I was supposed to go hiking today, but one of my co-hikers couldn’t go because he was finishing a paper and Derek wants better weather for photos for his blog. So we rescheduled to May 4th.
Which was kind of nice as I had a small cold and was able to go back to sleep for awhile. And as our walk later showed it would have been a rather damp hike.
August took an early nap and woke up a little after 11. The most exciting moment in the morning came when Carly plugged in the vacuum cleaner and it turned out it was switched to on. August was playing with it at the time and was scared by it. He crawled away faster than I’ve ever seen him crawl before.
In the afternoon we went out twice. First, we all went out for a walk along the river. We headed south and walked the river in the rain until a stairway in the Gongneung area that takes you up over the roadway. It is a route August and I have walked before.
On the way back home we stopped at the pink building. Carly got a few groceries while I placed out pho order and took August to play with the big stuffed animals and to crawl around and play with the little garbage can in the kids’ book cafe.
A couple hours later, trying to keep August to sleep until past 6, I took him out for a second walk. We wandered through the park, looking at sculptures, birds, and flower boxes that suddenly showed up on the museum side. We then went into the Home Plus building and up to the movie theater floor to walk through the video hall up there. He was clearly getting tired at this point – a little past 6 – and barely made a sound or movement for the next twenty minutes as we wandered home.
He fell asleep soon after we got home at 6:30. Carly and I started watching Boyhood this evening and made it halfway. It is a long movie. Really good so far, but I don’t think it will challenge Birdman for my favorite film of 2014.
Morning:
River walk:
He loves the little garbage can:
At home:
He was looking at the computer saying ‘Oma’ and ‘granma’ repeatedly. I just caught him on video saying one long ‘granma’:
Exploring the park:
Note the fish sounds in one of these when he hears/sees the water going down a drain next to the flower box. He makes the fish sound a lot when he hears running water:
He still likes the dog statue:
And the vending machines. Now he can push the buttons:
Getting sleepy:
