A pretty smooth day. In the morning I took August for a walk while Carly packed. We walked north to 87th, playing ‘I Spy’ as we went. We crossed paths with a woman with a boy in a stroller heading the other direction who was also playing ‘I Spy’.
We walked over by Top Ten Toys and then south, then did a lap from 78th down to 76th to smell more flowers.
We got home, finished packing, and got on the road a few minutes past 10. We stopped for gas then went to REI. I tried on baby backpacks. Carly got some shorts and I found a nice hat for August for next spring/summer.
Back on the road, we were going to stop at Hank and Judith’s shop. Carly was driving. But August fell right asleep so we kept going. He slept all the way to Centralia.
He woke up when we stopped the car, the was pretty dazed for the first several minutes with Vivian. But he came around and they had a great time the rest of the day. Playing in the sandbox was a big thing, as was playing with water on the deck.
I made a run to Safeway. Later, I made banana bread. August ate all of my cooked carrots and several bites of my mashed potatoes when I got back from the store and had dinner. Cherie sliced up watermelon for him and Vivian and they ate a bunch of it out on the deck.
While Carly took a shower, August and I played with the black fan on the bed. He would ‘relax’ against the pillows with the fan blowing on him, work on figuring out the dial on the fan, and push it off the bed.
It was fun to hold Colin and see how much August has changed. Perhaps the most amusing thing of the day was how many times August called Carly ‘Tia’ or Cassie ‘Mama’.
Morning walk. Note the bee:
Thatcher’s rocking horse:
Napping on the way down:
In Centralia:
Holding Colin:
