In the morning, Carly made hash browns for breakfast. August played with the blocks a lot, knocking them all down, and then walking from block to block.
In the late morning we all walked to Toys R Us. The idea was to check out shoe sizes and then look at Lotte Mart, as Carly had received a gift certificate. August was sad that the pet store was closed again (need to remember not to come on Sunday) and it turned out Lotte Mart was as well (because it closes two Sundays a month). But we accomplished looking at shoes, and we went to Toys R Us and bought some new play dough. August also had quite a bit of fun pushing a little chair around. Carly looked at Halloween costume stuff, but everything was a cape or hat – things August would not tolerate.
From there, we walked to Hageulbi Park and played there. He pretty much ignored the play structure this time. Instead, he wrote letters in the the dirt with me, and played on the steps with Carly.
We came home and he took his nap. In the late afternoon/evening, I took August out in the stroller for a walk along the stream. We went to Madeul Stadium and played in the playground there. Again, mainly in the sand and dirt, but he also wanted to climb up on the structure. First time on top, and there was the perfect shaky bridge for him (shaky bridges being the latest thing we are looking for in a playground). We went down the bumpy slide together once, and he seemed to like it, but he didn’t ask to go down again.
While we were gone, Carly had been making Oma’s yummy green soup. So we ate dinner. August loved it, and he saw me dipping bread in my soup, so he wanted to as well. He really liked that as well.
I gave him a bath. He just wanted to keep playing and playing. Eventually, he got out. Carly had made a big tower of all the cardboard blocks. Earlier, he had been knocking down towers she was making (and making a destructive ‘ahh!’ sound as he did so), but he was impatient and wouldn’t wait for her to rebuild a tower fully. So while we were in the bath, she had built the big tower. He knocked the big one down, making an impressive crash.
After that, there was some playing on the iPad (we were playing the Daniel Tiger Day and Night app for the first time, and Carly managed to brush his teeth), play dough, and coloring. He went to sleep around 10.
New words/phrases: helicopter, dada slide down, run by, gibbous, harmonica, letters
Toys R Us and park:
Home:
Madeul Stadium:
Bath time:
Before bed: