August (and Carly) woke up early this morning – like 5:30 to 7ish. He then went back to bed and slept until close to 10. He managed to make it through the rest of the day without a nap, although he was looking dead tired by the time he went to be about 7.
He and I made oatmeal and blackberries for breakfast, then he and Carly skyped with Glecy. He played with dinosaur stickers and the wooden puzzles with Carly, and we ate crackers and cheese and zucchini around lunch time. There was also plenty of coloring and playing his letter/word games on the iPad.
Finally, at about 2:30 I had August in the stroller with the cover on it and we went out for some outdoor fun while Carly got some work done. We walked down to the river, then back up the stream to the Eco Center, where we saw that it appears they are putting in a new small playground, and some other stuff that might be play equipment, but may just be sculpture or something. We walked around the soccer field and to the playground. We played there for an hour, writing things in the wet sand, and digging two holes. The first was quite big. He wanted me to just keep digging and digging, and was upset when I said we were all done with holes. But I distracted him by reminding him of the shaky bridge, so we climbed the play structure for awhile and he licked water of the wet railings and posts.
We then headed home, and skyped with Carly from the stroller along the way. We got home and they nursed and then we turned around and went back out, with the stroller again, and went grocery shopping in the pink building. He made it through, but was a bit annoyed by the end as we didn’t let him out.
We came home and I made tofu and broccoli while they nursed. He ate those for dinner and we switched, with Carly finishing the broccoli and preparing everything for burritos for us.
August was really tired, but he he did very well through the taking his clothes off, going to the bathroom, and taking a bath process. He didn’t want any toys, but ended up playing in the bathtub for quite awhile. By the end he was crawling and rolling around, and talking about all the ideas he had for after his bath.
He didn’t have much time to play after that, however, as he immediately started falling asleep. Tried to keep him awake with iPad games, but at about a quarter to 7 he just wanted to nurse to sleep, and that’s what he did. Carly took him in a couple minutes before the hour. Been awhile since he’s had a napless day.
New words/phrases: perfect chair, soccer game, write, writing, Dada and Zinnie having fun, steeper, deep
Our outing:
Tired on our way back from the pink building:
