Carly had new student orientation today so left around 7.
7:14. Sat on the stairs for a minute but recovered quickly. Then watched a couple episodes of Peg + Cat. Had toast with strawberry yogurt spread on it and a little mango juice for breakfast. We then went outside to check on our soy milk experiment (still looks like soy milk) and he said he wanted to go to the park and stay there until it turned to mold. We went back in and took our the cotton balls from the tea experiment and washed them off and got clean cotton balls to compare them to. We talked about why the white ones changed color more. Then, I showed him the science experiment books I’ve been collecting on the iPad and we looked at those. We then did the soap experiment, heating a small bar or soap in the microwave to make it expand. We decided to wait until Carly was home before we broke it apart and tried to wash with it. Back in the books we looked at experiments some more and started to compile a shopping list.
He then played Gro Forest while I went and took a shower. Came back and we played together. I stretched on the couch, and he sat on my back and claimed it was tickly: “Everytime I sit on you it’s tickly. Don’t be tickly.” He was still hungry and so had some of the “Cereal from Korea”, Cheerios, and soy milk. He said he wanted to see how bread was made, so we went to YouTube, but was distracted by a Peppa Pig video. We watched a couple then finished getting ready to go and left at 11:30.
We didn’t quite know what was happening with new student orientation and the pool, so I planned to go to the private pool that is also close to the school. On the way, August started singing number songs, including his number version of Eine Kleine Nachtmusik which he hasn’t sung for quite awhile. Peg + Cat has really had an affect.
We got to the pool only to find it closed. So we went to the school pool anyway, getting there a little after 12. There were a few kids and adults there, but not many. I still had the Tic Tacs in my pocket when I started to get in the pool. I saw a little water in them, so August and I finished the last 8 or so off. August had 3 or 4 in his mouth and took a few minutes enjoying them and the lifeguard commented on how he had his priorities: must enjoy candy first, then get in water. Once I n the water August was asking why things sink so we talked about why things sink different speeds and density of air. He also pretended we were on a rocket in the pool.
The students started to show up, and Grace talked to him about their cat. Apparently he liked to call their cat “Fire…orange fire” because it was orange. Carly came and got to swim with August for the first time. I slipped off to get some of the lunch provided. He interacted with a bunch of the girls while Carly had him. He then got a little upset because he wanted to play games with the other kids. And because the pool was so full we couldn’t move around much, there were a lot of waves, and he was getting splashed. He complained about them, but he didn’t want to get out. Carly went and talked to Cassie (who is also a twin, and has a 2 and a half year old) and August hopped on and jumped off my leg in the pool, singing a “Jumpy jump” song.
We got out of the pool just before 2 and went to the picnic table outside Carly’s classroom where he ate his sandwich and Carly and I took turns going to the bathroom to change. We started walking home, and I was going to turn and head into town to go shopping. Right before I left them, Holly came by. She gave the two of them a ride home. August had just been falling asleep in the stroller and wasn’t thrilled about getting out, then fell asleep in the car for a minute and didn’t want to get out of the car.
I walked up into town. Checked out the site along the way where Google claims a toy store is. There is not. Our neighborhood grows more and more empty and in need of a car with every trip. In town, I first went to the health foods store and bought the glass iced tea jar and a couple of jar glasses. Then next door to the kids’ store. The woman in there was really nice and talked to me about learning Hebrew. I picked out a Hebrew stamp pad kit for August and a couple of nice spoons. She was all out of forks. I was looking at little science kits, but they were a bit too much for August. She suggested a bug jar. That looked really cool, so I got that.
Then to the hardware store, where I got a spirally hose and a cheap bottle cleaner for the sink. They had just sold out of duct tape. Again, the younger guy was very nice and said I could come and just talk to him if I wanted to practice my Hebrew. Finally, a stop at the grocery store, where I got bread and milk, etc. and also corn schnitzels and I found a Brita pitcher.
I walked home and gave him the bug container first. He then came up to me and told me how mama had given him the pudding treat for lunch without having to do a deal. He was very excited about this. When asked, he remembered our deal (“one bite of fruit, one bite of treat”) and was probably giggling extra hard when he ate it, but Carly just thought he was excited about the pudding.
We then went outside and he got to play with the hose, and hosed out the inside of his playhouse. He put seeds and a screw and I put a bit of the tree things (you can really see the spirals of them in it) in and found a feather for him to look at. Not a lot of luck finding insects, but that can wait for another day. We also watered the plant. He wanted to watch me do it, then he did a little extra.
Inside, he watched me fill the iced tea pitcher, and he was curious as to how the Brita filter works (he’s used to the pool filter, which requires a big machine). He showed Carly our expanded soap, which she thought looked like a cracker, then he had fun breaking it apart and we decided it looked like laundry soap and he put it in water. Oh, and outside he could see some spots on our soy milk experiment. Might just be dust, but he was excited that it might be mold.
Had some dinner. He ate a little corn patty and cheese, but not a lot. Carly found a bunch of ants coming in the front door, so they had fun hurriedly spraying and killing ants and finding more.
Past 7 the long trip to bedtime began. He sat on the toilet for quite awhile, and when I ran out of explanations for something he said “I put more explains in.” We went down and read a couple Biscuit books, Sarah and Duck, and Oh Daddy! He and Carly tried for sleep close to 8, but no luck. He came back down and we read Elva’s Violin and parts of the books about electricity, including the safety guidelines, which he had a lot of questions about. He asked me if I could nurse, and I said no, only mamas could. He was a bit upset about this and said “But I want to nurse some kids!”
We went back upstairs at 8:40. He had ripped up a tissue before we went up and said it was for mama. We found her in the office and he excitedly presented it to her: “Ripped up tissue for you.” Tried for sleep at 8:50, but he started talking about molecules and microscopes and jumping on the bed. His brain just wasn’t going to sleep. Carly went to finish getting ready for tomorrow. Tonight was the most difficulty he’s had getting to sleep since we went camping. I sang him some songs…A ah apples, the Sesame Street songs he liked before we left Korea, then Carly came back in and they tried again. He rolled over to me.
He came out with me and watched me get ready in the bathroom. I narrated (now I’m putting toothpaste on my toothbrush…) and he kept saying “Okay”. We went back in and he was asleep at 9:45.
Oh, and when I was pouring Cheerios for him this morning he said they were flashing. We figured out they were falling in front of the light reflecting off the edge of the window and tried dropping more in front of it to make the flashing.
Waking up:
Cotton ball dyeing results:
Trying to crouch:
Playing on the couch:
