He woke up sometime after 1 and Carly got up with him. I got up at 4:30 and Carly went to bed. He and I mainly did tracing in his Hangeul workbooks, focusing on one with shapes in it. He called the spiral in the shape of a triangle “abstracto triangles”. Around 5:30 he wanted to go back to mama, so we went back into bed. I fell asleep, and I’m not sure if he just nursed for a long time, or if they both slept more. Regardless, at some point later Carly got up with him and took him outside. He once again jumped in the stroller. They walked to Madeul and back, then played a little in the playground: on the swings and teeter totter. Carly noticed that the teeter totter actually looked like it was his size now, and not some big toy he was trying to play on. They also found a cicada they could see.
They were back at 7, and they fell asleep at 7:20. I got up and did some reading in the reading area, then fell asleep there until 9. I kept reading and typing, and they got up a little before 11. Carly had made spaghetti, and August ate spaghetti with me. He then saw one of my new sticks of deodorant, and really liked smelling it and walking around with it. That lasted until he wanted to wipe it on things. We then tried to skype with my parents, but they weren’t online (later I would find out that a fire in Chelan had knocked out phone and Internet). So we got into sending video messages. August sent several of those, saying nonsense things, then ‘Bye, hi, bye bye’ etc. at the end. By the end he was pressing the Skype buttons himself. He climbed on the desk chair and I started spinning him. He loved that, and kept asking for “More dizzy”. He seemed a bit stressed about the possibility of me or Carly leaving, saying multiple times “Mama going to work.” and “Where dada go?” We had to keep assuring him that Carly wasn’t going to work today and I had just gone in the other room.
Eventually, we went to Home Plus. August rode in the stroller over there, then wanted out. He raced around the store, and when we got to the grocery floor he wanted to help. Basically, he and I would go and find one item (soy milk, cereal, etc.) and then he would search through the store to find Carly and put the item under the stroller. When Carly got something he would want to put it under there as well. The last item was the cereal and it was full underneath, so I tried to set it in the seat. He didn’t like that, so he handed it to Carly to carry. We paid and headed home, August insisting on walking much of the way.
We got home and he wanted the bubbles. Carly did bubbles with him, and he was pretty successful at blowing bubbles. The first time, and he was excited about it. Also exciting at some point was when he ate oatmeal with Carly and it was hotter than usual, and he did his fist pumps in the air thing, as if he was excited that he was eating something hot. Anyway, Carly tried reading to him at some point, and he wanted to “Nurse and read”. Perhaps a flaw in that combo, because now he never wants to just read with her.
In the evening we went for a walk up to Starbucks. August insisted on walking much of the way, so it was a rather slow walk. Finally got him back in the stroller so we could make it there. Got a drink, then headed home. Walked along the stream on the way back, and he was touching the flowers from the stroller, then wanted out. Got out and at first he wanted to pick flowers. But then Carly pointed out all the weeds along the edge and he spent several minutes pulling weeds. He was getting sleepy as we got home, but made it. At home Carly nursed him while I got his bath ready. She gave him a quick bath, then we went in to bed. I read the little Winnie the Pooh book we bought used sometime last year called A Blustery Day. He was excited when he saw it, shoving it in Carly’s face and saying “A new book!” Made it just to the end and he wanted the lights out and they both fell asleep around 8.
4:30am:
Morning:
Home Plus:
Walking to Starbucks:
Apple and kale drink:
Weeding:
