He was awake at 6:30. In the morning played some Duplos, iPad, walked on the bricks, coloring, and skyped with my parents. Vivi tried to call to Skype but it was when we were already skyping. August was in the mood for skyping later, but by then she was probably going to bed. So he typed a bunch of messages to her instead. Got ready to go to his new class and it was starting to snow really hard. August really made it clear he wanted the backpack, but we stuck to the stroller for now.
Got to class right at 11 when it starts. There ended up being a total of 12 other kids in the class. The teacher is a guy, and we know 3 other people in the class – the two we signed up with, and then the wife and daughter of another teacher at APIS. At first August was having nothing to do with class. I stood and held him during the first couple songs and roll call. When the instructor tired to say hi to August he would whine and turn away. But then he got out the ramp and started to have kids do forward rolls down it. August first wanted down on the ground, then would edge closer, come back for me, and edge closer. Eventually, the instructor was able to have August do the roll. August yelled and complained when he did it, but it was a start.
After that, they got to push foam cylinders into plastic pigs and turtle shells. The instructor brought out one pig and pieces to demonstrate. He saw that August was interested, and motioned him over. August walked over to him and tried it out. This guy is really good. August really took to this activity. The instructor came over and showed August how to use his thumb to push him in, and August picked that up right away. At one point, he walked across the room to play with three other kids and parents. One of the boys we know, Jihong, was crying and upset, and August kept going over and patting him on the back/shoulder.
Next, they got to use the big french fry shaped blocks to push them over and then walk on. That was fun, although August kept pausing to read the letters on them. They then made a big path with them, which ended at the angled piece. They could walk along it, then slide or do a forward roll. It was good for August, as we had to take turns, something he isn’t used to and hasn’t really been an issue in his other classes. I had him do a forward roll once, and the instructor did one as well.
That pretty much went to the end. With knowing so many people in the class now (I think at least one other woman knew us from maybe his first class) saying good byes at the end took a long time. But we got out of there and went down to do some grocery shopping. While there, I got a call from one of the moms, as the other boy’s mother thought the class was too easy for her son. Cutting through the drama, she’s moving her son to the more advanced class, while the other two of us are staying put.
We went home, again in the snow, but lighter. August was ramped up after class and in a great mood. Close to 1, more than 6 and a half hours, he finally seemed on the road to a nap. I put him in the carrier, but he kept requesting Kipper. So we are making it a routine to read 3 stories before his naps at home. He chose the toy box story, then the birthday story, twice. After that, we got in the carrier without too much fuss and walked the halls a few minutes and he fell asleep.
He slept 1:16 to 1:56 and woke up with a cry. I got him and he fell back to sleep on me from 2:01 to 2:39 while I sat and read. Didn’t want him to sleep too long, so I woke him up at that point by laying him on the couch. He woke up gently, just lying there for awhile.
We then got in the backpack and went for a walk up to Daiso. Wanted to get some more whiteboard markers and some small gifts for an upcoming party. August doing a lot of singing as we walk. Not much snow, but it started to come back near the end. On the way back we had some time before Carly would get home. I gave August the choice of library or art museum and he eagerly chose library. We went to the library for about a half hour. A the a snack first, then went and looked at books. August had a lot of fun, but started to get really loud. And he was talking more and more about both mama and the iPad, which was at home. Anyway, they have a really good selection of English children’s books, so I will look into getting a library card.
We came home and ran into Carly and Megan as we were picking up the package with our new Hangeul poster at the guard station. We went home and used the new big dry erase markers, had eggs for dinner, did forward rolls on the carpet, took a bath, and read some Kipper. He talked a lot about “class fun.” When we were using the dry erase markers, I cleaned crayon off the table from earlier. He kept pointing to a spot I missed. I asked who did it, and if mama did it. He said “Yes.” But when asked if I did it, he said “No.” But later, as we were getting him into bed I asked again. This time he wouldn’t accuse Carly and said that he was the one that colored on the table. He fell asleep at 8:10 after some protesting that he wanted “More dada, Kipper.”
New words/phrases: sauce, jars, kipper trying to sleep, pushing dada, handle, crack in there, ick in there, library, cats, okey dokey
Morning:
In the snow:
Teuni Teuni class:
Walk to Daiso:
He wanted his own blue broom after we got one for Logan, so he carried it on the way back:
Library:
Home:
Hugging, kissing, and patting mama’s leg:
