He woke up at the same time as me again, 7:10. Derek made crepes for breakfast, which were delicious. Derek asked if August wanted a second, and August said he wanted a half. He left a small piece, as usual, and I thought it looked remarkably like a camel. August and Kayla were then playing with the big crane in our room. Thatcher woke up and started playing with them. Kayla walked off, and I watched her. Thought she’d go downstairs. Instead, she went over to the playroom, grabbed a Lego, and came back. August and Thatcher then wanted Legos and tried to take Kayla’s. I told them to go get their own, and they all ended up in the playroom playing with Legos. I went to take a shower and when I came back they had used all the pillows and blankets to make a comfy area with Carly in the middle of the room.
We all headed down to the kitchen for a snack. August continued to not like blueberries since Thatcher doesn’t: “Not blueberries. Thatcher doesn’t like blueberries.” And he kept saying “Don’t eat my food.” to Eddy, even if he didn’t have food. They then had fun locking Eddy out of the house. They wandered in and out of the house a couple times, and ended up in our room jumping on the bed. Thatcher looked out the window and asked “Do you want to go outside?” August: “No thank you. It’s too bright.”
But they ended up going outside and riding bikes as Kayla took a nap. August used the balance bike and headed up the hill: “I can go up hill but not downhill.” We went all the way to the top of the hill and he walked down. They started playing in the dirt. After awhile August wanted to wash off his hands using the hose. Carly said he could go inside and use the bathroom. August responded “Yeah but I don’t want to make the sink all dirty.” Back out, he rode in the little red car thing. Briefly the scooter. Got him water. He was spitting, but when he spit on the concrete and not the dirt Carly took it away. He said “I want to stay hydrated.” He knocked the cup down and it cracked, then when he threw the cup Carly took him to the garage for a bit of a timeout.
Carly went upstairs. I took August and Thatcher for a walk to the canyon. We saw a cool caterpillar. Back about noon for the bathroom. They played out front for a minute, then Derek suggested watermelon. Out back August out on “Aunt Andrea’s” shoes and we discussed calling her ‘Andrea’ versus ‘Andi’ and he said he preferred ‘Andrea’. Derek brought out the watermelon and they sat on cushions and ate it. Carly came down about 12:30 and I went up to the bathroom. But I heard Kayla talking and singing in her crib and went in to find her looking at a book. I picked her up and we read the book and she helped me put her glasses on and we went downstairs.
We all got ready to go to a park with a splash pad area. August saw Thatcher’s goggles in his room and Thatcher told him not to play with them: “Yeah but when things are nice I play with them.”
We left to the park at 1:40. Parking was full so Derek dropped us off. We took the kids to the swings. Kayla in the ones in the sun. August didn’t want one of those so headed over to the more shaded playground. Had to wait for a swing, but he got one quickly, then Thatcher got the one next to it. They chanted “faster, higher” together as we pushed them.
We then headed over to the slashpad. Just sort of got August to start going in the water area and he wanted to turn one of the water gun things. Then someone else hit August with some water. He got upset and that was the end of the water. Carly went and nursed him, then we went on a little walk. We worked on getting him to walk on his own: 5 steps, 20 steps. Eventually he wanted me to carry him and convinced me with a “I’ve got my dada!” We ended up back at the water park from thand north. He contemplated some of the smaller fountains over where Thatcher and Kayla were, but wandered off towards the playground instead and sat and had a snack with Carly.
We left after 2:50. In the truck August and Thather hid behind a towel. Back at the house he played in the truck, first alone, then with Thatcher, while Derek took Kayla to play in the sprinkler. August was talking with a whiny tone and I asked if he was doing it because he was tired. He replied “No, I’m not tired. It’s just for funsies I’m doing it.” They moved to the front set of seats and played there for a long time.
Carly took over watching them, and then they went up to bedroom and got out the piano keyboard for the iPad. I helped them get it set up, then they played with it for a couple minutes but the iPad froze. August didn’t get upset. Instead, he did his quiet thing where he just sort of goes still.
Carly watched them
– played with iPad keyboard – did his quiet thing when it froze
– towel present
– Thatcher hit/August pinched back
– nursing break
Hank’s visit
– August patted Hank
– spraying the mister
– playing in the dirt
– ate tons of snap peas
“What’s yours August?” “I ate all my pizza…Sorry Kayla, I ate all my pizza.”
The shows
Bath at 7. August had a tiny sliver “I can’t feel it!”
Asleep 7:50 “Where’s uncle Hank going to sleep?