He woke me up at “6:37”. He was watching some Timmy Time when I came down, then an episode of Smurfs. He nursed and pretended to be one year old “Nuh, Nuh, Nuh, Nuh”. Played with Siri on the iPad, then we played with Legos. We made the boats and took them up to float them. He emptied out the Lego container to fill that. We did, but it wasn’t much room for the boats to float in and he then suggested the green bathtub. I said “That’s what I suggested in the first place.” He then was repeating that sentence.
Back downstairs August got upset, wanting to nurse before the timer was up. Told Carly once “Mama! You’re not paying attention to me!” Carly too him upstairs to calm down.
Then another confrontation with the downstairs neighbor. He hammered on the window with a broomstick. I went out, video on, and calmly told him that’s not how we communicate and offered to give him my phone number. Thought we were making progress when he went and got his phone and took my number. But then when I apologized and said that Carly had taken August upstairs as soon as he’d been loud he swung the broom at my head. I ducked and he hit the fence several times, then said “Son of a bitch. Take him out. I’ll break your bones.” Sadly, I’d stopped recording when I gave him my number.
Went in and called Shmuel and emailed Ada. Then I went upstairs and took a shower, after which Carly gave him a shower. He was upset up on the bed and she was getting clothes on him. Carly squeezed the bad mood out of him and I pretended it got on me. He thought it was funny when I pretended to have a bad mood.
Back downstairs we read Alexander and the Horrible, Terrible, No-Good, Very Bad Day. He then play acted printing paper and buying a yo-yo. When I said I wasn’t very good with a yo-yo he said “You need to go to a yo-yo class.”
We got going at 11:25. Read Alexander and ate strawberries in the car. Parked and walked down to Argaman’s Beach. August was singing “Whats the name of that song”. Got to the beach at 12. Walked a bit south and played in the sand by some rocks. Brought the bucket at toys this time. They made sandcastles and August would put a shell on top and crush it. August needed to use the bathroom and I took him. He was running along the beach, singing about “negative infinity” to the tune of “What’s the Name of that Song?” The bathrooms were closed, so I had him pee in the sand up on the hill behind a little retaining wall. We got back to Carly at 12:35. He immediately told her “I peed on sand.” I got the stick out of the backpack and did some writing in Hebrew. August saw the stick and said “Sticky!” I drew a big Q and he stood in the middle of it. Then August used it to drew mem sofits, as Carly pointed out, probably his current favorite Hebrew letter (previously it had been tzadi sofit).
We left about 1 and walked up to the car, then across the street. There is a playground there and we played on it for awhile. Carly tried to go into the hotel to use the bathroom, but no luck. August was quite interested in the cubes that showed the weight of different materials. A boy demonstrated the bike that makes a funnel in a tube of water for him, then Carly and I did it.
We then drove up into Netanya and parked just north of downtown. Along the way I told him why I liked the windows closed in the car. He asked me to repeat the story.
We parked just north of the downtown core area, near the waterfront. Started walking and found Rhythm and Friends juice bar and cafe. Ordered a large iced coffee, a green mojito smoothie (August liked the sound of the mint in it – also had pineapple, almond milk, dates, and something else), and a cheese sandwich. August was dancing and pretending to play along to a Supertramp song so we added it to his playlist.
We went for a walk through the Independence Square area, then around some streets to the north, pausing at a little closed museum to look at the historic photos outside. Then across to the park area at the top of the cliffs. Admired the view and checked out some pokey aloe plants, then realized August and I were standing in an area dense with ants. He played in some sand and wanted me to pretend to step on his hand so his hand (a crab) could pinch me.
We headed home. On the way we read Alexander and Berenstain Bears Moving Day and ate some grapes. Home at 3:55.
He went to the bathroom then he and I took the box from the shelves to recycling. He had fun trying to stand on it first. Got our 10,000 steps at the park, then used the exercise equipment. He was asking how the different machines exercised him. Finally, played with the water fountains. He also said “Sorry, wheelbarrow. We ran out of wheelbarrow food.” We hadn’t been talking about wheelbarrows, so don’t know where that came from. He was watching the water pool on the concrete, so maybe he thought it was the shape of a wheelbarrow.
Back at home he played the Elmo Loves 123s game, then we had some dinner. Carly sliced up some apple or pear and August liked it. He offered me a piece and said “You have to try this.” We all then Skyped with Cassie and family, then with Cherie and Chuck. While Carly was using her computer to have an actual call with Cassie and Vivian, August was using my iPad to record a video for her.
After all that excitement, August and I read Ada’s Violin: The Story of the Recycled Orchestra of Paraguay. A really cool story and book. We brushed his teeth, then he ran a donut machine up on the bed: “I ran out of dough.” He was asleep about 8.
In a Q:
Cuddling:
Exercising. He is actually swinging his legs off the ground:
