After a ton of skyping in the morning (Cassie, Chuck and Cherie, and Glecy), Carly took August out for a little walk in the park. He then took a nap and surprised us at the end of his nap by getting up and shaking the bedroom door. We didn’t hear anything on the monitor before that. After his nap we headed to Hyehwa to finally do the mural walk.
We took a new bus/subway route to get there (bus to Mia Junction, then 4 or 5 subway stops to Hyehwa). August now likes standing on my lap in the carrier so he can see more outside the bus.
In Hyehwa we walked up to the mural walk near the fortress wall. We ended up spending a lot of time at a water tap that spills into a big stone bowl and then flows down a little pathway. August loved it, and in particular kept throwing a small rock into the bowl, which Carly and I would keep retrieving.
We then continued on the mural walk, and when we got up to the wall found a little bench and garden area to nurse in. He was then walking around and playing for awhile.
When leaving both the water and the garden August was quite distraught. I haven’t really experienced this with him, so it might be something new that changes how we plan our adventures.
We finished the walk and ended up back in Hyehwa. We went into the university (KNOU) to change him and then did some more walking around. He was fascinated by a rubber floor mat outside a building that had an interesting texture and was soft to walk on.
We finished by going to the Arko Art Center for a few minutes, and then sitting on the steps out front and eating. He did some walking up and down the stairs and around Marrioner Park before we headed out.
On the subway home he really developed his new game: calling everyone ‘mama’. He would point at complete strangers and call out ‘mama’. Pretty funny.
We took the subway all the way home so we could get off at Junggye and pick up pizza at Pizza School for dinner. Once again August was loving walking around in the little seating area outside the pizza place and was upset to leave.
Back home, August is really getting into throwing things – the heavier, the better. He also really likes the Maisy’s First Colors book (I am looking forward to the sequels, Maisy’s Second Colors and Maisy’s Third Colors – then he can learn colors like vermillion and chartreuse and indigo). He now knows what a basket is, as he will point at the picnic basket in the book and then his basket full of toys. He was also holding my finger and pointing first at a character (like Maisy) and then at the food they are holding (like orange) as I said it out loud.
He fell asleep a little after 7. Sometime later he fell out of bed and was just sitting on the floor when Carly went in.
Morning:
Art walk:
KNOU:
Marrioner Park:
