He got up right at 6, climbed off the bed and went straight to the bathroom without making a noise, and went to the bathroom. But then he complained that his penis hurt. It was quite unlike anything that has happened to him before. After a few minutes, Carly called the school nurse, who didn’t think it was a bladder infection. And it got better through the day, so I think it came from wearing a wet swimsuit and riding in the backpack yesterday.
He wanted to watch more Care Bears and was watching that when Carly left for work. Had some Cheerios and raisins, and looked at both the tree trimming and street cleaning that happened this morning. Read a couple Peppa Pig books (started with First Sleepover), then made some toast. August didn’t like the toast much but wanted peanut butter and I let him eat peanut butter with a spoon. He joked about what was in the peanut butter: “There’s chocolate people in there…Blood in it! People blood in it!”
Players some Human Body, then had a round of ant killing, then played a bit with the markers. A little writing with them, at least for me, but then he had a couple between his toes and walked with them, calling them his stilts. When they came out he held them in his hands and used them more like very short crutches. He also talked about all the plastic we saw at the beach in the water. That was one of the big takeaways – there is a lot of plastic there.
Then, on his iPad he wanted to do a music app. First Notion, but we had troubles with that, then we ended up playing Musyc for the first time in a long time. We played awhile, then I tried to go upstairs to take a shower. He decided he wanted to come up with me and play it in the bathroom, so I helped him bring up the iPad. I took my shower, then we went back downstairs and played it even more.
August requested a cookie, and when I told him there was one more he said “One cookie‽ But then mama won’t have one!” I assured him she had had one last night. We also discussed what to bake next, and decided on some sort of bread if we can find bread pans. He finally went to the bathroom again and felt better, although it still bothered him.
A little more Human Body, then he wanted to put a chip of chalk into water to see what happened. He started with an orange piece and it turned the water orange, so he wanted to add other colors to it. We did our goals and discussed what we were doing today. He wanted to learn about how pencils are made. We then discovered ants going under the couch, so took some time for that one as well. He lay on the floor and showed off some of his yoga moves and wanted me to do them as well, although he said I wasn’t arching my back as much as him. Tough teacher. We brushed his teeth, and he did a good job both squeezing out toothpaste and brushing. He then wanted to leave some on the toothbrush to dry, so we did that.
In packing for our day out I suggested taking the tennis ball and the bug viewer. He was reluctant to take either as he is afraid we will lose them. We finally got going after 12:30. We walked to downtown and checked out the two coffee shops/cafes. The first, closest to us, has a sit down eating area that looked nice, but was a bit fancier than we were looking for. Their coffee/bakery area is nice but focused on sweet things. So we headed to the second one, which only had a couple of croissants and bread.
So we went across the street to the Sushi Ishimoto place. The waitress was on the phone when we went in so I struggled with a Hebrew menu. But then she brought me an English menu. We got a bowl of the regular noodles, with veggies and tofu. August was really hungry by now. The noodles were really good, although a bit pricier than the pizza place for a lunch (about 11 dollars for us, and we didn’t get drinks). When we were done he played around, waving his hair back and forth, and he did some Dragonbox Big Numbers on the iPad. He had to use the bathroom, so we did that. He asked “Why’s it smell so nice in here?” And while sitting on the toilet he randomly said “Wait a second – I’m gonna cut up all my concrete.”
We left there about 2 and went to the hardware store. We got light bulbs, more Tupperware, and WD-40. While picking out light bulbs the older guy was trying to help me and explain why I should learn Hebrew while simultaneously August was being impatient. As we left, August stumbled on a box. He speculated on what was in the box, deciding either light bulbs or candles: “I fell right on the wick.”
We left at 2:15 and I suggested we get a drink at the small grocery store. When we got there I got a drink but he said he only needed his water bottle. We also decided to try oat milk (as they were out of soy milk) and I got some mint tea for iced tea purposes.
We got walking, and he was making noises and said “I’m a fertilizer machine.” A big dog scared both of us from behind a fence, and August, violently, said “I just killed the dog so it wouldn’t bark anymore.” Back to the fertilizer machine: “I’ve got thousands of sucker tubes attached to me dada…all the fertilizer at once.” By the community center he said “There’s something you might want to see, dada…there’s thousands of them.” They were some sort of small round nuts from a tree.
We got to school about 2:50 and went in and changed into our swimsuits. Head the school bell as we were in the bathroom. He assured me he didn’t need to use the bathroom. We went in the water for a few minutes, then he did. Went and used the bathroom, which took awhile, then back to the pool. He saw a couple of girls walking towards the pool, then turning down the path that heads into the gym, and past the pool filter room. August asked “They want to look at the actual filter?”
Carly came and got swim fins and a couple of noodles. August was all over the pool with us, and I did the Jaws noise at one point and tapped them with one of the noodles. This turned into a big game, with August wanting to chase Carly all over the pool doing “dun dun” as he hung on my back. Very tiring. We got out at 4:30 or so, then changed out of our swimsuits. August was really bothering me about mints, but really he was hungry, so I was trying to get him to realize/vocalize that. He said he didn’t want raisins, but finally he agreed to some and ate most of the container.
We were home at 5:15. The toothpaste on the brush wasn’t entirely dry, so he wanted to make a nest to wait in. We got all the pillows from the bed and also a sheet. Carly got him spiral noodles for dinner, although he didn’t eat a lot. Didn’t learn about pencils, as he decided on erasers instead and we watched videos about erasers, soap, pasta, and paper. He tried the oat milk but decided “Hmm. I think it needs to be cold.” Carly gave him a shower, but he got really upset about the rinsing of his hair. Cheered up when he could get the bed wet. He was going crazy on bed avoiding hair brushing, and Carly took a shower. He continued to be all sorts of machines: making boxes, batteries, and dough, among other things. He was starting to slow down so we got his pajamas on him, then tried for sleep. He talked about wanting me there when he falls asleep.
That didn’t work and they got my iPad and did some reading. Looked at my colors thing, read some Peppa, I think, and I heard August explaining how the sample books work. He fell asleep a little after 8.
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