After recycling, French toast, and August pointing to animals on his bathrobe, we went for a walk in the morning when it was a bit cooler. We walked up along the road parallel to the stream and got iced lattes at the women’s business center. We then went to the park/playground next to it, Wild Chrysanthemum Park.
The women at the coffee place had given us some lemony bread things for August, so we ate those and August really liked them. I’m pretty sure he said ‘more sugar’ at one point. Of course, he held on to a little bit of it the entire time we were at the park, probably close to an hour.
We took him on the swings for awhile and took a drink from the fountain, but his favorite thing ended up being sitting on the wooden worms over on the shady part of the park. I took him over there for a good long time and we took turns riding each of the two worms.
We came home and August took his nap. After that, we went down to Baskin Robbins to get ice cream to celebrate our anniversary. We walked over to the park and sat by the playground to eat it. A storm was coming in and, with it, thunder. I went up to get my umbrella, as we planned to go to Home Plus. While I did that, the lighting came right overhead and the thunder sounded like a cannon. Apparently, it startled both Carly and August, and August started crying. When I came back down I found them under the cover of the building. We tried to go to Home Plus, but the wind had picked up and was too strong for our umbrellas.
So we went back inside for an hour or so and then went to Home Plus. August really started to say ‘umbrella’ and was pointing out all the umbrellas he saw on the way back. We came back home and August surprised us by taking a second nap. After that, around 5, we took the bus over to Jill and Derek’s place. August got to sit on the seat between the two of us.
We ate tacos for dinner. August wasn’t too fond of the spiciness of the chicken, but ate some quesadilla. He and Logan had fun playing together, but at one point August ended up in the back room and kept insisting on shutting the door for some quiet time. He rebounded after we brought him back out and he nursed for awhile.
We walked home, me with August and Carly carrying our ‘new’ vacuum cleaner (the same as our old, but not as loud, hopefully). It was a really nice sunset over the river swollen from the day’s rain.
We did some art and other playing. August started to act tired close to 9. But when I tried to give him a bath he wasn’t in the mood. So we did a sink bath, which worked well. I dressed him in the other old sleep shirt we have and he went to sleep about 9:15.
New words: art, nursing area, twinkle, umbrella
Morning:
Pointing out out animals on his bathrobe, a game he really got into yesterday:
His first artwork, from the spring, on a pizza box, before we recycle it. He has now moved on to actual paper:
Wild Chrysanthemum Park:
Anniversary ice cream:
Riding the bus:
Playing with Logan:
View on the walk home:
Second sleep shirt, also from my dad:
