August woke up before 6, so we stayed home until he took a nap. In the morning we blew up a bunch of balloons and played with them. We also got out all of the letter and number Pororo magnets and put them on the closet door.
He took an hour-long nap, after which we had some lunch and headed out. We found a bus that took us down to Sinnae Park. August and I were here once before, in the fall, when we walked to the top of the hill and saw the old signal fire location. Today, however, we were there for the playgrounds and, as luck would have it, the fountain.
We first played at a playground, where he primarily walked around and played with out tennis ball.
When the fountain came on at 1 we moved over there. He watched it for awhile, then for close and touched it a bit, but backed off after putting his hand in one of the jets.
Instead, he wanted to play in the nearby drinking fountain/taps. One even had a short hose on it that he could use.
After playing with that for awhile we ate again. He would go back and forth between eating, watching the fountain, playing in the water, and walking around.
When it shut off at 2 we went walking again. He was startled by a landscaping crew that started a hedge trimmer, but then wanted to watch.
From there we headed up the hill a bit and found another playground, where he mainly practiced steps, then a pond full of tadpoles. This is where I learned that he knew that gaeguli and frog mean the same thing, as when I said ‘That’s a baby frog’ he said ‘Gaeguli!’ Then a man came up and taught us that the korean word for ‘tadpole’ is ‘olchaengi’.
We took our time following the little stream back down the hill to the fountain. We played with it more, primarily with him in the carrier. He would use my hand to make me touch the water. After several minutes of this I let him down and he stood closer to the fountain again. It turned off only a couple minutes after that. After making the ‘more’ sign a few times he then had fun walking around the empty fountain, expecting its surface.
We went and caught the bus home. I had hoped he would last until home, but he fell asleep on the bus. He woke up when we got home, a 35 minute nap.
Carly came home and I went to PT. Only 2 more sessions before the start of summer.
While I was gone they went for a walk in the park and to the grocery store in the pink building.
Before he fell asleep, he was having laugh and cuddle time on the couch with Carly. She would say and sign ‘I love you’, and he would laugh when she pointed to him. He started pointing to himself at the same time she would.
He fell asleep a little after 7. That is fine – an early wake up will make it easier for us to head down to CGP nice and early. In addition to our usual children’s museum, cafe, and zoo locations, I think the wading pool area might be open. So there is much we can do.
Morning:
Sinnae Park:
Asleep on the bus:
Home: