Well, we got a lot of snow today, but the wrong kind. It was above freezing, and it was snow that turned to rain in the afternoon. Not much fun to be out in.
He was up at 7:50. Came back in to me in the bedroom a little later and we had Bluie and company eating funny meals. Out on the piano he played more of Are You Sleeping and was singing along. I took a shower, then they looked up bones on Carly’s computer. I superglued our cracked blender and he pretended to touch the glue and get it on his finger. We went in to the Duplos and added to out staircase. Up to 50 stairs, and it can’t get much bigger. We read some Where the Sidewalk Ends. He then pretended to see/draw letters on the ceiling: “W made of poop…or Z made of poop…O shape of poop…you did all sorts of letters of poop.”
Next we got paper and markers and had fun with Hebrew. He practiced Hebrew pronunciation with the app, then drew some letters. He would watch the example then try to draw it. For more difficult letters he would ask me to help him. Later in the day he would clearly ask Carly for help with something he wasn’t sure about. Back out in the living room, when Carly asked if he wanted a bite of something, he replied with “Si”, then pointed out he answered in Spanish.
Back in on the bed we had Bluie and company do more eating, then he got the Me and My Dad book and we read that. We then read Happy Birthday and the second time he read it entirely on his own, and sang the song.
We ate dip and cream cheese. Looking at Carly’s computer, he asked “Why you get this computer?” We also noticed today that he says “Of course” a lot – he gets that one from Carly.
Suddenly we heard a drill in the apartment right next to us. It startled all of us and August curled up in a ball and covered his eyes. Carly picked him up and he said “I want to go home”. She asked if he wanted to see video of a drill, and they looked on YouTube. From there he wanted to see bones or cartilage or something. They ended up watching different surgery videos, like open heart surgery. At one point Carly asked “Do you want to see a 20cm worm in someone’s eye?” August: “Sure. Of course!” But one video they tried to watched was behind the age verification system – you had to be 19. August got sad about this and Carly took him in on the bed. Actually, he told her he wasn’t sad, but “angry”.
He was asleep 1:05 to 1:35. Short, because we woke him up. He had soup for lunch, and fed himself soup as he also ate popsicle. Carly looked a video of something up on her computer again, and ended up finding a good series of animated science videos out of India. He watched videos on the circulatory system, sound, migration, hibernation, microbes, and a few other things. We then did some play dough. He made a giraffe in one of the little press things, then wanted the play dough knife. He then cut open the giraffe, doing surgery like in the video he saw earlier. He and I then played piano and xylophone: more Are You Sleeping and singing at same time.
He finally expressed interest in going outside. He wanted the play area at the art museum, claiming “It is more fun” than Namu. But it closed in a few minutes, being close to 4. He wanted to use the changing pad again and got it down. We put his socks on on it. We needed a couple things from the store, and I remembered the book area at the movie theater. He liked that idea. So we brushed our teeth and took the bike over there. Not really raining hard (we wouldn’t use an umbrella), but wet enough that the playgrounds would be soaked.
Anyway, we got to the book area. Kind of busy and loud. We went up to the loft as all the English books were up there. Another sign that the place has been neglected: all the cushions that had been upstairs are gone. We read Duck Goes Potty two or three times. He pretty much read all of it, although ‘use’ still gives him problems, as he wants to say ‘see’. We read It’s Raining Cats and Frogs once, then he was done and wanted to go get groceries.
I thought that was a bit odd, to be done so fast, but then in the store he wanted to be picked up and not set down. He was tired. We made it through, although he was quite upset when I set him down to pay. We got home and he nursed and played with Carly. I got nachos together (Carly had already cut and cooked the veggies and tofu) but then realized we had both forgotten salsa and the salsa in the fridge was old. I went to Home Plus and picked some up. Came home and ate.
Carly gave him a bath. They sang The Ants Go Marching. Lot of talking about bones “Patella. That’s another name for it.” Carly took a shower. We read Bedtime for Peppa twice and Peppa Goes Swimming. Then he played GarageBand. When carly came out they went and read Happy Birthday, with him doing most of the reading and singing.
He was ready to try for sleep. I was in the bathroom and he came in to say goodnight. Told me “Your floor is dirty again.” I cleaned it like three days ago. We all went and put sheets on the bed: with his being upset about the video, before his nap we hadn’t had him go to the bathroom and he had leaked. He was then jumping on the bed and waking up Carly.
Tried for bed 8ish. Back out by 8:30. “I’m just a LITTLE sleepy.” He ate two whole pieces of apple. AND ATE THE PEEL!!! “Why you eat all the peel?…Zinnie teeth are bigger and stronger.” We went in on the bed and I told two Puffin Rock stories. He then wanted mama. He told me “You can stay here, dada.” And went out, closing the door behind him. She came in and he was asleep around 9:30.
Photos. 50 steps:
Hebrew:
Watching surgery:
Changing pad for fun:
Reading at the movie theater:
Looking down at the kids:
