August woke up at 4:40 and told Carly “I’m not sleep.” They got up together and let me sleep. They did math with Duplos as counters, and were doing quite well, until August was insisting that two long pieces were ’11’ and got frustrated and sad when Carly tried to explain. They watched Puffin Rock, and looked up photos of the hummingbird moth. Carly had mixed up ingredients for veggie/apple/chocolate pancakes, and they made those. August loves them. I got up, and we did some drawing on paper, then played with Musyc. While doing that, he accidentally peed (he had pants on, but no diaper). Miraculously, it only went on the floor, between the rug and the reading area. A bit later he watched one of his Korean videos, and we translated words on the phone. He then played with GarageBand a bit, before going to find Carly. She was in ironing.
Carly asked if he needed to pee, and he reminded her “I already peed on the floor.” while pointing at the ground. They then made crazy sentences with the Free Speech app before August helped me mix the dry ingredients for banana bread, then helped Carly prepare more of her curry rice (mainly by eating the cheese). He then ate a bunch of rice and more pancakes. He said “I like chocolate.” and gave a big smile. Back to Free Speech. He then helped me finish the banana bread, and licked the spatula.
Carly tried to get him to sleep, but he got back up and said “I’m going to say cheesy jokes.” He cam running out to me, saying a bunch of nonsense that included ‘cheesy’ in it. I let him type a bit and we ate a few mandarin oranges. A couple times he claimed to be an adult today. He went back and fell asleep from 12:43 to about 2:20. He nursed and was then leaving Skype videos and watching videos from summer. For his video messages, he was singing, and each one was a made up tune, many including rests in them. Very cool.
Around 4 we headed outside, stopping to get drinks at Mama Juice on the way – he wanted banana, and it was really good. We got to the playground, and he and I showed Carly the Nervous Game. He is very purposefully putting one foot in front of the other and trying to balance as much as possible. Derek showed up with Rosie a bit later. Carly stayed with August as he roamed around and I talked to Derek. After awhile, August was ready to get going. So we all got in the strollers and headed to their place. They were making pulled pork and coleslaw, and we were bringing banana bread and curry rice. We stopped at Paris Baguette for rolls, then went to their apartment building. On the way, we went through the new pathway to Wolgye Station, which we’ve seen, but never used. Derek called it the ‘secret’ tunnel, and August loved that, as he loves the word ‘secret’. At the playground at the apartment building, August went straight to the climbing thing, and played there for 15 minutes or so. Logan came out, and August was excited to see him.
Carly and Jill took August and Rosie up, and I walked with Derek and Logan to get a treat for him and August and drinks at the convenience store. We then went up to the apartment. August was totally relaxed there this time. The kids played with the block buildings things, and August played some peekaboo with everyone. We ate. August didn’t eat much, but he’d eaten well through the day. August was the one that called it, saying he was ready to head home.
We walked home. He was in the stroller, so couldn’t hear him well, but there was a lot of singing and talking along the way, and he was looking at all the lights – he’s not used to being out in the dark much, so is intrigued by all the lights. We got of the elevator, and he was pointing out the “X or T” shapes in the tiles. Apparently he had done this with Carly yesterday.
Carly gave him a bath. He sat down, and they were making words out of the letters. I saw him read ‘ghost’, and Carly said he had read ‘bench’ on a bench in the park. We made some Duplo towers, and he let me put his pajamas on. He was asleep by 9:40.
Banana bread:
Hiding:
About to jump:
Secret path:
On the climbing wall:
Sitting down:
Our tower:
