He seemed to have a lot of bad dreams last night, although it wasn’t clear what any of them were about. I was downstairs by the kitchen when Vivian and Colin woke up and opened the window above me. “Hello!” Colin kept calling. August was then up at 8. He came out, then retreated a bit from the attention. I held him while he woke up. For breakfast he didn’t like Cherie’s oatmeal, instead requesting oatmeal with milk in it. He was then doing a lot of coveting: wanting the chair Cassie was in, the bathroom when Vivian was in it.
We got ready and left just after 9:30. Everyone but Jeff and Cassie. We took Vivian in our car and Chuck and Cherie had Colin. Got to Freefall Trampoline Park about 10:10. I took August to the bathroom, then we got jumping at 10:30. A lot of jumping and sliding. I stayed with them for awhile, then Carly took him into a big climbing structure thing and I sat and read for awhile. They went back out and he fell at some point. They then came over to the foam cube area and I rejoined them. Vivian and Colin were using the foam cubes to make a square on a trampoline. She had finished the square, but then all the other kids around started playing in/around it and she got upset. It turned into a sort of cube fight, of which August took part. He told Carly “Mama, go in here. It’s soooo fun!” We went and did some more jumping before our time was over at 11:30. He and Colin were jumping and sliding down some ramps.
We left, stopping to stomp in a puddle. Carly drove on the way home. August sang a “Guess who’s here” song. Not sure where that came from. He politely asked “Would you please turn up the music so I can hear it?” But then kept repeating it. We were listening to CSNY’s Deja Vu today. The song at the moment was “Helpless”.
We got back to the house at 12:20. August found a big dead moth on the porch and got the room and started sweeping it off the porch. Vivian saw it and got upset and sad and was crying. Then Cherie came up and, not knowing what Vivian was crying about, stepped right on the moth. Vivian got more upset and Cherie suggested they say a prayer. Vivian didn’t likes that and wagged her finger at Cherie.
Inside Cherie cut pickles as a snack. Things stayed rocky between him and Vivian for awhile. Vivian was blocking from the pickles at one point. Eventually though they were playing in the bedroom with Carly. I heard August asking for a cousin hug. They were then outside for a few minutes spraying water. August came in and sat a toy popsicle and wanted a real one. He went up to Cherie and politely asked “Could I please have a popsicle?” We said yes and he and Vivian both chose lime. He immediately headed out to the front porch where they had eaten them yesterday. I asked if that was the popsicle eating area and he said yes “I don’t want to get inside messy.” Vivian and August sat in the front doorway eating their popsicles for several minutes, discussing why they like lime and who knows what else, as it rained outside. A very peaceful moment.
They did some more playing, then came in with Carly for hot chocolate. Not sure how that came up. A nice sharing moment: Vivian went and got her turtle towel and seemed to flaunt it at first. But Cherie talked Vivian into sharing it, then Vivian gave it to August, then they took turns and were happy.
I went and laid down for awhile – I was woken by mosquito bites and some sneezing last night, and August’s bad dreams. August used the bathroom, but seemed addicted to the toilet. He was on it for 45 minutes to an hour. Exasperating, actually, as I didn’t want to hang out in the bathroom, or keep getting called in for drippies or whatever. When he was finally out he went out with Carly to find Vivian. Think they were in the motor home for some time. Colin came down at 3:40. I was in the bedroom working on the blog and had some music going. The deathly silent house was getting to me. Anyway, Colin came in and danced to Daft Punk’s “Technologic” as it was playing. He then figured out how to choose different songs and would listen to one for awhile, maybe dance, then choose another song. We played night night, then he spotted papa and tata (August) out the window at the grape arbor. By the time we went out to go to them, they came over to the back porch.
Vivian and August did music apps together for quite awhile. They started wanting to take turns, but I talked about how August knew how to use them, and he could show her things and they could work together, and they did a pretty good job, both with Figure and then mainly Musyc.
Carly and I decided to take the two of them into town to get pizza for dinner. August wasn’t moving when I was trying to get him to the bathroom, but as soon as Vivian called first and ran in he said “I wanted to go first! I really, really, really, really, really, really need to go to the bathroom.” Once in there, Carly had some difficulty getting him off the toilet again.
We drove into town and parked near Bono Pizza. Ordered a veggie, a mushroom and olive, and a cheese. We then walked east through town and went to the CVS pharmacy. Carly got something, and I stayed with the kids while they played with some massagers. We then walked back west, checking out the coffee shops (3 of them), a mural, etc. August liked the lines we made when we drove through the puddles in the stroller, so we started hitting every puddle.
Got back and had pizza for dinner. He ate most of a mushroom and olive piece on his own. He then crawled under the table while everyone else ate and just sat there for a bit. He was under Vivian’s chair, which she objected to, so I swept the floor with him, and then Vivian pulled him around by the legs. The three red chairs got lined up and Vivian climbed over them. We told them no standing, and August said they were for sitting and said it was like a bus. So each kid sat in a chair and Cherie sang Wheels on the Bus. August was staring at Cherie with an odd look while she sang, and she started laughing. August, seemingly trying to figure out why she was laughing, asked “You’re not good at singing?” It turned into a train, and into a train song.
They then went to the bedroom, where Colin played night night, and the other two kept giving him cousin hugs. Colin started to say “no” quite clearly. A little after 7 they were playing outside with the hose. Mainly August was filling Colin’s dump truck and Colin was dumping it out. August also realized that when the pressure was low when he lifted the hose up it stopped spraying water for a few seconds. We discussed that phenomenon. He also drank from the hose and said it was really good water. I got him to say ‘yummy cool wawa’. Vivian told him it was ice cream time, but he said he needed to finish drinking water first. August mainly had the peanut butter crunch time.
Then there were fireworks again. When Colin stole a bunch of used matches, threw them in his wagon, and ran off Vivian followed him. August wouldn’t follow though because he’d have to walk in the grass. He would walk on the the pokey rocks part of the sidewalk each time to get to the fireworks area so he doesn’t go on the grass. But he also didn’t want his shoes on because Vivian didn’t have hers on. August really liked the snakes, and asked to do those: “After we do this loud one can we please do another snake?” And he kept turning to Carly after the fireworks and asking “Did you like that one? Did you see it?”
We went in for a bath at 8:30. Let me hold him and he rested his head on my shoulder for a couple minutes while the bath filled. Vivian took her bath first though and August sat on the toilet for a long time. Carly washed him and it went easy enough, then he played for several minutes. I read paper books for them, letting them all choose books: Maisy Cleans Up, Miss Bindergarten Gets Ready for Kindergarten, Clifford Jr. Graduation Day, and Sid the Science Kid The Trouble with Germs. He was asleep about 9:2
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My best joke of the day, when talking about the rainy weather: I didnt fly 5000 miles, then 3000 miles, just to feel like I only flew 5000 miles. Jeff’s best joke was when Colin filled the back of his tricycle with fireworks that he poured out of a box, then he took off. He joked about it being a trike bomb and Colin was off for a checkpoint.
Photos!
jumping:
Colin jumping:
Cousin hug:
Filling:
Drinkjng from the hose:
Reading books:
