I didn’t go hiking again today, but we met up with Derek and Logan in the park on our way to do some shopping at Home Plus. We played around the playground for awhile – Carly went down the slide with August and got attacked by the bump in the slide – then went over to the museum side for a few minutes. They headed home for lunch and we went on to do our shopping.
At Home Plus I took August to the animals while Carly shopped. He got out of the stroller and started requesting the bap-kit when he was next to the dog food – this is where he’s had the basket before and put cans in it. Carly came over and he got to play with the basket for awhile. He also walked up and down the dog section pointing out all of the dogs.
At home, he surprised us by saying Sandra Boynton – his fourth author. He took a nice nap.
In the late-ish afternoon I took him out for a walk in the backpack. We walked up the river about a mile and a half to Nowon Bridge, crossed the bridge, walked down the other side of the river, and crossed back over at the bridge to Madeul Stadium, then back home. We had a lot of fun singing songs and pointing at things. He now knows ‘egret’, and surprised me when, crossing back over the bridge and seeing people below us, he said “people down there”. I didn’t believe my ears at first, but he kept saying it and pointing, and was very proud of himself when I got it.
On our way out, there was little water flowing down the stream, and where there are usually little waterfalls over a small drop, there was no water. He was pointing and saying ‘sad’. On our way back, there was more water and it was flowing like usual.
Everyone kind of did their own thing today. Chuck went on a nice walk up the stream and to temple. Cherie made stir fry for dinner. And Carly got some work done. And of course we all packed for the trip tomorrow.
Carly was teaching him ‘upsy daisy’, and when she finished his bath, he turned to it and waved and said “Bye bye, mul area.” And, as usual, he wanted to take his washcloth with him when he left the bathroom. We wring the water from it and he uses it to clean around the house.
Sandra Boynton, ketchup, basket (bap-kit), egret, street, people down there (!?)
