He slept for a long time, upwards of 13 hours, and woke up around 6:40. So that was good. That still gave us plenty of time to do stuff in the morning before leaving to go to the National Museum around 9.
First, he got out his broom and dustpan, calling it a shovel. He then saw his little shovel. So, we were working on ‘big shovel’ and ‘little shovel’, which he seemed to have down, but wasn’t repeating in the evening.
We were then reading his bird book, which he calls ‘Say’ (the Korean word for bird) and then Wild About Books. In it, there is a bird that looks kind of like a peacock, so I called it that. He then started repeating the word ‘peacock’ – I think he remembered them from the zoo last week – and went and grabbed his bird book. I told him there wasn’t a peacock in there, and we went to the computer and used Google Image search to find peacocks. He then started requesting other animals, and when he was done looking at an animal he would say ‘all done (animal)’, as in ‘all done lizard’, then request another animal.
He then played in the sink, and helped me crack eggs by standing on his stool and cracking eggs on the counter so we could make eggs, cheese, and broccoli. He didn’t eat dinner last night, so he ate a lot this morning.
We were listening to the latest Neil Young, and he would point out when he heard harmonica.
We then did some Duplo playing before getting ready to go.
Bit longer train trip down to the National Museum. Luckily, you get to see outside much of the way. We made it down, and no sign of rain, so we went over to the park first and played at and around the playground. He likes to pile sand outside the sand area, so I realized I should get a little broom to hang on the backpack for cleanup. He also enjoyed throwing sand in the air and watching the dust blow. His hair was full of sand. He did a lot of wandering through the trees, picking up rocks, etc. and throwing them in the bushes. We’re also extending our comfort distance – he let me walk back to the backpack at one point to get the cup, and he would walk away from me 30 or 40 feet to play. Finally, there were ramps and stairs up to the picnic table area. He spent a lot of time walking up and down them, and throwing the ball off of them.
I then changed him and we started to leave (rain was coming, eventually) but found the drinking fountain. We played in that, and he drank from the ‘waterfall’ where the water drains down below.
We then put him in the backpack and walked back to the museum area. Walked around the pond until he fell asleep, then walked toward the museum to find a place to sit. There was a whistle off in the distance and I heard him sleepily say ‘more’. Then he saw a fountain and got really excited. End of nap after 3 minutes.
We went to the covered picnic table and rubber floor area to the left of the museum entrance. He ate and climbed on the benches, and helped throw our garbage away. He then practiced his running, first following me, then on his own. It started raining, and before I could get the backpack together, it was pretty heavy. We waited it out a minute and it calmed, then hurried the 50 meters back to the entrance. He kept saying ‘umbrella’ and was probably wondering why we weren’t using one like everyone else.
We went through part of the museum. I showed him the little animals in the Shilla section. There was another baby there who kept staring at him. He kept pointing and saying ‘animals!’ They interacted for a few minutes, until she touched August’s nose. Her mom came over, chastised her, and took her away. Oh well.
We went up to the third floor, and looked at some of the Silk Road art – he liked a piece with a horse in it, then he led the way through Buddhist sculpture for awhile, then we went down to Buddhist art. From there he had fun walking down the stairs.
Went to the cafeteria and he ate almost an entire Larabar. From there we left. On the train home, two women entertained him. But as soon as they left he started falling asleep. He slept 30 minutes and I woke him up by taking him out of the backpack at home.
I gave him a shower and we had some snacks (he ate most of a banana) and were doing some cleanup when Carly got home. He had a lot of energy in the evening, and stayed up until close to 9. They read the Snappy Little Monsters book a few time and other books. He didn’t eat much in the evening, but had eaten a lot during the day.
Before he finally went to sleep she had him in the bedroom and they were singing the ABC song as they nursed. He was then calling ‘dada’ and went to the door once. I was about to go in, but then she got him back down and he fell asleep.
New words: big shovel, little shovel, say (korean for bird – used to request his Korean bird book), peacock (in wild about books, saw them at zoo last week), ship (boat on wooden block), train (tray – on wooden block), sand (don’t know if I recorded this – has used it a few times), I saw it (more mimicry than independent, but copying/using sentences), subway train (phrase), I got me mama (to Carly in the evening when he grabbed her and wanted to nurse), Ernie book, harmonica (on-uh-cuh)
Morning. I realized he could start learning to use a trackpad:
Park:
Coming down the ramp:
Mushroom (buh-sot in korean):
Playing at a distance:
Drinking fountain:
Running:
He’s saying ‘running’ as he goes:
In the museum:
Headed home:
After his shower:
