He got up once and went out with Carly to the parlor and fell back to sleep on the reading area, where he slept until 8:45. We made oatmeal together and watched nursery rhymes on YouTube while Carly sorted clothes. He found some old cream that Carly was going to throw away and wanted to smell it. I asked him what it smelled like and he said “peppery smell…that animals eat.” I took a shower, and he was pretty clingy with Carly in the morning. In fact, he helped pack up the stroller to go, but once we left he was very upset that Carly wasn’t coming with. It took until close to women’s business center for him to calm down. Had to do the “slowly, slowly…” garden snail thing, then give him the water bottle to make him happy.
We got to the park north of Madeul at about 12:10. There were about 20 minutes of the fountain left, but August didn’t want to get out of the stroller. So we got food out and ate instead, and watched. After it turned off, he noted a mom and baby leaving: “Maybe they’re going to a different park that has the fountains off.” “The woman’s right there.” We went over and played with the sand and the faucet, using a plastic cup left on the ground. He totally figured out how to turn the water on and off. Then, from 1 to 1:30 we played in the fountain when it turned back on. He didn’t want to go in at first, but I did, and was using the plastic cup. He came in to play with that, and by the end he was putting his foot on the little fountain and getting quite wet. Oh, and he stood over the fountain so it got his diaper and shorts all wet.
At 1:30 we packed up and went across the street to the Caffe d’ate. We hadn’t been to this one before. Left the stroller outside because of the stairs. Got a fruit and veggie juice pack for him and a fresh lemonade. He liked his juice and tried the lemonade but wasn’t overly impressed. We did some writing of words in the notebook, ate ice, and looked out the window behind us.
We walked home, then he nursed, but wasn’t taking a nap. He came out and the fan was making a noise and he asked “what’s vibrating?” They did some of the small puzzles (from Costco), then he laid on the floor with her. At one point he said “Want to huggle” and rolled over and hugged her. They then did the wooden shapes puzzle, and Carly was teaching him to sort them by color and height and he was really into that. He also let her give him an actual piggy back ride, at least for a short time.
Carly then took him shopping to the pink building. Came home, but they didn’t have oranges so she wanted to go to Home Plus. So we all went. Good we were all there, as it was busy and August wanted to wander around. As we left, we stopped at the little plant store where he always stops to look at the different pots, plants, and little water fall thing. We then stopped at the playground on the way back, and he mainly played with the exercise equipment, going on it with me or Carly. At one point I suggested he actually go play with all the stuff for kids, and he did wander off towards the climbing wall, then turned around and ran back to us. Finally, he went up on the little hill, and tripped on a big metal rod randomly sticking out of it. Went into his shoe, and slightly scraped him, but no blood.
Came home and ate nutty noodles for dinner (Carly had made them while August and I were at the park earlier). August did not want to take a bath; he was tired and just wanted to nurse. So I made it a quick one and he went in and fell asleep around 6:30. He woke up once a little later, but was back to sleep in 10 minutes or so.
Also, at some point he was referring to the backpack and called it the “backamapack”.
Morning:
Sarang Children’s Park:
Coffee shop:
Mama time:
Home Plus and park:
New Thatcher pajamas:
