Yesterday, August and I stopped at Morning Glory to get a card and a couple gifts for Carly’s fake birthday. This morning, I got up before her to have it out on the table when she woke up.
In addition to the card, we had found her a Larva handheld fan (August found that one), a box of fake Oreos, and one of those expanding/shrinking plastic balls that Carly has wanted on multiple occasions.
August loved both the fan and ball as well, and played with them a lot this morning. We spent much of the morning cleaning and organizing. We rearranged his toys, reduced the size of the mat since he doesn’t crawl anymore, and started to remove some toys he doesn’t use anymore.
There were also Skype sessions with Cassie and Viv and with Glecy.
During his nap, I went to Home Plus and did our grocery shopping. When I came back, we continued to clean and started to prepare the food.
Around 3 I took August out to the park by the children’s center. There was a youth symphony performing out front. August spent a lot of time playing with his football, then we watched the symphony for about 10 minutes. When they finished a piece he would sign for more. He played with his soccer ball for awhile more, then wanted up and pointed back to the symphony. He was getting a bit overwhelmed though, as he was then fixated on the cords, and water, then garbage, etc.
So we headed home. Derek showed up around 5:15 and Jill and Logan arrived a little later. Fun was had. August and Logan are interacting a little more each time. In particular they had fun playing on the bed.
They walked home, and we accompanied them as far as the bridge before turning around. August lasted a little longer at home, but it was a pretty straightforward transition to bedtime.
Mama’s presents:
Soccer ball time:
Watching the symphony:
Spoon:
Not my child:
