August and I headed to Children’s Grand Park today. The weather was nice and every school in Seoul apparently booked a field trip to the park today. Not sure if that is because the flowers are all out, or if it is because it was a Friday (we usually go on Thursday), or what.
We first went to the children’s museum. We ate lunch then August played in the toddler room for about 45 minutes. At that point he wanted to go next door to the book lounge. He did his usual in there: practiced the stairs, pulled books off the shelves, etc. he can now put the magnifying glasses in and out of the holder while standing up. It has been interesting watching his progress on this, as just a few weeks ago it was quite a struggle for him to get one in the hole at all.
At this point he had been awake for six hours. He wasn’t acting cranky or tired, but I knew it was time. So we left and started walking and he fell asleep. I went to the Peace Cafe and read (Roland Barthes’s essay “Death of the Author”, in case you were wondering). He only slept 40 minutes, but that seemed enough for him as he made it through the rest of the day just fine.
We then went to the zoo. We saw the baboons, then went to the children’s zoo and watched the prairie dogs, meerkats, seals, squirrel monkeys, gibbons, and miniature horses, and then checked on the penguins. I noticed that the fierce animals area is now open, so we briefly saw the elephants and lions.
We then took the subway to Hagye and transferred to the bus and went to APIS. We went to Carly’s room and then walked home with her.
He got nice and messy this evening eating Carly’s lentil dish for dinner.
Morning:
Pointing at a bus:
Shaking the bottle for gramma and grampa on Skype:
CGP:
Flowers:
Exploring the cafe after his nap:
Animals:
August looking at the horses (teething straw in hand):
