It was our first real full day without Carly, as she had to go in to work by 8 and didn’t finish until after 4. August woke up before 6, and when we left the house to head to the subway at 9:45 he instantly fell asleep.
He slept all the way to Children’s Grand Park, and I had enough time to walk and listen to a couple podcasts. When he woke up we were by the seal exhibit, so we went inside. He got down and ran around in there. He stood in front of the seal tank and pointed at a seal and said ‘seal, seal, seal’.
As we left, an emergency message came across my phone about the heatwave. And yes, it was darn hot. We walked back past the donkeys and deer, which August was really excited about, but we didn’t stop for long.
We found a bench in the shade and ate lunch. He stole my peanut butter sandwich and, a bit later, stole the last third of my Larabar. That is, he got each in a hand and would get upset if I tried to take it away. He walked around that area for several minutes, looking down through grates and exploring, the whole while with food in each hand.
I wanted to get inside, so we headed out, me carrying him this time, hands still full of food. We stopped by the big fountain and he got down. He ate the last of the Larabar, so only one had was now full of food. A boy slightly larger than him came up and said a couple things, August said something back, then pointed excitedly at the fountain. A while later he was trying to point out the grates to the boy and was saying ‘wawa, wawa’.
From there we went to the children’s museum. He was still holding the sandwich. We hung around the lobby, then outside, then the lobby again, and the sandwich wasn’t disappearing. Finally, we sneaked into the museum and went up to the dining room. He ate some other food, but still didn’t finish the sandwich.
From there we went down to the book room where, finally, at 11:46, more than an hour after he had stolen the sandwich from me, he ate the last bite and finally hand both hands free.
We played in that room for awhile, then went to the toddler room, where he focused on pushing around the carts and riding the bug things. He and I both got tired of that, and it was busy, so we decided to head out. We went to the fake stream area and waded in there a bit, but he was looking tired so we decide to go home at about 1.
He was tired the entire way home, but did not fall asleep. He continued to look tired but was doing okay at home, so we went grocery shopping at Home Plus. That was a bit challenging, however, as he can now recognize what I’m putting in the basket and wants it. In particular, the crab meat and pineapple. We stopped and he wanted to sit in a chair on his own to eat some Cheerios, but that only lasted a couple minutes as he wanted what was in the basket.
We made it out and headed home. He continued to look and act tired, but mainly played in the sink. Carly came home a little after 4 and he nursed and fell asleep.
Our friends Jill and Derek came over about 5:20 before the staff and family dinner next door at Todai. August woke up around 5:30 but kept wanting to go back to sleep. Something we didn’t want to happen, both because of dinner and because we didn’t want him up until midnight.
So we got him to dinner. He perked up when he got some food and ended up pretty hyper. He particularly loved a basket of fake flowers and fruits. This is how I learned he knew the word ‘grape’ as he pointed at grapes and said it. He also used ‘namu’ when pointing at a branch, ‘sagwa’ (apple), flower, and bee. There weren’t actually any bees, but he kept pointing at the flowers and saying ‘bee’, presumably because he now associates flowers with bees. He also really liked a couple of colorful little chairs that he played around while Carly was watching him.
We took turns eating and watching him. He ate some pizza, and I got some buckwheat noodles for him, which he liked and kept his attention for maybe 3 minutes.
We both had our fill of food and headed home. August kept up the hyper until crashing about 8:45.
His other new words are ‘pineapple’ (when we ate pineapple this morning), ‘broom’ (when he saw a broom at the park), ‘play dough’ (when he opened his art box), and ‘high five’ (when reading Monster Party).
Morning:
On the way to Children’s Grand Park. Using the sun shade:
Zoo:
Deer:
Lunch:
Stolen sandwich:
Sandwich and Larabar:
Children’s Museum:
Water time:
Sitting at Home Plus:
Todai:
Sitting on the little chairs with Cora:
Helping dry the carpet after someone (not mentioning who) peed on it:
