. The kids played around, and at one point we went upstairs to check it out. Vivian and August also played on the iPads a bit. We left there and stopped at the PostNet store so I could mail the headphones (that I got free with the iPad) that I had sold on eBay.
Got home, and everyone got out. Except for August, who played in the car for a long time. Eventually we headed in, and he took a nice long nap, from around 1:40 to 3:20. They then played outside for a good amount of time, and their outfits showed a bit of the difference between August and Vivian: August insisted on keeping his long sleeve shirt on, and he also wore is brimmed hat. Vivian, on the other hand, after getting wet took off all of her clothes. Eventually, Cassie and Carly ended up in the entryway, drinking ice water, while the kids played around them. Vivian and August filled up cup after cup of ice from the dispenser and brought them back, sharing with Colin, who was having a blast putting ice in Cassie’s glass and eating it. All went well except the one time that Colin dumped it out. Colin was also drinking from the glass, and there was one time that he tried to do it himself. He got some, but poured much of it down his shirt. He gave me a satisfied grin and loudly smacked his lips several times.
The party moved out onto the deck at this point. Vivian and August ended up in the bedroom, playing on the bed. Vivian ran out to remind Cherie about taking the dog ramp to Claremay’s tonight (Misty might want it). Cherie took the ramp out, and a pit later August said “It’s a T” Carly asked what is a T. “The floor is a T.” He then pointed to the indentations left in the carpet by the dog ramp. August had been doing really well with Colin all day, and at one point the three of them ended up at the bottom of the steps to upstairs. The two of them gave Colin a hug, then I turned away and August apparently hit Colin on the head. Vivian was quite appalled by it (she first insisted that August couldn’t go to dinner now), but I don’t think it was anything more than a pat.
On the way to dinner, I played more of the raindrop game with August. That is, I pretend a raindrop falls on his head, then drips down his nose, onto his lip, down to his chin, and then falls. We had started this earlier, and Vivian had played it with him when I ran into PostNet.
At Steve and Claremay’s August was first hesitant to come in, first wanting to play in the front yard. Got him in and he was fine. At dinner he ate a lot of cantaloupe and a fair amount of everything else. She had made a savory pancake, and we called it ‘pajeon’ (Korean for pancake) and August also kept referring to it as ‘Korean Pancake’. They then went down into the yard and garden. Vivian and August both picked apples and did a good job of eating them. They picked a fig with Carly, and ate that. Then Cassie took the two of them into the garden and they picked and ate peas. Colin played with me and I lay in the grass and he lounged on me, with his head on my legs, and seemed content for a few minutes.
Back home, August did some reading with Carly and Vivian (Thidwick, I think). August got into throwing the green squishy toy (an old dog toy, I think) around, but Vivian wanted to finish the book. Eventually, I had to pull him out, and he got really upset. Got him outside and he screamed a bit. Carly came and took over and he calmed down, but he was a bit off for the rest of the evening. At one point Carly was going to take a shower, but he wouldn’t let that happen. Anyway, he was walking around, saying “Vivian, don’t go in the garage…Vivian, don’t touch that. It will make Oma sad.” Not that Vivian was trying to do those things, but he was copying/repeating the things that Carly has said to him. Carly gave him a bath, and he went to sleep about 9:30.
New words/phrases: measure, pajeon, fig
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