August slept for 12 hours last night, and when he woke up this morning it was a very happy wake up. I went in to find him playing with GG, the giraffe, making her hop.
We headed down to Children’s Grand Park early, getting there at 9:30. So we walked around a bit first, checking on the wading pools, but they aren’t yet open for the season.
He then walked on his own into the Children’s Museum, to the ticket counter, and into the museum proper. I then let him choose which direction to go and we ended up in the ball room for the first time. We played there for a half hour then went up to the water area.
At 11 we went to the lunch room and ate. We had the room to ourself, and he had fun playing under and around the table. He was looking tired, and fell asleep soon after we left the building. I think walking out into the bright sun helps, as he puts his head down and is less tempted to look around at everything.
He slept for 80 minutes, during which I read a big chunk of my book (War Trash) as we sat out on the deck.
After he woke up we went first to the water birds, then the children’s zoo, where he once again played in the water by the horses.
We then went out the back of the zoo and spent as much time as he wanted playing in the drinking fountain.
He then walked off and led the way. We went past the Pororo mural, then he wanted to be picked up. He directed me towards the amusement park, where we watched people on rides and found a bathroom in which to change him.
We left through the back entrance of the park, and took a slightly different subway route home.
At home, I have him a bath. I got him to stand in the bath with me and he did really well, playing in the bath again.
Carly for home at 5, and we went to the APIS staff appreciation dinner at Celllan in the museum building across the street.
We got seats on an end, and kind of had a whole area just for August to walk around, out of the way. On the wall were huge pictures of strawberries and broccoli, which he loved. During the dinner he had shrimp for the first time and loved it. Near the end we went out on the roof and he walked around and played out there.
He was pretty exhausted when we came home around 8:30 and fell asleep pretty quickly.
Ball room:
Lunch:
Peace Coffee:
Zoo:
Bathrobe:
Dinner:
Oh, and he also took bites off a fork for the first time, as I fed him shrimp:
