August took a three hour nap today. A new record. He seemed off today; we think something is bothering him. Perhaps teething. The last hour and forty were in my arms in the rocking chair. Last time that happened I didn’t really enjoy it as I was still working on the computer and it wasn’t comfortable. But this time Carly took the computer to work for a PD day, so I had no choice but to read. Got a lot read and enjoyed every second.
Also, his first traumatic memory association: we have a little Baa Baa Black Sheep book he loves to read. Well, for some reason he now starts balling when I get to the pages where the sheep is giving bags of wool to the master and dame. Did it 3 times today. No idea why.
He also had his class today. It was all about elephants. He did quite well despite being off his game this morning. Soldiered through the class and fell asleep while walking through the park on the way home.
Anyway, we start with some clips of his wake up process. Some times he pops awake happy or crying, but it is often a dull process (I wonder where he gets that?):
Step 1:
Stage 2:
Step 3:
Fully awake:
A yawn and sleepy time before class:
Mellow during song time at his class:
Mustering excitement for the parachute:
Asleep during his epic three hour nap. He woke up after an hour but was obviously still really sleepy. I was having difficulty setting him back down, but he was sleepingng soundly on my shoulder:
I tried sitting down three times on the couch but he kept waking up. For the fourth attempt I tried the rocking chair. Success. I spent the next 100 minutes reading on my iPhone (Beyond Religion by the Dalai Lama and Visible Learning and the Science of How We Learn by John Hattie):
Finally, some playing around in the evening. The birthday cakes/cupcakes lines are from a book that he likes:
And this is the book, and pages in particular, that he finds so troubling:
Yes, the sheep looks evil. But he likes the sheep. It is this page that drew the cries this evening:
