He woke up at 7:40. I met him coming down the stairs. He looked down and said “What’s that tea noise?” He had just heard a spoon clang in Carly’s coffee mug as she got up. They nursed and then read Emma’s Eggs. Trying to change his clothes, he started walking around with his pants around his ankles. Carly had the big windows open as it was cooler (low 70s) this morning, then he helped close the windows and we turned on the AC when it got warmer. He wanted to try honey water and ice cubes again so I let him try it but he still didn’t like it. We then skyped with my parents for a short time as it was late for them.
We did a lot of cleaning through the morning: Carly did the floors and some laundry; I used the hose to clean some of the outside walls that are dirty and the patio, and I wiped the rest of the counter that still had the dust left from the work they did yesterday.
August had made a nest on the floor again and was jumping on the pillows and also getting cozy under them. I mentioned wanting a massage at some point and August told me to turn over and he pulled up my shirt and gave me a massage on my back. Very nice of him. We did the sleeping game, where he wakes me up, then we did rubber stamps and we learned the word for shoes in Hebrew and we practicing it through the day.
Eventually, about 12:15, we went on a little walk over to the Drorim Mall to see what is actually open on a Saturday. As we left our house he asked “Is a monkey going to eat our bamboo?” Surprisingly, quite a bit is, including most of the cafes and restaurants, and the grocery store, which multiple people had told us would be closed. Inside, August liked the big almost-dead moth we found on the floor.
We headed home, and as we walked he told a make-believe story about the pool: “I’ve seen people throw rocks in the pool at school…strangers…Little Rock’s that can go in the filter…yeah, for reals…not me though.” He was quite upset when we stopped at home, as he wanted to proceed straight to the school.
But we needed to stop to have some lunch and get changed into our swimsuits. We did that, and got on our way around 1:45. At some point he told me, and I have no idea why, “Sorry dada, you can’t take my monkey…my stuffed monkey.” He kept saying he wanted to forget his floaties like the first time we went to the pool: “I want to forget my floaties.”. I took them anyway, but then when I pretended we had forgotten them, to go along with his wish, he just kept pointing at them and saying they were right there.
At the pool he first went in without them. Played in the pool a few minutes that way, then he wanted the floaties on. Carly put them on and he swam all over the place. We stayed until a quarter to 4, when the pool would close. A couple times he talked about being ready to go home, but then when he got over to the stairs he would play on the stairs and want to stay. He was sort of standing on the second or third step down and jumping forward into the water, then turning around and swimming back to the steps.
We left at 3:45. He wanted a nap along the way, but didn’t fall asleep. At home Carly cooked veggies and I did the outside spraying. August and I did some more Hebrew stamps and stencils. Had the yummy pasta for dinner. Washing his hands, we did a “The germies go away.” chant and he said “The germies say the germs aren’t going away.” I went upstairs to download Game of Thrones and August came up and was playing his Human Body app on the couch in the office.
We went downstairs and each time he walks down he talks about bumping the screws that hold the railing on and says that they are loosening because of it. He told Carly “I’m gonna play Human Body next to you, mama.” Looking at the blood part he really liked watching the white blood cells at work, saying “That’s a bad bacteria.” He yawned and told me “I’m not sleepy; I just need to rest.” We had a cook and milk and Carly took a shower. We then read Sarah and Duck and Biscuit Goes to School. We bought a new Sarah and Duck book about a trip to the library and read that. Finally, he looked at the songbook for the first time in a long time and was singing to it.
Carly tried brushing his hair but he got genuinely sad because it hurt. I then gave him a shower and he wouldn’t lean his head back at all. So then he rubbed his eyes, but had soap all over his hands and got it in his eyes. He wasn’t too happy about that at all. Got him ready for bed and he was asleep about 8:30.
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