He was awake 7:48. Upset, but quiet as soon as I picked him up and we walked in the bedroom. Let me hold him for about 8 minutes, then he got down and played with the fan and talked into it. After a couple minutes I heard “Do workbooks Dada” so we got the markers and did workbooks. He also lined up random letters and numbers magnets on the door to make crazy words again. Getting ready to leave the house is quite a process with him now, as he gets interested in/distracted by everything, and wants to do everything himself. But we were out the door at 9:30.
He did a little iPad on the way down, choosing to read Oh, The Places You’ll Go, notable because he hasn’t been too interested in the iPad lately, and we also haven’t done any Dr. Seuss in quite awhile. We stopped and got a roll of kimbap and he chose a grape juice drink. At the park he wanted to eat first, even though it was only 10. He wanted to eat in the children’s museum. But once we got there he wanted to play. I reminded him what was upstairs and he wanted to go to the water area; but once he saw it he didn’t want to play there. Instead, he walked the runway a couple times, played with the pneumatic ball things, then headed down the ramp. Spent quite awhile in the house area: he did some laundry, prepared food for me and him, then we heated up the tea pot several times and drank tea. He also sat in the car and pushed the radio buttons. Had no problem just letting other kids play with the steering wheel. We then went into the house building area and went up the stairs and played with the bricks a bit. Then continued on down the ramp to the second floor, and the space area. As we got there he asked about the ‘hopping’ area and the ‘numbers’ area, showing that he remembered those two things. He played on that floor for several minutes, hopping/stomping on a video game thing, and then being concerned about a boy who was crying.
From there we went up to the family lounge and ate lunch. He scarfed down most of the kimbap and his juice. Before we left, we went down to the ball area and played there, roaming around to all the various things.
We headed out, and August immediately acted tired. Or just hot and not liking the sun. Hard to tell. It was early for a nap, but he said he wanted to go to sleep, and he didn’t want to do anything except walk – when I tried to stop by the stream he got upset and was clawing at my neck. We sort of walked through the zoo, seeing an elephant, then walked our usual route. After I turned back a couple times though he got upset and just wanted to go to the coffee shop. So no nap, and we went to the new old coffee shop. Under new management, apparently, but pretty much looks the same. Shared a strawberry smoothie, then played together on the iPad. I did a little reading, but he was wanting to collaborate. At one point, I had my phone out and he grabbed at the lanyard. I said something like “Didn’t we talk about grabbing the phone?” and he replied with “Yesterday. When we get home Zinnie grabbed.”
After awhile we left, changed his diaper in the bathroom, then played on the piano for a few minutes. He played and sang. We then headed out. He wanted to go to Costco, but I insisted that dada at least have an opportunity to walk in the stream. So we went there and I set him down, but then he said he wanted me to hold him while I walked in. Then he said he could go in, as long as he kept his shoes on. We ended up playing in the water for a long time, and he got wetter than he had ever gotten before, with my help as I kept pouring water on him using the bucket. He ended up playing a milkshake game, a la the baths with Thatcher and Vivian. He would give me the milkshake, I’d say “That’s a pretty good milkshake”, then he’d dump it out and say “We’re all out of milkshake!” I’d then ask if he could find fresh raspberries or whatever to make a milkshake and he’d say yes and make another one.
It started raining, so it was a good time to go. We packed up and headed out – he sang a little Costco song as we left the stream – and stopped at the drinking fountains that spray a long ways and played with those for a few minutes before we took the subway up to Sangbong. We made a quick trip of it, getting cheddar and feta cheese and naan, then two chicken bakes. We walked back, and at one point started singing “A is for…” He turned it into a joke, saying lines like “Q is for B” and the “T is for Q” etc.
We got home, and Carly walked in right after we did. Had dinner and a quick bath, and their was no keeping him up, and he was asleep at 6:24.
Children’s museum:
Smoothie:
Piano:
Crazy drinking fountain:
Home. Coloring with mama:
