He was up at 6, then back to sleep on the reading area. He managed to roll off the reading area and keep sleeping for a few minutes. He was up just after 7:30. After nursing, he helped Carly make her seating charts on her computer. We then worked on a new building for the zoo, and then I cut his hair while he played on the iPad. He did a really good job with it. A bit later he said “It’s shorter…yesterday it was not shorter.” Then more iPad, playing Figure and Metamorphabet. Did some Duplos with Carly, adding onto the building, then she went downstairs to do some work in a coffee shop. She was down there for awhile and we were playing, but planning on heading to Home Plus. She had to come home because the Internet wasn’t working for her down there. I tried to hurry to get August ready to go, but he got really upset just putting on a diaper. Carly came home, and I was able to get him out the door a few minutes later, but only after finishing some of the piano keys.
With Carly working from home, we now headed to a park first. We went up to Crysanthemum Children’s Park, getting there about 11:30. We first went to the other end of the park, where we had seen chestnuts last year. He played with the chestnuts, dropping pieces in the grate and throwing them in the bushes. We were watching an ant carry something, but then he stepped on it. I told him that made me sad. We did some more playing there, then headed over to the playground part of the park.
There, he didn’t have much interest in climbing. Instead, he wanted to draw homes. But first he paused, saying it was too sunny. We found a spot in the shade (there were boys playing in the little structure, anyway) and drew homes. He drew a line and called it a snake, then made a game of stepping on it. But then it would cry and he would reach down and put it together again, and put a bandaid on it, and it could move again. Very interesting. We saw a boy pour water in the enclosure, and then leave, so it was now free for us to play with. August climbed on the little climbing wall going in quite a bit, but never actually went in. I got his water bottle, and he had fun leaning over the side of it and patooieing down the side. We also poured my water bottle in it a few times and refilled it from the drinking fountain. I got the Larabar and we ate that. He pointed at a chunk of walnut in it and said “What is walnut for?” Before I could answer, he answered himself: “you know. For eating. Tu sabes.” There was a family at the park with a girl about his age and they came and said hi. Neither of the kids would talk much. But when we left a few minutes later I suggested waving bye, and August happily did that and called out ‘bye bye’. Before we left, he wanted to look at the rules signs. We did that for a couple minutes, and he surprised me by reading ‘놀이터’ (playground) on it.
We then went to Home Plus. Busy, but he did a really good job with the shopping. I asked him if one container of broccoli looked good. He rejected it, then said the next one was fine. He said “This looks healthier.” And I was looking at my shopping list on my phone and he pointed and said “This says ‘nectarines’.” It did. On the walk home, he started saying “how you doing door?” And to railings, floor, building, etc.
We were home just after 2. He fell asleep pretty quickly, and slept from 2:20 to 3:15, After nursing, he and I were writing words and numbers on the paper. He was using one of the old crayons in a plastic case and it (peach) broke. He threw it away. Carly was cleaning up, and about to throw the package of pickles that came with the pizza away. Instead she offered them to August, and he ate the hole package (6 slices). He wanted to build towers, so we took the wooden blocks into the parlor, where it was warmer. Built towers for awhile, then he wanted patterns from the cardboard bricks. We did well with that, then he needed to be changed.
In the later afternoon, we went out for a walk. Almost didn’t, as both August and Carly were waffling on whether they wanted to go. We had decided not to because August didn’t want to, then suddenly he wanted Carly to get up, saying “Go to park, mama”. Carly felt like she had a sliver, and August got really concerned for her, saying something like “It’s okay, mama. It’s okay?” over and over.
We walked over to Hangeulbi Park. There, he went nonstop for the next hour. He climbed the little curved wall, then walked over to the little slide. He was hesitant to go on it, but I said he used to go down it when he was little. That seemed to change his mind, and he went down all on his own. He then made several loops of going up the wall and down the slide. Then went up further, taking turns with Carly and me to go down the three bigger slides. We were surprised when he went down the curving slide like it was no big deal – he’d never gone down on his own before. Carly went on the swings. August was looking out at her through a clear part, and yelled “where you supposed to go, mama?” At one point he pretended to get a sliver. He climbed on the round platforms, and made a game of talking to each of the colors: “how you doing grey?”
Before we left he jumped on the teeter totter for his one extra thing, then I found some beads and gave them to him in the stroller as we left. On the way home Carly was sharing apple with him. When we were close to home, he bit his tongue or cheek. Not happy about that, and kept saying “No”.
By the time we were home he was doing okay though, and able to eat dinner. He wanted the rice and broccoli dish Carly had made today. He played on the iPad, making the boat in the Oceans app, then music on Figure. He asked Carly “How’s your sliver doing?” I gave him a bath, and he thought letters on the door looked like a birthday cake. He then said the letters were singing a song, but it wasn’t “Happy Birthday”. He then spent several minutes singing the song. After his bath, we made the bed with Carly. He did a little more singing, and they tried to go to sleep at 9. 9:25 or so though I hear him calling out, asking me for water. I go in and get his water. He then comes out with me. We played with blocks a little, and sort of read one Bob Book. He went back in and was asleep around 9:45.
Asleep on the reading area:
Sleeping animals:
Chrysanthemum Park:
Eating pickles:
Hangeulbi Park:
