He was up at 6:40, right after Carly left. Not enough sleep. Got to hold him for a couple minutes, then he requested Wild Kratts. He watched the hummingbird episode, then just a little Max and Ruby. We played a little Seuss Band then read Oh the Things You Can Think!, The Cat in the Hat Comes Back, and The Cat in the Hat. Ate some peanut butter crackers then played with Duplos and his slinky. We were making tall DNA-like structures with the Duplos, then he was using the slinky like a whip to knock them down. He found if he hit the stool legs with the Slinky it wrapped around them and got stuck, which concerned him at first, but then he liked it.
Did a big kitchen mixing experiment using more oil this time and I exercised, then we watched the Wild Kratts seahorses episode together and went upstairs. He watched the dolphins episode as I took a shower. He came in the bathroom saying “Click click”. We went downstairs for Seuss Band and to listen to “Electricity” on repeat. He requested it and said “I was thinking about it.” He was playing Wild Kratts and said “Let’s power suit this.”
Went back upstairs for his bath. We hooked all the cups together and he put the toy basket thing on the edge of the tub, leaning against the wall and put all the toys in it to test how strong it was.
Back downstairs he ate a good lunch: several strawberries, some soup, and milk, which he requested. He said”I figured out wht mama wants me to drink milk so much. Becuase it makes your bones healthy and strong.” He then said “I turned into an animal that has ecolocation!” And “My health meter says I need to eat ONE MANGO!” He had also eaten some frozen mango for breakfast.
He then talked about all his senses and how he was built. Went on for minutes. He was discussing both ecolocation and the platypus sense. He explained how his senses attached to his system. He opened all the doors on him: “I’m the best discovery ever!” “I have ALL SENSES! Can you believe it?”
We were getting ready to go and I asked if he needed any cream. He wasn’t itching, so I didn’t put any on. But he said”But what if it’s itchy but I just didn’t notice?”
He randomly said “I remember something about an island…They turned it into a jail…Then they turned it into a museum. Because it got too expensive.” I asked “Where did you learn that?” “Maybe from mama. Mama knows a lot of things. Why does mama know a lot of things?” Turns out Carly had told him about Alcatraz when she told him about her trip to San Francisco.
We left at 1:20. He ate the last Haman cooking on the way, making it last the whole trip. We listened to Story Pirates on the way and he was asking me more about Squarespace when we got out of the car.
We went to the library first, at his request. No books, but he played with the stuffed shark for a few minutes, carrying it around. He heard the printer and said “What do you mean? You said the power is out.” We hadn’t discussed that since the morning when Carly told us that all the power was out in the school. But it had come on after a couple hours.
We ended up over at the chess set and clock. He wanted me to play, and I played two blitz games against myself. He enjoyed that. I was then teaching him the names of the pieces, how they move, and how they are set up.
About 2:20 we headed to the preschool playground. Part of the PKB (his class) class were out on the playground. A girl ran over and offered him an apple, then Ms. Marion came over and offered him some more. He was a little overwhelmed at first, and went off on his own to play the musical instrument by the sandbox, then to play in the sandbox. But then some of the other kids were playing around the sandbox, and when it was time for them to go in and get ready to go he helped clean up the sandbox toys. He then wanted to head inside with them.
We went in and watched them get ready to go. Class was kind of crazy today, perhaps because of the earlier power outage. The bus kids left, leaving August and Ori and Junyeok. They all played with the light table and built with blocks on it. Junyeok showed August how the switches to turn the table on worked and he was really excited. He had also found a few buttons on the floor, and then we were trying to solve the mystery of where they go. He found where they went on the craft table.
He was having fun so it was a little difficult to get him to head to Hebrew. We made one more stop on the way when he found the water table was outside with water in it and the bead things were all big.
Then up to Hebrew. He did fine. In fact, he had the opening activity down, where they pass the ball around asking each other their names. He passed the ball to the next boy, repeating “Shalom. Me ata?” after Myriam. They did color games, finding red, yellow, and orange things around the room. He was carrying his shoes around for a few minutes as he searched for things until Myriam convinced him to set down his shoes. Four other kids there today, Maya, Lana, Tomaso and one other girl. They were rather crazy too.
They moved to the table to color a sheet of orange, yellow, and red fruits and veggies. I helped August a bit with that, but not a lot. Myriam noticed that August kept yawning.
After class we went out and played with the water table for several minutes. And the musical instruments. Then we went over to get the bike and he played on the car thing for a few minutes. Breeze was kind of cool and I asked if he wanted his coat. He said “Teleport my creature power suit to me.”
Carly had taken the car to Ikea to get the play kitchen and accessories for his birthday. August and I walked up to his class. He headed down the stairs and announced “I’m here!” Parents were in the room today but didn’t have much to do. I mainly stood at the side. They were pushing the big foam things around and stopping, and he would lay on his all funny. He yelled something about Endencino to me and it took me a minute to realize it was an instrumental version of the Hebrew song. Very different from the one we have. I figured out it was from Ensemble Baby Oriental and we listened to it later at home.
He was getting tired in class, but made it. At one point he came and said “Low battery, low battery. Is there an outlet in here?” There was another game where they took rings from one end to put them on cones on the other. He was concerned it was a winning game, but it wasn’t and he really liked it.
His favorite part was the walking path at the end. It was a pretty good one. There was a sort of log part to walk across. He refused my, and everyone else’s, hand every time he walked across it, saying he could do it himself. Sigal is great, but sometimes tells the kids how they’re supposed to do something, when it doesn’t really matter. On the course she first told August he was supposed to slither like a snake, but then realized his hands and feet thing, straddling two blocks, was “Very good idea.” She came over and told me he had had a very good idea too.
Carly was waiting for us outside. She told August the ‘secret’ about his hotdog waiting at home and he excitedly told me. We went home and ate outside, listening to the new music. Back inside He played a little Toca Blocks.
Carly took him up and got him ready and they read some ‘baby’ books like The I Love You Book. I went up at 7:10. The bottom of one foot was itching, and he was confused because there wasn’t a red spot. I went and got the cream, then we tried a little more. He said he needed mama, so I switched with her at 7:45. She told me I had done the hard part, as he then fell right to sleep.
She wrapped the presents in the evening. We also got a box from Cherie, but the box from my parents hasn’t come.
Cocoa mix:
Shark carrying:
Paying attention:
Not needing a hand:
