He woke me up at 5:53. I went with him to the stairs, then Carly came up and asked if he wanted to go back to sleep. She tried to get him to sleep for awhile but I think they were up around 6:20. They went outside for a bit and talked about how plastic doesn’t biodegrade. And they played with the musical instruments box and played school and he called her Ms. Althauser. I came down a little after 7 and he told me he was playing Toca games on my iPad. Carly then had him finish up what he was doing and offer me the iPad as they had practices. I let him keep playing while I got tea.
He wanted to do an experiment so we took stuff outside and showed Carly what happens when you include oil in the mix. He got some curry powder on his coat and Carly hurried to wash it out. He watched Wild Kratts and continued to watch it as Carly gave him a bath. It went better as he was distracted by the show. But when he came down to me he sat on the couch and said “Bad bath”, unprompted. We did a little Duplos. He asked “What does ‘including’ mean?” Then practiced it “Including the Arctic Pearl.” (The one from the Wild Kratts walrus episode he had been watching.)
They left to head to Ace. August remembered the tape measure in case they needed to measure cushions. They left at 10. They went to Ace and Tiv Taam. Got keys at Ace but the kitchen door keys didn’t work when we tried them. He wanted the candy at the candy stand in the center of the mall and got upset about not having it. They had to sit down and have a talk about it. A few minutes later when they stopped at a bench he wanted to have another talk about it.
Carly had wanted to get a plant for her classroom but they didn’t have the one she wanted at the plant shop at the mall. August really wanted to go to her classroom though so they went anyway. Had fun wearing a crown again.
He didn’t like her music selections or singing for him in the car. They were back 12:35. I’d gotten a good amount of work down and watched TWD in the process.
They ate soup and we opened the green cheese August and I had bought a week ago and ate some with crackers. I was getting him some and he was impatient: “Can I have some? Mama’s the only one eating any.” “It’s good for me cuz I’m a mouse.” Played a little more Duplos before we left. He called Carly “Ms. Althauser?” He calls her that and she calls him “student August” when they play school. He made a zero-gravity machine. Or rather it solved the problem of not having gravity and makes gravity.
We got walking. He was humming/singing the Bippolo Seed. Then did the radio station thing and had me sing Sentimental Wars and On Top of Spaghetti. Got to the hair place in town and Carly got her hair cut. August watched for awhile. Not as exciting as mine, I think, as no clippers involved and August said he didn’t like the scissors. We walked across to look at the toy/stationary store. He played with balls, and then I spotted sunglasses. Got him two pair: a blue-grey pair and a pink pair. Went back and showed Carly.
We walked into town to Malkin. Carly pointed out I talked a lot about sidewalks, as they are finishing the new block of sidewalks headed into town, some sidewalks in town, and then reopening the space in front of the new mall. Realized that I hadn’t cared about sidewalks when I was carrying him in the backpack everywhere, but now sidewalks matter with the bike.
We ordered the green shakshuka with roots salad and then our usual drinks (latte for me, blended coffee for Carly, hot chocolate for August). August was almost indifferent when I asked him what he wanted to drink: “Umm, yeah, fine.”
After lunch August climbed into the ball basket thing and rested in there. He was sort of in a sugar coma or something. I sat on the floor and read Thumbelina to him. He went and looked at the sewing machine again before we left and I was standing with him and we were once again repeatedly warned that there was a needle. Still no needle. Rather amusing.
We left and Carly took him to the bathroom behind the building. I was happy to be able to read a few of the plant signs on the plants planted outside the health food store. We got walking, and he was asking about/using ‘uncommon’ and ‘including’. I said we could teach him a word of the day, and Carly taught him ‘laconic’. He then wanted Carly to teach him about Palestinians. We said it would be easier at home.
I suggested Carly head home to work while we stopped at the snakes and ladders park but he wanted her to play. I brokered a compromise and she played for 5 minutes. We got there at 3:40. He was her escaping luggage. He wanted to drive to Icelaska (which it turns out might be a place in Julius Jr.) then went on the spinning thing with Carly. Carly then headed home. We continued the driving game. He invented the grabinator to catch the escaping luggage (him). We played some Drops AR view to review Hebrew. Then he ran a toy store, where I bought a chess set and he had a countries board game that he invented where you spin and go to different countries. He told me “I want to remind you of something: mama needs to go to the park more often.”
He was then a cold bird and flew to a warm place. I asked here and he said Thailand: “Dada Birdy, this is our bird nest.” He asked “How long can a bird fly?” We looked it up and found that some swifts stay aloft for 2 to 3 years.
Went over and climbed on the rope structure, then he played with the skateboard on rails thing and we talked about momentum and gravity. We left at 4:30. Walked the back route. He wanted to listen to the Electricity song on my phone, so we did that.
Got home at 4:50. Carly was outside. He wanted to play Toca Blocks. Then wanted Carly to teach him something. I tried to teach him musical rhythms, but he wanted Carly. She came in and they did math class. He wanted to make super music and did it in Musyc. Ate some beet greens for dinner and said that was enough. We then read a good chunk of Zita. I carried him up and Carly got him ready. I went in at 7:25. He asked for stories and asked me about 19, I told him about about moving to Seattle at 18. He asked “Were you sad?” He did a good job tying to sleep, but then was saying “I got the candy…I got the treat.” He was pretending to dream about the candy at the mall and talking in his sleep. He started to get sad so I went and got Carly at 8. He asked her for a story and she told him about how Cassie and Christy M. wore the same clothes when they were 5 or 6. August got sad because he wanted to wear the same clothes as someone. Fell asleep by 8:15.