We woke him up at 10:15. Tough to wake up, and eventually he said “I really want to nurse.” Eventually Carly took him down and they saw Kayla. Back upstairs he went to the bathroom. I picked him up and held him for a couple minutes. Back downstairs August ate tofu hotdog and dried fruit and drank milk and watched Kayla throw her food to Eddy. August and I went up to the playroom and played with a big plastic dragon pirate ship sort of toy. And he played with a snake and sang a “slither, slither, slither…you’re covered in poop” song.
Derek put Kayla down for her nap and they left to go to Thatcher’s preschool graduation. August and I exercised with weights, then went downstairs to get something to eat. Had some cereal and he drank milk. He spilled some milk on the floor and shopping bags and Carly cleaned it. Looking outside a couple times he commented on it being rainy and said “But that’s okay because we’re going to stay inside for awhile?”
He and Carly went upstairs to nurse for a couple minutes. Back downstairs they went out on the porch and August played with one of those claw hand pickup things. He got it to pick up a pacifier, but eventually we had to declare it an outside-only thing. He and I then read a High Five magazine on the iPad. In particular he liked a story called “Jared’s Favorite Button” and we read it four times. He and Carly then went back upstairs to nurse, although they ended up playing in the playroom first. I dozed on the couch for a bit. Kayla was up about 1:15. August and her were playing with the 10 Little Monkeys book when I came in the playroom. She cuddled over to Carly a bit when I got close. Derek and Andrea got home a few minutes later and Kayla got excited when she heard the garage door sound. August really liked the Thomas the Train book and was carrying it around, pushing all the buttons, when Thatcher came up and showed us his metal.
We went downstairs to lunch. Andrea made a salad for us adults, and August let us know he really didn’t want salad. We all went upstairs to play. Then Carly and August went outside, and I finished reading my book club book, Ill Will. I went outside and switched with Carly. I got my orange coat on and realized I was wearing an all Eddie Bauer outfit. We played another 15 minutes or so. Started raining harder for awhile, but that didn’t phase him.
We went back in and found Thatcher and Kayla and went and played in the playroom. August tried on Thatcher’s graduation cap, and he wanted the squishy baby: “I want the squishy baby. I really, really, really like the squishy baby.”
Before we left, I had a mint. August could tell because I smelled like mint, and he asked “what if you had two? It would make dada feel stronger?”
The three of us went to QFC. Got things like tea, raspberries, and goldfish crackers. August sat in the cart, which is still a novelty for him. He ate some crackers on the way back to the house.
Here, we ate some raspberries, which he seems to really like. Back up in the playroom, the three of them all sat next to each other and played with the Legos and Duplos. August and Kayla first played with the Duplos together, then August moved on to playing more with the Legos.
Derek made a wonderful meal of rockfish tacos and everything to go with them. August didn’t eat a ton. They all then took a bath together. That went on and on, as they used the big scoop and the cups to pour water. After they were all washed they got “extra bath time”. They were all then playing on the stairway and the railing, and August wanted to slide down. When Carly said it wasn’t safe, he said “Thatcher does it.”
In our bedroom, August had some good practice sharing his stuff, as at first Thatcher found his little blue fan that we got at Home Plus. Then, Kayla was playing with Green Monster and Bluie. And she really liked Bluie. She was hugging her and carrying her around. August tried to trade Marshy for her at one point, and she handed Marshy back.
They went off to bed, and we went downstairs as August was hungry. He first said he didn’t like raspberries, but then remembered he did and ate a few. Carly picked him up and was holding him, and he fell asleep at 8:15 in her arms, head on her shoulder – the first time he’s fallen asleep without nursing. She carried him up and put him to bed.
Later, when I walked in before going to the bathroom to get ready for bed, he sat up in bed, then lay back down with his head at the end of the bed. Then, as I was in bed, he did it again. A little before 11 he did wake up with a bad dream and nursed back to sleep.
Squishy baby:
Thatcher’s hat:
Lego time:
Drinking from the bath:
Kayla with Bluie:
Asleep in her arms:
