I was up at 6, Carly down a bit later, after nursing August, then he was down at 7:15. They nursed and did some reading: Thunder Boy Jr. and parts of other stories. He played Dr. Panda Hospital and I made us eggs with mushrooms, cauliflower, and cheese. We then skyped with my parents, which lasted pretty long. While Carly was upstairs and we were skyping he asked for biscuit spread. I gave him two crackers with it on and we talked about it being a secret. At first he was actually afraid of what would happen if Carly found out. But then he wanted to give one to Carly too. I made him one, and he took it to her and said “A secret one for me and a secret one for you.” He also said “I want to bake another treat in our oven sometime.”
He also played the Flynne game with Carly, telling her how to make a den and growing mushrooms, etc. We were done Skyping at 9:25. He was also growing a worm tree: “Brown worms and blue and green leaves”. He went upstairs with Carly to do laundry, talking about worms in the washing machine: “When it’s empty and there’s no clothes in there and it’s not spinning.”
I took a shower, and when I came down he was watching Care Bears. I then headed to Tiv Taam to do some grocery shopping. While I was gone they did some science experiments: oil and water, tasting things while plugging their nose. On my walk back one of the guys on the clean up crews outside asked for water and had a big bottle. I got water for him. Carly went outside and was doing more sweeping and we moved the swing over towards the front door where it is a little more level.
Mandy came and picked up Carly at 1 to take her shopping. Carly got a blender, a dryer, more towels, a duvet cover, and a few more items. The dryer will be delivered later. While she was gone I was sleepy and dozed while August watched Care Bears. I made pizza, and August was starting to sing along with the opening song of Care Bears. We ate all the pizza (it was an egg pizza, using the leftovers from the morning, and quite good), then he had a peanut butter and jelly sandwich. While I was gone he had eaten a good amount of the rice curry stuff.
He wanted to eat the PB and J on the rug, telling me “Can you let me? You’re really nice.” He lay down on the rug and I asked if he was sleepy. He said “No I’m not. I’m just lying here cuz it’s cozy.” We played the Flynne game and it turned into machines: “I have a powerful machine that doesn’t do anything. It just makes fuzzes…cotton ball fuzzes…it cleans them up, and vacuums them up somehow…”
Carly was back at 3:30. We unpacked and set stuff up. August wanted to use the cardboard for something. He then wanted Lucy and Pogo, so we read/played that, then an app called Shake the Tree, that is based off of a board book. We then read Hilo again. Chapter 4, then back to the beginning, rereading the first 3 chapters.
He wanted to wrestle on the bed and I said I could go up with him. He said “But you’re not a great wrestler; mama is.” He was getting a bit hyper and rough, so we went back to the Flynne game and were more machines. We set up the pillows as the conveyor belt, then he worked and went through the machine, making stickers and sheets. He wanted to hide under the sheet, so we did that for a bit, hiding from a monster, waiting for Carly to come downstairs, but then he needed the bathroom. He talked about: “I want us to be the ocean for people to swim in. I’ll be the tide carrying things away.”
We read Peppa Pig Dentist twice, played Dr. Panda Hospital, and then he went outside with Carly. I heated up rice and curry for him and me and we ate outside for the first time. Which was nice until the mosquitoes found me. We were planning to go for a walk around 6:30, and about that time Carly took him in because he wanted to nurse. I was expecting them to come out after awhile, but instead it was really quiet inside. I fled the mosquitoes and came in to find Carly coming down the stairs. He had fallen asleep at 6:45.
Photos. Lazy time:
Dada and Zinnie:
My glasses:
Bowling:
Eating outside:
Got one arm in:
