August took his nap early today – about 70 minutes starting around 9. He didn’t take a nap in the afternoon, and while Carly had to keep him from falling asleep at 5:30, he then bounced back and stayed up until close to 8. That means he was awake for more than 9 hours.
Anyway, after his early nap, we took the 1144 bus from right outside the building and took it up to Changdong Station. From there we took the subway one stop west, to Ssangmun. About 15 minutes of walking got us to Ssangmun Neighborhood Park. The park is a good sized wooded area, and I didn’t know what we would find. I was hoping for a playground at some point, but most of it was trails, hills, exercise equipment, and badminton and tennis courts.
We found a bench in a nice spot by a little basketball court and took our first break. August ate much of my peanut butter sandwich, walked/crawled around, and waved to everyone who walked by.
We then hiked around the rest of the west side of the park, crossed over to the east side, and eventually found a second spot where we played and ate.
From there we walked around more of the east side of the park – he did more magpie spotting today.
Finally, as we were about to leave the park at the SE corner we found a playground. So of course we had to play for awhile. He did more walking around and had to try out all the slides. We got a turn in the swings and he liked pointing out the blue bouncy ball a group of kids were playing with.
We headed home and heard Puff the Magic Dragon playing on the radio on the bus.
From getting off the bus we went to the grocery store in the pink building for a few things.
When we got back to the apartment I expected him to fall asleep for a nap but he never did. When Carly got home I went to PT.
This morning he did his sniffing thing when he saw Carly’s origami flowers. He had done it yesterday, but I thought it might be a coincidence. I think he is actually making a bit of a joke.
Our upcoming weather. Looks pretty nice:
Morning:
Park:
We are still arguing about when he has to wear his hat when it is warm (he was fine with his winter hat, and fine with a hood when it is windy or raining). To distract him from his hat, I told him to look at the camera. He stuck out his tongue:
He did a lot of squealing when he saw the playground. This is the end of it:
Swings:
Home:
Sometimes we think he is practicing Hebrew or Yiddish:
For several minutes he would methodically put the salad spinner together, put one or two items in it, put the lid on, turn it over, take it apart, and repeat: