He was up at 7:20. Nice enough to turn the light on on me again. They had oatmeal for breakfast (August was asking all of his ‘what if’ questions, like “What happen if you not use the microwave?”) and did more painting. Carly Skyped with Cassie to discuss kindergarten questions. I distracted August for awhile – he was decorating his painting with stickers – but then needed to do recycling. While I was doing that, he took off his pants and went pee on his toilet. I took down recycling and when I came back Carly and Cassie were finishing up. Vivian had never watched Puffin Rock, so Carly put that on the iPad and she and August watched it together. Carly was messing with Vivian by putting her finger in front of the screen until she got a reaction.
At the end of the episode Carly turned it off. They said goodbye and hung up. August then played with Musyc, and wanted to work through the tutorial. We did that twice and then he just played. His musical art pieces are pretty elaborate now.
He helped me make chocolate chip banana bread, then later helped with the dishes, doing the rinsing after I washed. While doing both he kept saying “I like knives.” While rinsing (I didn’t let him rinse the knives) he added “cuz they’re very sharp.” We did a lot of hiding August Jr., and joking about August Jr. going to close to the cords. Twice during the morning August went and pooped on his toilet. He also used his flashlight to find a very old piece of popcorn under the counter.
It started snowing around noon, and was snowing pretty heavily by 1. He was ready for a nap and slept from 1:15 to 2:22. He got up and nursed and we got ready to go. We headed out about 3:30. Just a little snow/rain on our walk over. We stopped at the Tous les Jour and Mainz Dom to get rolls and a baguette on the way, walked through the secret path, and made it there a little after 4.
Our job at first was to help watch the kids while Jill and Derek finished cooking. We weren’t doing so well on this though as their kids kept wanting or needing their attention. After a few minutes though Logan wanted to build a tower with his big Leg–like blocks. Started off well, but then August wanted to put a block on his tower, and he took it off. August was devastated and just stood there, in my arms, wanting to put it on. I tried to build a separate tower for August, but he wasn’t interested. We figured it was a good experience for August though. But after a few minutes, Logan left and Jill took him outside. August got his revenge by putting the block on the tower like he wanted to. He still then went to Carly for consoling, but it obviously made him feel better – he would talk about it and laugh about putting the block on his tower later, before bed.
Other people started showing up, and one of the women brought some finger puppets. Carly and August played with those with her for a few minutes. Otherwise, August kind of floated around, playing with random things and grabbing the cheesy rice crackers we brought. We read one book. And Derek held August upside down at one point. Missed a video of that. August was laughing pretty hard.
All went well until the food was ready for the kids. Carly got a plate for August and they started eating. Carly was tasting everything, and she ate a bite of something that had cashews in it that another guest brought. It was enough. August didn’t want Carly to leave on her own – he wanted to go with – and she was afraid he’d get upset if she slipped out. So they headed home with the stroller. I waited a few more minutes until all the food was ready, ate, and made up a plate of food to take home for Carly for later. I called to see how she was doing, and she said August was helping encourage her to throw up. On the way home I stopped for bread and Pepsis for her.
Got home and they were both relaxing in the parlor, him watching Puffin Rock. So I read for awhile. I gave him a bath, but he was not interested. It was a very short bath, against his will. Carly tried to take him in to sleep – it was close to 9 – but he got back up. He and I read a bunch of books – the monkey book and all the Peppa Pig books, and maybe others – and I had to change him. Then in on the bed I talked to him about the party and the blocks and whatnot. That’s when he kept talking about putting the block on, and he was getting his big grins. Carly came in, and this time it worked. He was asleep about 10:20.
Saying hi to a neighbor:
Walking to dinner:
Playing at Logan’s house:
