Today we hung out at Dream Forest in the heat, then headed to APIS to for the secondary concert.
August was in fine form today. Still a bit of a runny nose, but not bad. In the evening we noticed he had broken out with little red spots on his arms and legs – so it looks like what he is getting over is another case of roseola.
Only had one PCWAS (physical contact with a stranger), after zero yesterday. It happened as we were about to get off the bus and a man grabbed August’s hand. Luckily, we were right by the Dream Forest visitor center, so went in and washed our hands. Seriously, I’m hardly germophobic, but with his multiple sicknesses and the MERS outbreak, it would be nice if strangers would back off.
Anyway, August’s word of the day was ‘together’. You can see him saying it in the last video of the day. And he took his babbling to a new level today. All sorts of new sounds started jumping from his mouth.
Another first was sitting down. I’ve never seen him just turn around and sit on a chair or bench. Today, as we were at the playground and he was eating a rice snack, he just turned around and sat right next to me as if he did it all the time.
And he is still obsessed with water. Or, at least, pointing at every single thing he saw on the walk home and saying “wawa”. He is saying “baba” for tons of things now as well, so it is difficult to tell what he is pointing at a lot of the time. He clearly has a lot to say, but can’t. Must be frustrating, but he isn’t showing it, yet…
Anyway, we got to Dream Forest at 9:45. We first went and visited the deer. We then went to the wading pool, but it didn’t turn on until noon. So we went to the empty playground and hung out for a very relaxing hour. It was also cool to watch August just wander around and play, talking as he went. He would wander for 3 to 5 minutes at a time and I could just sit and watch him.
The fountain and wading pool turned on, and he played in the pool for a half hour. He then got tired so I took him inside and changed him (where he ‘talked’ a lot on the table).
He fell right asleep after that, and I stopped at the Terrace Cafe, mid-park. Got a macchiato and sat on a bench in the shade and read and responded to email for the next 75 minutes.
When he woke up we spent a few minutes playing with the ice in my cup – something he’s never done before (I bit it into small chunks) – and then headed to APIS. We were late, so we caught the bus for two stops – “That’s What Friends Are For” was playing on the radio.
We found Carly in the back of the concert. We watched a little, then she took him to nurse. I watched some more and they came back. It wasn’t exciting enough for him though so he didn’t last long.
It was almost time for Carly’s after school activity anyway, so August and I left, walking home. It was in the low 80s, which felt really hot when we had gotten to Dream Forest, but was now feeling very comfortable. He had fun touching the icy as we got close to the bridge.
On the way, we stopped at the playground in the apartment complex and played for about a half hour. Mainly on the swing and with his tennis ball. At one point he walked up to a swing that was still kind of swinging and managed to grab it. That kind of freaked him out, but it was pretty impressive.
Best Carly home by 20 minutes or so. In the evening she played the fruit/veggie cutting game with him, and he is now saying the word ‘together’, which they had apparently been working on the last time.
Watching deer:
Playground:
Practicing his gangsta lean:
Eating a rice snack:
Watching the concert:
The walk home:
Evening:
Saying “together”: