August and I went to Home Plus at 10, browsing the crafts fair in the park along the way, allowing Carly to get some work done in our absence. After finish grocery shopping we came home and Skyped with my parents.
August then took a nice nap. When he woke up and we heard him say ‘mama’, we came in to find him sitting on a pillow like he was waiting for us.
We arrived at Dream Forest a little before 3. August and Kinsey did some great interacting at the beginning. They did the Korean birthday stuff, then the American. August got a taste of cupcake, but not a lot. Still saving that for the summer.
Eventually, we all walked over to the wading pool. We didn’t expect August to get in much, particularly since the water was cold. We were wrong. He basically wanted to dive in.
After playing there for a good while we decided to head to the performing arts building to change and nurse him. We did that, then went to the art exhibit in the gallery there. It was a very bright, cartoon-y exhibit, so August really liked it. His favorite was the shark made out of moving, shiny, jangling metal pieces. Carly got a coffee and enjoyed the view from the Peace Cafe at this time.
From there we walked to the bus and headed home. We stopped at the little store to get a few things, but they were out of bananas. So August and I went to the pink building for bananas.
Carly had also made spaghetti during the day, so August had spaghetti for dinner, making a good mess. Spaghetti is probably his favorite meal. After dinner we have him a bath, then he managed, somehow, to stay up past 9 – meaning he had been awake close to 9 hours by the time he fell asleep.
Today he was talking – or almost singing – a ton, starting soon after we left the party. He also now loves the airplane toy that Vivian gave him. He used to be scared of the noise, but no longer. Finally, he really took to the work ‘gaeguli’, korean for ‘frog’. If it sticks it will be his first full korean word (although his word for pigeon, or really birds in general, is based on the word for pigeon).
Morning:
Birthday party:
Wading pool:
Talking on our walk to the building:
Art exhibit:
Carly enjoying the view:
At home. Saying gaeguli:
Spaghetti:
