He slept all the way until 8:05. That’s almost 13 hours. They nursed, then Skyped with Cherie and Chuck. I was up for awhile, but went back to bed because I woke up with a headache and it wasn’t going away. August went to the bathroom, then washed his hands on his own, then scooped up most of a bowl of oatmeal and ate it on his own. They then Skyped with Derek and Thatcher and Kayla, and when I got back up, feeling much better, ate more of my cereal. We all did a bunch of cleaning after that. He actually vacuumed, and I helped move toys and books around so he could get in the corners. We then made letters out of Duplos. Carly took over, and they made a big Q and little q. He was then hitting the window with the Duplos and asking about consequences: “What happen if you not follow the rules… Why you had a consequence for rolling the toilet paper in Thailand? You remember that.”
He and I then sat on the reading area and read the Astrosmurf volume of the Smurfs. He had a ton of questions. We would go back to it and read more of the story a couple times later in the day. He was then pretending to be a baby around the house: “What the baby going to grab next?” He then played Human Body, but wanted me to use the tweezers to pull hairs. He went and stood by the parlor door while I pulled the hairs. He whispered “I don’t like sad faces.”
Eventually we headed out on a walk, him on the bike. We headed up to Daiso to get replacement straws for his water bottles. On the walk he was singing Yankee Doodle and Down by the Station. At Daiso he was, as usual, concerned about his bike being left outside. In Daiso he was fascinated by the candles, trying to smell (and for one, eat) them. Daiso no longer has a baby section, so we walked up to check the other Daiso. On the way I remembered that Daiso is closed, but it was worth the short walk as we discovered a new coffee shop where a restaurant had been.
I asked August if we should head to Starbucks now, and he gave a loud cheer. We walked to Starbucks and August chose a Chia seed drink. Then he sat with me and we read more Astrosmurf. He then sat with Carly and had her make a sad face on the Human Body app. He stood back behind her while she did that. He was then playing with the app but couldn’t hear it, so said “I want to play someplace quieter.” Carly let him use her earphones.
We headed home along the stream, then when I asked if August wanted to go to Chrysanthemum Park he gave three or four cheers – even more than Starbucks. We walked across and he helped carry the bike up the steps. They went on the swings, then he wanted to climb the structure. I helped him up the climbing wall (a bit more difficult with boots), and we made our way around. He was more confident walking across the rope bridge (the bigger boots helped), and he was finding the ropes up and down to the platform easier than before. We went down the slide to get off, and he didn’t hesitate on that. He then climbed the big rope ladder back up onto the structure. He swung from it a couple months ago, but don’t think he climbed it all. He was then really interested in climbing down the climbing wall properly, and working out how to look down to find footholds.
We headed home. August is big into singing When Johnny Comes Marching Home and Yankee Doodle. On the walk I looked up the history of Yankee Doodle. Carly thought it was funny when I suggested to August that we learn the original Dutch words.
We went to the grocery store for grocery shopping. August was holding Carly’s hand going down the stairs, but wanted to jump them. Carly said he couldn’t, and he said “I don’t want a consequence.” At the store he was being crazy. He managed to touch a fish and then I had to chase him down when he started running. He was upset when I picked him up. Carly took him home and I paid for the groceries.
They nursed at home, then I made us a salmon sandoo. He was then playing more of Are You Sleeping on piano. At one point we talked about bones and why we have them, and I mentioned how bones protect us and that without bones we could be squished like slugs. He then pretended to squish things: “squish a slug…squish a worm…squish a cow…squish a cat…I’m making lots of messes.”
More nursing and some reading with Carly, then I gave him a bath. After his bath he wanted to be warm, so I told him his bathrobe, which he hasn’t really used much, would keep him warm. He was convinced, and I sent him to go show mama. We read more of Astrosmurf, then he was crawling around and going in the bathroom. I had cleaned the floor earlier, so asked him how it was. He wasn’t impressed: “Let me check…hmmm…Still dirty.” He wanted a snack, and Carly let him have some peanut butter. He asked why the jar said “organ” He had seen where it says ‘organic’. After that, I told him one of our Flynne stories and then Carly nursed him and he was asleep at 8.
Photos. One sock vacuuming:
Duplo letters:
Forward rolls:
Trying to eat the candle:
Starbucks:
Bathrobe:
