He was up a little before 7. They played with the underwater puzzle and Carly blew bubbles for him. He then figured out how to blow bubbles himself and kept practicing. He called the bubble mixture “oil” and Carly told him it was soap. He said “Oil comes from cars.” They then Skyped with Cherie and continued to do bubbles. He saw Thatcher and Kayla, and was intrigued by Kayla’s glasses. So he wanted to try on Carly’s glasses and she let him. After Skype, he did a little play dough, then the Peter Rabbit puzzle with Carly while I showered. After my shower he did some art and Easy Music on my iPad. Carly made him some oatmeal, and he was impatient about it getting cool enough to eat, so they cooled it in the refrigerator and freezer.
He ate the oatmeal while sitting on the floor. He didn’t want to use the spoon himself. “No…I don’t want to drip…I like mama dripping.” They then sent Skype messages for Glecy’s birthday. He sang a “I’m a dog” song for her. Glecy called back and talked. She mentioned a birthday cake, and he really wanted to see it. When she and Carly started talking for a minute first, he kept asking “I want to see your birthday cake? Where’s your birthday cake?”
We headed out to APIS so Carly go get some work done and print some stuff out. He wanted the bike, and I told him we could ride his bike later, but we needed to do backpack now. He said “No. start with pedaling.” and gave a funny face.
We took the bus to APIS. We first got Carly’s shoes, then tried to take them up the street to get fixed. Along the way I suggested August and I play in the park for a few minutes, but he said no. We went with Carly, then headed back to APIS. There, he did some typing and practiced the stapler, then did some art. We went down to the bathroom and he used the urinal. We did some art using pens and crayons, and we took down the door decorations. When the bell rings, he does a little dance, and I got that on video once. He’s also working on his skipping, and skipped in the hall. Finally, he spent a few minutes pulling Carly’s chain of power strips around the room and singing.
We headed out. The plan was to go to Dream Forest, but it wasn’t clear when the rain was going to start falling. We walked to Dream Forest, and up to the playground as it was drizzling. A guy who August and I met once before (quite awhile ago) came up to us and started talking. He is autistic, and started by naming all 50 U.S. states. There was also a lot of talk about U.S. politics (he likes Obama and hates Trump) and African-Americans, and then he went into how he likes wrestling. I listened for a few minutes then told him I needed to get back to my family.
We sat under the cover thing at the playground (the one that is kind of odd, since it doesn’t have anything in it) and ate some lunch. August looked up and saw the stars/constellations painted on the roof of the structure and was intrigued by those and asking about them.
It was raining harder, so we decided to head home. We considered taking a taxi, but once we got out it wasn’t as hard as it seemed. We walked through the park and caught the 147 bus, then transferred to the 100 bus at Induk. We walked the 3 blocks home. A nice walk in the warm and rain, actually.
At home they nursed, but August bit Carly – the first time in a long time, and the hardest. He apologized, but there was a lot of tears on is part. Eventually they nursed again. He then watched some Puffin Rock, and at some point took his shirt off all on his own and was pretty happy about that. We then played with the music app Figure. The first time in a few weeks. Carly gave him a bath, which lasted for quite awhile, then we played with play dough. Carly asked if he needed to use the toilet, and mentioned that she’s as going to take a shower, so he could use my bathroom if he needed. He replied “I don’t want to go on any of the toilets.” While she was in the shower, he decided he wanted to see his bottom. He started turning around like a dog trying to catch its tail. Very amusing. I told him he could see it in the mirror, so we went in the bathroom and I picked him up so he could see it in the mirror.
At some point in there we also read Creepy Carrots. He did some art on the iPad, then pretty quickly wanted to go to bed and nurse. He was asleep at 7:30.
Trying on glasses:
Writing “funny letters”. There’s a Q and N and L and others in there:
Helping mama:
Stapler:
Art:
Looking up at the constellations:
Walking in the rain:
Playing with the umbrella:
Resting in the backpack:
