There was rain in the forecast today, but it still seemed like a good day to make it back to Seoul Forest while the weather was reasonable. August slept until 8:14, going on 13 hours. After I changed him in the morning, he just kind of laid on the changing pad with Marshy for several minutes. We then spent a lot of time pushing the plastic letters into play dough, then he played Endless Spanish while I got our snacks and lunch together.
We had been listening to Temple of the Dog and when that was over, I put on a Smithsonian Folkways Songs of Camp album. August immediately rejected it, saying “all done” repeatedly and getting up to try to turn it off. He happily went back to the iPad when I put on the new Jesus and Mary Chain live album. So he likes his rock music. He particularly liked the drum part on “Sowing Seeds”, making a ‘shhh’ sound to the snare drum sound.
He did get a sheet out to make the fort, saying “yes and no” as he did so, but we didn’t get around to putting it up, as he got distracted by Duplos or something.
We left the house around 10. I had to stop down by the garbage cans to make sure I’d zipped up the backpack. As I did, he said “book cafe up there.” I looked up, and he was pointing to the ‘Cafe Mug’ sign. Not a book cafe, but he got the ‘cafe’ part.
We got down to Seoul Forest easily enough. We had seats and played on the iPad. At Seoul Forest we went to the playground and played until nap time. The first half of our time was spent with the usual letter writing, with a little time spent on the normal pay structure.
The second half was over in the wire man play area, with the concrete snake around it. He kept saying “more ickys” and calling it a ‘fort’. He climbed in and on the lower leg. Then climbed the cover to it. Only as he was finishing that part up did I realize you aren’t supposed to climb the cover. Kind of odd, since you can climb in and through the actual person. We played in and around there awhile longer, and playing in the leaves, then went back to our first spot. He hadn’t eaten much for breakfast besides a little cereal, and he wasn’t much into lunch either. Got him eating a few grapes before we took off for his nap.
We walked over to the deer area, then headed down to the Han. He fell asleep right past the deer. We hadn’t been down to the Han here, and there wasn’t much park to speak of. The rain had started when we finished up at the playground and we were in our full rain gear. I found a covered bench for his nap. He slept 1:53 to 2:23, waking up early, I think, as I was putting the rain cover back on him as a bit of a breeze was kicking up. It is just the sort of noise he doesn’t like.
He just hung out in the backpack for awhile, looking around and playing with camel. We then walked up the bridge that takes you across the pond/closed forest area and to the deer. Wonderful views up there of the egrets and pond and hills, etc.
We went to the deer. Not the inside part, as it wasn’t open, being Monday. Which is good, because there weren’t 200 students around. You could still feed deer though. So we got food and fed the deer in the rain. Unlike last time, August wouldn’t actually feed them himself. He tried several times, but would pull his hand back. But he kept having me do it.
A little after 3 we finished up there and headed to the insects and butterflies, only to find them closed. So we went to GS25 and got banana chips and a tuna and rice triangle thing. We sat under an umbrella at a table outside and had a snack.
We then headed home, and got home a few minutes after Carly around 5:20. We did some good coloring, and he played with Carly and nursed a lot. He lined up all of his Duplo animals along the edge of the rug again. Ate soup for dinner. Carly prepared the bath and I gave him a quick bath, as he was ready to call it an evening. Went to sleep sometime after 8.
Yesterday I forgot to mention some potty training progress. We haven’t been doing much besides having him pee on the toilet before his bath. And he lets us know when he has pooped. While I was gone, he let Carly know he needed his diaper changed, even though he hadn’t pooped, only peed. Also, at some point he made it clear to her that he needed to pee on the toilet.
New words/phrases: puzzle, Spanish, wordplay, plus (on sign, not just Endless Numbers), Pinkerton, I love you sooo much
Morning:
Letters are looking better:
On our way:
Playground at Seoul Forest:
Climbing:
After his nap:
Feeding deer:
Snack time:
Walking:
Home:
