8:25 sad face when he saw me in the reading area, but then laid down and was quiet for a few minutes. Did a little coloring, and we got banana bread. I asked him how he was feeling, and he replied “I feel si uh ck.” Talking about where we should go today, he mentioned Uidong and Uijeongbu. We were lazy in the morning and watched a couple new Peppa Pig episodes. Had a lot of fun with that. We also spent a lot of time writing on the paper. He would want words that started a certain way and I would write a few down and he would copy them: t words, r words, ex words, etc. He was acting like a fox, and went under the rocking chair as if it was his cave. He was getting a bit whiny, and decided he didn’t want to go outside.
He was then typing Hangeul, and would occasionally ask what it was. So we were making up Smurf stories, such as:
– the smurfs go camping and are attacked by a crab
– the smurfs get a swimming pool
– the smurfs go to the Australian Pavilion
– the smurfs eat a big lunch and take a nap (that was the whole story)
– the smurfs learn to sail
I was coughing, and so August started telling one:“Azrael says watch out smurfs!…there’s a crab.” He then said “What’s going to happen?” That’s something I say a lot when we are reading or watching something.
We skyped with my parents. My did is doing better. He was mainly typing emojis to them, but then August sang a ‘Lulu’ song for them. They also asked him something and he replied with “can’t tell you. It’s a secret.” Skyped for 30 minutes or so, then he decided he wanted to talk to Siri, which wouldn’t work so well. He got upset and was acting really tired, so we said goodbye.
I held him for a few minutes, then we sat on the bed, with him on my chest for a couple more. But then he got up and was playing around. He was turning his head back and forth, saying “I can’t see the time…there’s the time.” He got up and was whispering everything, like reading off the numbers on the growth charts. He closed me in the parlor, and I laid down on the reading area, hoping to draw him over to rest. He opened the door and came in, but went to the paper and started coloring. I dozed off for awhile, but popped up when I heard him climbing on the chair and the desk. He found Carly’s Z painting up there. Got him back down and spun him in the chair. He declared “My favorite color is violet now.”
At some point he declared “Dada go in the parlor…because you’re alive.” No idea. He also told me “Dada write an oops word. And I’ll be right back.” He closed the door, and came back in a minute. He also decided it was back to being the parlor: “It’s the parlor now.”
We made mandu for lunch and dipped it in sauces. I got him dressed to get going, and he didn’t like the green shirt: “it’s too greeeeen.” He started talking about everyone’s favorite letter and guessed “Maybe mama’s favorite letter is W. Maybe Logans favorite letter is B. Maybe Siri’s favorite letter is E.”
We got going, close to 2. We had settled on Uidong and Solbat Park. On the bus, he watched a girl behind us popping bubbles with her gum and really liked that. The seat covers were yellow, and he now declared “my favorite color is yellow.”
We played I Spy and a little iPad on the way over. Got off, and in the park he sang “I can go anywhere.” That’s from Reading Rainbow, but I swear he hasn’t heard that in a few weeks. He spent much of the time playing with his favorite water faucets, washing everything off. Ate banana bread for a snack, standing on a little fence thing. And we played the banana bread ingredients game. Right at 4 he decided he was tired, and wanted to nurse. We packed up and got walking.
Walked around the park and behind it, to check on the Embroidery Museum. It was open. I said we could come back, but August wanted to go in. Which was good, as it was the last day of a show. He kind of changed his mind once we were inside, as he wanted to go back outside, but there was a woman who spoke English and she gave us a tour. August really liked when she let him touch the colorful felt shapes sculpture. We lasted 20+ minutes before we headed out.
He was ready to go to the bus, but then started singing as we walked. So I walked back streets, headed north. Area we haven’t really been in. Had fun winding through the streets, and found a couple of interesting brick patterns. While taking a photo of one, a car honked a bit to tell us he was going by, but then really honked a half second later, startling me. Then, when we came out on the main street – which is all congested due to subway construction – there were a bunch of cars honking at each other. I said something like “What’s with all the honking?” He really liked that, and kept repeating it.
We caught the bus home. He leaned against me, looking out the window for much of the trip, then spent the last few minutes sending himself messages on Skype.
Got home at 6:00. We ate dinner and watched the Silent E and other videos by that company – we had been trying to sing them on our walk and realized we needed to study the words. He knocked the iPad over on its back, which was hilarious and he said “Gramma and grampa look up at the ceiling!” When we were skyping, he had wanted to type in Hangeul, but doing so would mean taking off the physical keyboard and using the software keyboard. As such, the camera would have been pointing to the ceiling. Like it was now. Anyway, at 6:30 August whispered that he wanted to look out in the hall and went and opened the door and looked out for a couple minutes.
He came back in, and she got home a couple minutes later. She was late because she had had parent conferences today. They nursed. I asked him about his favorite color, and it was back to being violet. He was mama’s boy now, and told me “Want dada to sleep in the playroom.” Talking about his water bottles, he said “I prefer blue wawa.” I believe I’ve heard him say ‘prefer’ before, but it was very clear how he used it this time. Carly gave him a bath. Went very well, considering how tired he was and that she washed his hair. He went to bed pretty quickly after that, falling asleep at 7:20.
To Uidong:
Park. Birds:
Favorite faucets:
Ingredients game:
Embroidery museum:
Looking for mama:
