He was up at 6:35. They had nursed a long time when I got up and he was lounging against her in the reading area. But then he wanted to keep nursing and got whiney when she got up. Carly set a timer though and that worked. In fact, he got involved in other things and forgot about the timer. He played a pillow as an instrument (“pillow instrument”) and Carly started to make a path for a ball on our front door.
I had my book group meeting to discuss The Year of Lear. He did a lot of banging on the door after I locked it (he was coming in before that). They did recycling at one point. My meeting was done at 9, and August wanted to go in on the bed and wrap himself in the blanket, then wanted a nest. Carly skyped with Chuck and Cherie. August and I played zoo, and took care of the animals, then he destroyed the zoo and we built a big ink factory a bit later. For a snack/early lunch he and I ate crackers with cream cheese and crab. Carly disappeared – she had gone in on the bed to rest, as she had a headache. Eventually August wanted to go find her, and they stayed together on the bid for awhile. He then came back out with me and she took a nap. We read Peppa’s Ballet Lesson, and played the Three Little Pigs app. Carly got up and went to do some grocery shopping, and we played with the Namoo app and did some other stuff around the house.
Carly came home and she wrapped the presents that August and I had purchased, and August helped paint a card for Cora. Carly got out his car vest, and he wore it for quite awhile. I was going to take August outside and Carly was going to do some cooking. She was getting ready in the kitchen, and August asked “You’re going to clean? You’re going to watch things?” (Which is what she does when she cooks or cleans.)
He had been playing with the leftover roll of wrapping paper, using it like a telescope and spinning around and asking “What direction this is?” I got him as far as out in the hall, and he was doing it, then ran it into the wall, hitting his eye. He then threw the paper on the ground. I laughed a bit, but it was admittedly a little funny. He needed to see mama, then I finally got him on the bike and we got to the Spiderweb Playground at 2:00. He first went straight to the climbing part, then played with a toddler walker toy left out there. We went on a teeter totter for a bit. He had his hat on for awhile, but then took it off and said “It wears my hair out.” He spent several minutes climbing and hanging on another curving ladder thing, sharing it with another girl for a couple minutes.
We went on the swings, then he was ready to leave at 2:30 and we were home 2:45. He ate some of the fettuccini alfredo Carly had made and liked both the asparagus and mushrooms that were with it. He then wrote ‘Happy Birthday’ in Cora’s card.
We left the house at 3:30, walked down to take the 100 bus, and got to Dream Forest right at 4. Didn’t know where they were actually set up in this big, busy park, so we walked up to the middle, where most of our gatherings have been in the past. Didn’t see them, so sent a message to Sophie, then we walked over and got coffee drinks. Carly noticed that he wouldn’t hold her hand while walking if she said “Hold my hand like a big kid,” but WOULD do it if she said “Hold my hand like a baby.” While we waited, he held her hand and jumped over a gap area, then did a bridge over it with his hands and feet.
Got a response from Sophie and we found them at 4:25. As we walked he kept pointing at random people and saying “Is that Cora?” When we first got there, we met a girl about a year older than him named Yianna. When I introduced her to August, he said, nice and clear “Hi Yianna.” Seemed so old. We had him hand the presents to Cora. From there we moved over to the picnic mat, where he thought the rocks holding down the corners looked like poop. We had some chips with guacamole. He seemed to like it okay. Then they handed out goodie bags. He ate some gummi bears, and liked the party favor thing that you blow and it unrolls. At first he just wanted me to blow it, and he was looking at it. But eventually he got it down and could blow it, although he couldn’t quite make it make noise. He was blowing it at Cora when she opened the present with the markers. He was a little sad though when it got a hole and wouldn’t work anymore. We saved it to fix with tape at home.
We talked to Melinda a bit about his musical interests and progress. And they had bought sandwiches from Rye Post for dinner, so we ate those. Then it was time for singing and cupcakes. He loved the cupcakes. He had one with chocolate frosting, then shared a red velvet one with me after I ate a second sandwich (first was a bahn mi, second was bacon and avocado). Then he was doing cupcake maths with the remaining cupcakes, and snuck a lick from one. So I gave it to Carly.
Somehow, in talking with someone, swimming in the ocean came up, and August was asked if he wanted to swim in the ocean. He replied “No, there’s crabs and sharks.” We helped clean up a bit before leaving, and August found a cupcake left out that he licked, then took a couple bites of.
We left 6:20ish. He was making music as we walked and said “I was playing a chocolate cupcake, mama. I’m gonna play bubblegum ice cream.” Cupcakes on the brain, he said “We eated a lot of cupcakes? Zinnie eated cupcakes without doing permission? Without asking?”
We walked about halfway home, and caught the Nowon 9 the rest of the way, getting home at 7. Upset just a bit, then wanted my iPad and got upset when he couldn’t have it. He chose Carly to give him a bath. Carly was going to take him off to bed, but he said he was hungry, so I gave him some banana bread and we read Suddenly. He was asleep by 7:40.
Photos:
Flower tower:
Ink factory:
Watching a crane:
Toddler walker:
Hanging upside down with the girl:
Dream Forest. Jumping:
Bridge:
The party:
