His sleeping schedule was perfect (slept until 8:30, took an 80 minute nap in the carrier) and the temperature hit 70 so we had a wonderful time at Olympic Park. We played at two playgrounds, walked through a kids’ history museum, and sat on a bench in the trees while we napped/read. We also saw a lot of sculptures, walked along a stream, and scouted out three museums (art, photography, Olympics) for future adventures. And August got to be social with a whole lot of people.
Developmentally, notable today were:
– starting to point things out. He has done this with his books for quite awhile, and a couple times he has pointed to things outside if I first prompt him, but today he started to do this on his own, starting with a pond and a crane (the bird kind). He then proceeded to do it several times during the rest of our trip.
– spotting his first plane. There is almost no air travel over Seoul. He has seen a couple of helicopters when I have pointed them out, but you almost never see planes unless they are military. In fact, I took a photo a few days back of several contrails we saw as we walked to Home Plus. It was notable because I had never seen that. They were probably a result of the joint US/SK military exercises going on. Anyway, Olympic Park sits under the flight path to (I guess) the US base. As we ate our second lunch, August spotted a big cargo plane through the trees above us. He watched it and then had a quizzical look on his for a few seconds.
– climbing up on benches. He has started climbing up on the couch at home just the last couple days. Today was the first time during our trips that he has climbed up on benches.
– using the word ‘river’ as we crossed the Han and as we looked at a model in the history museum. He’s only used it (I think) to refer to the river near our house (albeit in two different locations).
– getting more confident/solid as he comes to the end of a slide. He can basically plant his feet on the ground, although he still has a tendency to topple forward if he is moving too fast.
– finally, fingers crossed, but I think he is starting to pick up the signs for ‘more’ and ‘please’. And ‘Oma’ is sounding more like a word and being used more often.
Waking up:
Today’s outfit. It is a shirt I bought him at 826 Seattle last summer. You might remember the red onesie from 826 Seattle which I had purchased the previous year and given to Carly for her birthday:
Getting his own seat on the subway. Growing up:
First playground:
Lunch. Again, sitting on the bench like a big boy. I tried to stand him at it, but he insisted on climbing up, like he can do with the couch at home:
Nap time:
In the history museum, very excited about the deer baabaa:
And here is where he really started pointing at things as we walked:
At the second park. He pretty much had this big slide mastered. After this slightly rough landing at the bottom he started getting better at sticking the landings by landing on his feet. He still has a tendency to topple forward so I definitely need to be there to catch him each time, but he is absorbing much of the momentum:
He definitely didn’t like the fake grass where we stopped to eat second lunch. He probably gets that from Marshy:
He lasted a couple minutes on it once food was brought out, but then climbed on my lap for the rest of the time:
Then he saw himself on the camera and remembered he was wearing a hat he didn’t want to be wearing:
And this is what happens when you tell him to stick out his tongue while he has food in his mouth:
Finally, he spotted his first airplane today. This is pretty much what he saw, although his plane was a larger military cargo plane:
