A very tiring day. We can hear celebrations going on for the holiday, it is the 70th anniversary of the Japanese surrender, but I’m too tired to be very curious. I’m not sure how Carly kept so much energy through the day. She was up with August for a couple hours at 3:30. She traded with me at 5:30. We looked at one of his posters for 10 seconds, he said ‘all done’ and went in to Carly and back to sleep.
Carly left for work – today was new student orientation – about 8 and got back around 1:30. August got up just as she left. We played until close to 10: mainly sink time and making a smoothie.
August wanted to go outside. We didn’t have a clear plan. August wanted the backpack, but he also wanted his shoes. So we went down with the backpack, but me holding him. On the first floor, he wanted to head north. So we walked to the playground by the youth center across the stream. There, he mainly picked up garbage (and threw it away) and we played chase on a picnic platform.
From there he wanted to go up the hill, away from the stream. But he kept saying ‘wawa’. So I convinced him we had to go the other way. All this involved me carrying him, as he was rather clingy and fragile this morning. Also, he was making vacuum/car noises as we walked down the street.
Anyway, we walked north along the stream, past the power plant, where there was some event happening for the holiday, to the big apartment complex construction site. We walked down the dead end street on the south side and sat on the curb and watched the elevators and cranes. We then made another stop to do the same as we heard back north towards Madeul Stadium.
At the stadium we walked to the north end where the water and horse statues are. We played there and watched some soccer.
Before heading back we walked across the street to the big water park to check the times and costs then walked home.
We beat Carly home and started playing the Nighty Night app in the iPad. He was really into this time (you put animals to sleep by turning off the lights in their rooms). Carly came home and he took a nap.
After he woke up, he helped Carly with the vacuuming. And Carly finished making spaghetti. Then we all went to busy, busy Home Plus to do some grocery shopping. He has been back into pointing out the bunny signs since we’ve been back.
On our walk home August wanted to play in the park. So I stayed with him while Carly headed home. We went by the dinosaurs, and he stared at them and the puddles in their footprints for awhile. We then went home.
He played by the sink and got to eat popcorn for the first time. He is now a big fan. He went to sleep a little after that, after 8.
One thing I’ve noticed him doing is making a ‘beep beep’ sound after he hears a message on the computer or announcement over an intercom (they always end with a series of tones). He did it at Madeul Stadium, and then in the evening when hearing Skype messages.
New words: playground, Claremay (which he has said before, but is now including when calling out the names of family members), git-moe (not sure what this means, but he says it a lot)
By the youth center:
Throwing away trash:
Playing on the platform:
Watching construction elevators across the street:
Madeul Stadium:
Sitting on the water fountain:
Walking home. He still sometimes wants to touch the trees and posts:
Home:
Nighty Night on the iPad:
Helping to vacuum:
Evening:
Popcorn:
