This was one of those days that is supposed to be laid back but turns out otherwise. He woke up at 7:20 – less than 9 hours of sleep. He was still waking up on the couch when we skyped with my parents 7 minutes later, and still waking up 20 minutes later when we were done. We were happy to hear that they were still in the house, with power, and, for the time being, relatively safe. After we hung up, August just wanted to hang out on the bed for awhile.
After that, we made eggs for breakfast, and a delivery came from iHerb. A jar of peanut butter had broken, but everything else was okay. We then took out recycling, in two trips, since recycling was closed on Saturday. When he saw the recycling truck he immediately said ‘backhoe’.
About 9:45 we headed to the water park by Madeul – exactly a one mile walk. But it turns out it the water park is closed Mondays. So we walked to the playground and play for awhile. After a leisurely swing and him complaining about the sand in his toes, he found a pack of cigarettes he really wanted to throw away. So we packed up and walked to the stadium and threw it away, then went to the north end, near the water. We found a shady area right inside the fence and sat so he could have a snack and watch the soccer practice. He also played with the gate and figured out how to pull up the pole and move it.
On our walk home we went by the construction sight and watched a backhoe for a few minutes. We then tried to go to the women’s center cafe for a smoothie, but they don’t accept credit cards, and I didn’t have cash.
So onward to home. He fell asleep right as I got to the building. I set him on the coffee table and he slept just under 40 minutes. He woke up saying ‘all done’.
After his nap, we listened to “Elephant Elephant” http://youtu.be/o7vZqpsJQo0 on repeat. He would clap at the end of each time. We then watched the video a couple times.
We had the afternoon free, so we went to Costco (which had been planned for tomorrow) for our cheese run. In Costco he was really into the samples, and kept chanting ’sample’ as we walked around the store. He ate grapes, orange, sausage, smoothie, mango soy drink, string cheese, waffle, and cheesecake. He knows the word ‘sample’, but doesn’t fully grasp the concept, as he didn’t understand why he couldn’t keep getting more.
We bought lunch/dinner for Carly and me and headed out, then realized I had a text from Carly asking for raviolis. So we made a second loop through Costco.
We stopped in the subway station to eat my pizza and change him. Kind of like back in February (http://thisisourblog.net/2015/2/9/monday-class-and-costco) but no interruptions, and August could wave and smile at other people.
We came home and he wanted to color over everything. Carly was home from her first day of school a little before 5. He had a good evening, and made a game of running through our legs. While we were playing with the stuffed animals he was telling me where to have them ‘sit’, and he said Angeles’s name.
Despite the short night of sleep and short nap, he stayed up until close to 9:00. Carly took a shower and I started chopping and mixing ingredients for banana bread on the floor so he could help. He got enough cinnamon a few times to know it was hot and complain about it, but he kept trying it.
New words: egg, backhoe, pee-ut, bu-boo (peanut butter), sample, pizza, fingers, beans (on his poster), bear (did I list this before?), Angeles
Waking up:
At the scene of his previous face plant (bar behind him):
Watching soccer practice:
Saying ‘sample’ at Costco:
Eating pizza in the subway station:
Eating in the exact same spot just over six months ago:
Home:
Trying to wear mama’s shoes:
New game: