He was having bad dreams and was sort of up at 12:57, so kind of correct when he said he’d wake up in the 12s. Carly got him back to sleep, then he woke again at 2:30 and I got Carly. He was stuffy through the night, and talking in his sleep a few times. A bit of a cold, it seems. He was up at 6:12. He lay on the bed and played around a bit. He looked at the clock and said “I woke up in the 12s….no, it was 21.” It was now 6:21. Carly asked if she could cut his hair: “Nor now. Maybe later cuz it’s still shady out there. Say ‘okay’.” He was then pretending to be a Venus flytrap again. He’s been doing that for a couple days.
I spent some time cleaning upstairs, emptying one box that hadn’t been emptied and organizing the shelves in August’s room, then I went down at 7. A little cooler in the mornings now, so Carly had all the windows and doors open. He was looking at my bike, then we heard “Its starting to tip!” It had fallen/slid over. He wasn’t hurt, but it was rather scary. They nursed and read Charlie Cook’s Favourite Book. He then went upstairs and sat on his bed and watched one Care Bears episode while Carly vacuumed. He called down for food and water. I got him dried Cheerios and water once he asked politely. Carly went upstairs and I went downstairs with him. We read Charlie Cook again, then played owl and shrew games with the pillows. I then made him a couple pieces of French toast. He sat at the counter and ate it all save one bite, of course. He then played the Little Caterpillar app and I took a shower. Downstairs he played a little of Elements, then acting them out as he heated or spun or electrified them.
We were talking about going to the store and he was discussing the Tiv Taams – “little one at the mall” and the “Ikea one”. He went to the bathroom, then was talking about his hotel, which apparently had 200 stories. He was the elevator going up and down and taking Marshy or me to the different floors. He said one floor had hundreds of pieces of art that I had to set up. He was also talking about the Care Bears cookie episode: “Say some Care Bears making cookies”
We left at 11:05. We first drove to Ein Vered, a town a couple miles to the west on 553. Found a nursery there and a little store. Forgot to check on the swimming pool though. Then we went to the mall. Carly ran into start shopping while August and I parked. It was very busy, but we found a spot in the big south lot. We went in and helped with shopping. Got some za’ater and popcorn to try it on. We went to the other end of the mall so Carly could get something in the pharmacy. August started playing in the little play area, hopping around. I went into the crafts store to look for paint. I came out and August was running all over, touching the different colors in the play area: Carly would tell him which ones to go touch and he’d run to them as fast as possible. He took a break from that to go in with me and choose a pink color he liked. Carly saw a stand run by a woman with a headscarf. She was making something that sort of looked like a savory crepe. It was Druze bread, with za’ater and sesame seeds, cheese, and parsley in it. We got one, then went out the back entrance and sat on steps and ate it. August liked it and ate several bites.
From there Waze found an odd backroad that took us north to the gas station. I needed to ask another guy for help getting gas started, but I think we’ve got it now.
At home we put away groceries. Shmuel had called while we were at the store. He had left the papaya plants in a box and told me he would be back to plant then. He also planted two mystery plants, one at each end of the dirt strip along the house. August spotted the breadsticks we got awhile go and we ate a couple. I told him he needed to eat it outside due to the crumbs. He thought it was funny to run inside. He kept doing it after Carly said she’d have to take it away. He was quite upset when she did so. They read the Alphabet and Cat books, then he watched a Peg + Cat and ate an apple. Then another half of an apple. He and I read They All Saw a Cat a couple times. He then saying things like “Which constellation has more stars?” They were questions from the quizzes in Star Walk Kids. He was also quite stuffy at this time. We did some Star Walk Kids and Carly hung pillow cases upstairs.
We went for a walk at 5:20, him on the bike. He said “Now, take the exit.” Then he sang an ‘exit’ song. A short walk, down to the southwest. Maybe 20 or 25 minutes. As we came home he and I played I Spy. Back at home they went outside. Carly doing some sweeping, and he went down the slide. Carly made him oatmeal for dinner, then took him upstairs for his shower. Back down he ate dinner, then we read They All Saw a Cat a couple times, a new book called Pablo and His Chair (plot is very similar to the Bear and a Piano book), and part of Hilo. We were discussing routines as I had him guess what we hadn’t yet done today. He was very cuddly with me as I brushed his teeth. On the bed he had some machine time until he wanted to nurse, and was asleep about 7:20.
Yom Kippur began at sundown, and groups of kids started riding around the streets in the dark, loudly. Kind of odd, given the otherwise silence. The house across the street was also having a gathering out in their yard. I heard a woman loudly saying “I’m not afraid of anybody. I say what I have to say. I’m not diplomatic.”
I went to bed a bit earlier than usual in order to get some sleep before having to wake up at 1:15 for my book group meeting to discuss Norse Mythology.
Plants from Shmuel:
Druze bread:
Interesting tree:
