Up by 6:40. He was fine with Carly leaving. We watched Peppa Pig, then did a bunch of art on the iPad. We ate banana bread and then he switched to Timmy Time while I took a shower. We wrote on the paper. I introduced him to writing full sentences, like ‘I want crackers’ and ‘Mama goes to work.” And used words like ‘subject’, ‘verb’, and ‘object’. He then wanted to write ‘Australian Pavilion’ in Korean. This was a reminder that we had grabbed the Korean map at the zoo on Monday so we could learn some of the words in Korean. So we got out both copies of the map and wrote things like ‘Australian Pavilion’ in Korean. He then found one of his sticker books in the drawer and we did a lot of stickers – he likes putting them in the proper place now. We then went in on the bed and made a fort. We read Planting a Rainbow, Mr. Gumpy’s Outing, and Mañana Iguana. He then did some painting. We were brushing our teeth and he got some toothpaste on his hand. He said “What you get toothpaste on your finger about?” I replied “I don’t know. Why did you?” His answer: “Because it’s funny.” And he started a game where he was pretending to slip and fall down, and of course he wanted me to join in. And he was singing “I’d like to have a barbecue with you and you and you.” That’s a line from one of the Jolly Song letter sound videos on YouTube.
We got to class on time today. No forward roll, but he was very good with the teacher today. And for that matter there were two teachers, as there is now an assistant. At one point the teacher tried to hug him, and August gave him a high five instead and said “Just high five.” But at the end of class, the main teacher put his hands out for a hug. August first gave him a high five, but then considered it, and walked into the teacher’s arms so he could hug him. Class was about cars. There were cars they rolled around on the floor and on a track, steering wheels they used to push around cars, and of course little car scooters they sat on and pushed around with their feet. August liked all of them, but was probably most impressed by the horn on the steering wheel. It was hard to make squeak though, so he spent a lot of time working on that. Oh, and near the beginning of class August was on his hands and feet, and said “you’re a rainbow”. There was also a cubby with extra floor mats in it, and August climbed up into it and curled up a few times.
On our walk home he was singing letters and said “The letters are wearing costumes” He was then listing what costume each letter was wearing: ”C is V…dada…pancakes…6…Hangeul…” We stopped in the park in our now usual spot so he could trace Hangeul and play around for a few minutes.
When we got home he wanted to play with the door buttons. He hit the pound sign key and it shut it off and wouldn’t work at all. This happened once, long ago, and just means it turns off for a few minutes. We went and checked the mail and got in a couple minutes later. But as soon as we were inside, he wanted to go for a walk. So we got ready to go. He wanted to go right away, so when I asked if he wanted soy milk he said “No!…Just a little.” He then managed to spill some soy milk right as I set some banana chips on the tray in front of him. Once we were cleaned up, we walked over to the youth center. He got out for a snack lunch – Larabar, etc. He said “Ready, steady, go!” When I asked what that was from he said “from Peppa Pig.” He was poking me and making a noise: “Pon, pon, pon…that’s the sound of poking.” There was a group of older kids playing, and a bunch of boys were over at the picnic table. August heard them knocking on the table and went to investigate. He then climbed up at the table and started knocking on it, like them. They left to go back inside, and August played on and around the table for several minutes. I asked if he wanted to do something, and he said “I’m a little too busy for that.”
He pooped, so I decided we’d go home to change him first, then try again for a nap. But on the walk home he wanted to get out. I let him out, but he started walking back the way we’d come from, looking at the ground. I asked what he was doing, and he said “I’m just looking to see if there’s anything interesting.” A street cleaner truck went by, going the other direction, and we watched that.
We went home and changed him. He was clearly tired. He wanted to do iPad, and when I wouldn’t let him do that, he sat on the floor and said “I’ll just do marbles then.” Referring to making marbles out of play dough. Got him in the stroller and we went for a walk. He fought a nap, but clearly needed it. I picked him up at one point as he was upset, then had to force him back in the stroller. Took about 50 minutes total, but finally he fell asleep and we went to the Sarang Bread coffee shop. He fell asleep from 3:11 to 4:24 when I woke him up as we left. He woke up from a coughing fit at 3:26, sat up for a minute, and fell back to sleep. On the way home he fell back to sleep a couple times, until I got him out of the stroller. He quietly said “can we eat?…yeah, yeah.” We made and ate a salmon sandwich. We then went and played in the fort. We read Night Becomes Day, In the Forest, and In the Small, Small Pond.
Carly came home as we were in the fort – that had actually been the plan since earlier in the day when we were in the fort and August wanted mama to come home. They nursed, then did lots and lots of art on the iPad. He was using the smart tool to draw ovals, calling them eggs: “I know a kind of seagull. It’s a clown seagull. It’s a clown made out of smoke. It’s a clown smoke seagull.”
Carly gave him a bath. He called ‘Ryan’ so I came and looked in. He laughed. That was a game, with him laughing every time I came back. After his bath he came out and he said “Why dada say…?” I don’t know what I said that got that going, but then I would say a random word and he would laugh and say “Why dada say…”’ again. After a couple minutes of that he suddenly got quiet and serious and said “All done saying things…Let’s play Duplos.” And he he took my finger and led me to the parlor. We wrote on the whiteboard thing, but but first I made a big production of panicking about not being able to find the pen for it. He was then wanting things to go kaboom, so we laughed a lot saying kaboom and kablooie and boom. He and Carly then did Duplos, and I remembered I’d mentioned cutting his hair. So we let him watch Peppa Pig and we cut his hair. Actually, Carly did it this time – her first August hair cut. Took quite awhile, and he did quite well. At one point though he said“I’m too busy to sit down” as he lay on the back of the couch instead.
Headed to bed. Read Pete the Cat. Left them at 9:45. Then at 10:23 he came in to the parlor. He wrote on the board thing for awhile. “Why you not sleepy?” He asked of himself several times. We read The Little Kipper Collection and Mother Goose (Elsie Marley is still Tia Cassie, and the spoon is Mama). He went out and got the Matthew Van Fleet Alphabet book, but he wanted to read it in bed. I said he could either read that in the reading area with me, or go in and sleep with mama. After a couple minutes of deliberation, he decided on bed. He went in right at 11 and was asleep pretty quickly.
He did a lot of slithering like a snake today, and we got the Halloween card from my parents.
Fort:
Class:
Park:
Street cleaner:
Asleep:
Home. Fort:
Haircut:
Up late reading:
