Kind of a repeat of last Thursday: an immunization for him in the morning, and then walking to the school to drop him off with Carly so I could go to PT.
Most impressive thing today was pulling himself up to standing in the crib:
He had fun in the clinic waiting room standing at an ottoman and warning other kids:
Back at home:
This is his complaining voice:
A taste of blueberry/banana smoothie:
Cute sleeping:
Spinach face:
New game:
August practicing his dragon noises:
Not appreciating the hood:
Being a dragon:
Some photos:
With no appointments or events scheduled today, we had a mellow day. We went to Home Plus after his first nap, and after the second we went for a walk along the stream and hung out at the park up by the soccer field.
So in the morning we had time to lay around in bed and be silly:
And play in the crib:
It was a nice day for a walk along the stream:
Looking at his reflection at the park:
Fun on the swing:
And on the way home he did this thing which he does on most of our walks now. He gets excited by every tree we see along a street:
Finally, in the evening he was playing with Carly and played his game that he plays with her, which is to slobber on her so that she will laugh:
He started this with Carly on Sunday. He’s been practicing and has it down pretty good:
August and I went back to Hoegi and Kyunghee University to try the Philly Burger place we saw and to go to the art museum, which was closed on Sunday, and today was the last day for the two shows that were there.
We ended up going to all three museums (art, history, and natural history).
But first, we had to get there. August enjoyed walking around and practicingr his raspberries as we walked:
At the art museum, this was his favorite piece (he actually got excited when he saw it):
But this was probably mine:
From there, we walked to the history museum. In front of the building, there are two statues of people the steps. August thought they were pretty cool, and had to meet both. A Korean guy actually took our photo at this time, and was happy with the photo and showed it to us. Alas, I didn’t get it from him:
Before going to the history museum, we stopped to eat a banana and play:
Carly and I had been to the history museum our first year, but not all of it was open. It is a pretty large collection, although almost entirely in Korean. Luckily, I know enough about Korean history and enough Korean to not be totally lost.
This is one of my favorite pieces, in part because the ‘elephant’ is more like a tiger with a trunk. A rather unique mythical creature:
I could bore you with all sorts of photos of historical artifacts, but I will just include one more, this carving of a bird:
August had been awake for four hours, so finally fell asleep:
Then to the natural history museum. We had gone through this one completely (Carly would say too completely) before, so I didn’t spend as much time. We did, however, find some benches on the top floor (plant fossils) and had a drink and played on the floor. We were there for over 20 minutes and not a single person came to that floor:
On the way home, 4 teenage girls became August’s good friends. When seats opened up next to us, two came over to join us. August warmed to them, and started talking. Soon before we got of the train, he reached over and grabbed the girl’s hand, which really won them over. The girl on the left is covering up the curler on her bangs. Why she has a curler in her hair at 4:15 in the afternoon on the subway, alas, I do not know:
We went shopping at Home Plus, took a leisurely walk to APIS, and I had physical therapy, but most of the day’s highlights were at home:
First, some raspberries, coughs, and funny faces:
Taking our time to get out of bed in the morning:
And playing around before a nap:
The bear hat tells you the temperature has changed since I last recorded walking across the bridge:
Something he doesn’t enjoy: getting his face washed:
A new game with mommy:
Realizing that shaking the bouncy chair causes the rope at the top to shake:
Thank you, thank you, thank you!
Carly and I have been to the Hoegi area several times, but this is just the second time this fall and the second time with August, having come here for a going away dinner a couple weeks back.
This time, we tried to go to the Seoul University campus on the east side of the train station. We entered what we thought was the campus, found a nice bench and pond, and ate our sandwiches and hung out:
It turned out it was a smaller school, adjacent to the campus. And when we tried to continue we realized it was entirely fenced and the gates were locked. Including the one we had walked in. This is the second time we have found ourselves on the wrong side of a locked gate. Luckily, there were no broken arms this time.
So we headed back to the other side of the station, got coffee at a coffee shop, and walked around the part of the Kyunghee University campus we had not yet made it to. We found the art building and plenty of art along the way, and the whole area was quite lovely with the leaves changing:
Once home, August:
Took a bath:
Ate beans for the first time:
Rode in the clothes bin:
And got excited by the cupboard (he LOVES the cupboards):
We hopped the bus and trekked half way across Seoul to walk around his university and the neighborhood around it. While there we went to both their natural history museum and history/art museum.
Highlights:
Carrying a leaf on the way to the bus:
He tends to get really excited by small trees or bushes:
And likes to play in the grass:
A couple views of the campus:
As we walked through the neighborhood, August had fun blowing raspberries:
On the way home, there was a couple that spent much of the bus ride entertaining August. It was pretty amazing:
On Friday August woke up early, but then stayed awake for over three hours (usually has his first nap within two hours of waking up) and took a long nap. So we didn’t have a lot of time for adventuring. We did take a bus a bit south and then walk back past a university to home, but it wasn’t too exciting. He then took a short nap and then we walked to APIS to drop him off with Carly so I could go to my physical therapy.
The biggest milestone of the day was pulling himself up from sitting to stand himself up. In the last video he even gets cocky and shows how he can stand while holding on with just one hand:
Other highlights of the day:
Playing on the bench at the university where we ate lunch (rice burger for me, banana and milk for him) and played for awhile:
Drinking from the spray bottle: