We took our usual Thursday trip to the children’s museum and the still-closed zoo.
Morning went fine except we are rewriting out game plan on baths as August continues to despise them. After his bath he cried and clung to me for close to a half hour before he fell asleep for a nap.
And he also tried kiwi fruit for the first time. I think it was too sour for him, but he at least tried two bites. Will have to make sure the next one is sweeter.
Mid 40s today but generally sunny and not too windy. So we spent a good amount of time outside.
But upon first getting down there we went to the children’s museum. August was very independent (he also spent a lot of time playing by himself yesterday; it is as if when he had his birthday he decided he needed to be more independent) as well as social. He had pretty substantial interactions with two other kids.
The first was a boy who was playing next to August on a couple occasions. August at one pint offered him a ball. And a couple times the boy tried to take something from August and August thought it was a game and laughed.
The second was a girl who he spotted sticking her head through a hole in the apple maze. They spent 2 or 3 minutes looking at each other, making noises, and even touching each other’s hands.
There was also another girl who August crawled right up to and tried to wave at and talk to. But she was younger and started crying.
After playing for a good amount of time we went up and ate our lunch. We then went for our usual walk: to the conservatory, around the closed zoo, and to the seals. Instead of coming back the same way though we kept walking and went to the big playground in the center of the park. Almost completely empty.
We went on the swings, then played with these outdoor percussion instruments, then went in different swings, then finished up on the slide. August loved each of them and was upset each time we moved along. He particularly liked the drum, which he got the idea of pretty well, and the slide, which he can do entirely on his own, sitting up. I still ran to the bottom to keep him from going of the end, but probably don’t need to.
It was also nice when we were at the big xylophone and August started saying ‘baa baa’ so I would play “Baa baa black sheep” since I play it on the xylophone at home.
Got back home a few minutes before 5, soon before Carly got home.
In the evening we opened the gifts from my parents (probably will be posted tomorrow) and Carly made sweet potato for August.
Note: All videos today, as the crappy Squarespace app makes photos very time consuming. So the blog might be more video-heavy until they update the app or I figure out a workaround.
Morning:
Children’s museum:
He likes to fill things. This box was empty until he started putting stuff in it:
Didn’t actually get their most interactive moments on video:
Playground: