August and I headed up to Uijeongbu today to exchange his play box thingies for one with all the pieces.
We left about 9:40 – pretty early for us – and were up in Uijeongbu by 10:15. We walked around first, exploring some streets we hadn’t seen last time and going through the big market building. We then swung by Artbox and picked up a card that Carly wanted and a few accessories for the backpack (a carabiner and cord holders).
We then walked over to what was supposed to be (according to Google, Naver, and an actual physical sign a couple blocks away) a children’s park. It wasn’t, just a parky area. But August walked around for 15 minutes or so, primarily wanting to climb on and off a little ledge.
He started to get frustrated so I put him in the carrier and started walking. He fell asleep and I went to the Starbucks in the department store. He slept for 70 minutes and I read a poetry collection (Theodore Roethke) I’ve been working on.
When he woke up he ate and explored a little, then we went up to the toy store and made the exchange (actually, what they did was just give me the missing piece from their display model). I let him down on the ground and he explored – he particularly liked one of those big annoying RC cars.
From there we headed home. After getting off the subway at Junggye we stopped at a small store for lettuce, strawberries, and eggs and headed home.
We didn’t stay home for long as we turned around and went to Home Plus for grocery shopping. That done, we played in the park for 15 to 20 minutes. Actually, he want too interests in the playground. Instead, he did a lot of walking over the wooden walkway and into the park’s center courtyard, much like Logan did the other day.
We got home a few minutes before Carly did at 4:30. I then went to PT. When I got home August was incredibly giggly. I would stick my hand in the doorway or jump out from behind the door and he would go into hysterics.
He ate a second dinner (Carly had fed him his first – oh, and given him a bath) and went to bed pretty quickly after that.
Helping with laundry:
In Uijeongbu:
The car he wants:
Looking down from the treehouse on the roof of the department store:
A Pororo billboard in the subway station:
At the park after Home Plus:
