In the morning Skyped with my parents while Carly made French Toast. Then we all walked up to the playground by Madeul Stadium. On the way, we passed the women’s business center, but the coffee shop was closed. So we walked east to a Paris Baguette so Carly could get a coffee, then headed back to our usual route.
One thing I haven’t mentioned is that August likes the sound of the cicadas. Their volume fluctuates, and when they get quiet August will say ‘more, more’.
At the playground, he used his shovel to dig up sand and dump it different places, then watched Carly swinging. Then, Carly was sitting on the sand and he was on the other side of the short bar around the swings. He leaned too far forward and fell forward and landed on his face in the sand. His legs actually went over his head and he did a flip. His face was covered by damp sand, but we managed to brush and wash it off without getting it in his eyes.
Back home, I watched August while Carly made stir fry. We played on the bed, and August started hugging his stuffed animals and Angeles. He would also pet Marshy and kept saying ‘soft, soft’.
We were then playing back in his room and I’m pretty sure he told me he needed his diaper changed by going and pointing to the package of diapers. For awhile now we’ve been reaching the point where he can tell when he is about to go to the bathroom, or is going, and where sometimes a dirty diaper is uncomfortable.
Carly needed some time to read for work, so I took August on a walk. We walked south a little less than a mile to Hagye Children’s Park, the one with a playground that looks like a big tree. He rode a couple of the spring seat things, then walked around. He found one piece of garbage, so we had to find a garbage can. He then wanted to sit next to a turtle on a fake log. He saw some bigger kids kind of climb and run over some structures and was impressed by that. He then tried one of the smaller ones on his own. He found a bench he wanted to sit on, and we had a snack. When he was done, he started to walk away. He turned around to me as he walked and waved and said ‘bye bye’.
I caught him and we headed home, first looking at a couple of cicada exoskeletons hanging on flowers. At home, he ate milk and cheerios with Carly and showed her how he hugs his stuffed animals and I made banana bread.
Carly gave him a bath, but before that, he managed to pee on the floor. He then kept peeing on the floor, on demand, in different spots, until I held him over the toilet. He was very proud of this newfound ability.
New words: hole (on his stool), soft (talking about Marshy), hop (having GG hop), hug, zipper (playing with the zipper on the backpack), ggot (flower in Korean), I love you (from one of our made-up lines to the wheels on the bus song), ginger (learned it at Home Plus yesterday, used it as we were cooking)
Offering food to gramma and grampa:
Playground:
Back home:
Stuffed animals:
Hagye Children’s Park:
The cicadas are loud in the background:
Home: