He woke up at 7:25 and bonked his head on the side of the bed. Seemed more confused by it than hurt. We went down and he found Carly outside. She taught him about highlighting in Word, then they came inside.
They played with the writing board thing and squishy balls. They started read The Magic School Bus Inside the Human Body. Carly and I were filling out the rest of the forms for registering August at school. We switched and I read the rest of the book and Carly made the chocolate pancakes. August ate 3/4 of one. Carly went up to do laundry and some work and August played with the salad spinner while I cleaned the kitchen. I would give him a measuring cup with water and say there was no way he could get it all dry and then he would. Lot of laughing.
I went and took a shower, then they were outside “We were doing science out here. Stick science and rock science…we we’re making hypothesises, too.” Interested in rocks because they had read the Magic School Bus in the Earth book. He weeded and hummed “Rocket Man”. He was really looking at plants: “I found something out!” “Look at those crazy roots!” “We’re saving you, papaya!”
I eventually took him up for his bath. He had bubbles in the bath and put his hand under them and said “It’s like inside a lung.” We then joked about snails/snarls in his hair when I brushed it. Downstairs he wanted his nursing mittens: “I like the comfiness of it.” He played with the writing board thing a little, then we got going.
Luckily, Carly realized that we needed to get his doctor to fill out a form for his enrollment at WBAIS. I was taking August to get his Typhoid vaccine today. So we left at 11:25 and drove Carly to the school and she ran in and printed off his vaccination record and the forms. We waited in the car listening to Chemical Brothers and Bjork “Earth Intruders”, asking about the song “Are these noises supposed to be in the song?”
We dropped Carly off at home then drove to Herzliya Park. They’ve taken out the pay station machines. August was happy about not having to pay. Got him on the bike and we took a walk up the road to look at some art and books that had been left out. Tempted to get some of the old wooden frames, at least. Got a couple of art books. We looked at the swamp area as we walked by.
Went back to Herzliya Park. He was a little worried about snakes as I took the path throug the nature area. We went to the little kids playground and I filled out the paperwork while he played. Had to past to move a few times and help him. Got that done and played a little more. He asked “When people don’t understand me, why don’t people understand me?” He said Bar doesn’t understand him. We talked about different languages, and accents, and him developing how he speaks. And as he played I called him ‘little boy’ a couple times. He kept correcting me: “You mean ‘little kid’.”
Also, we played the confusing game. He had started it when he claimed the playground was a different direction even though we were looking right at it. He kept asking me to confuse him.
We went to the bathroom and looked at the books and August popped some bubble wrap that was at the book area. We then headed to the car and drove over to the doctor. We went to the pharmacy to pick up the vaccine and ran into Liz, the librarian, and a second grade teacher out front. We got the vaccine and went upat 2:15. The doctor was a couple minutes late. August did well as we did paper work. Played around with the same puzzle as last time. He is 100.5 centimeters and 15.2 kilograms. He was fine with the exam, but caught on about the vaccination when Dr. Hurwitz asked him if he wanted a Spider-Man sticker. August realized it was a bandaid, not a sticker. He got upset during the shot, but was mainly concerned about the bandaid and that it was going to hurt taking it off. I suggested to the doctor we not put it on but he did it anyway.
In the car I took it off and August admitted it didn’t hurt. I had told August we could get a treat afterwards and he chose to go back to Herzliya Park and get a smoothie. So we drove back the park. He chose a strawberry and mango smoothie. We sat and drank it at a table. He said he was cold and we put on his coat. I was a little suspicious, but we were in the shade and there was a bit of a breeze. August was asking what ‘unusual’ means, and I ended up giving him examples of usual and unusual, real and unreal, and nouns. He picked up on the word ‘examples’ and later was using it with Carly.
He curled up on the chair and didn’t want to play so we got going. He fell asleep in the car at 4:21. I called Carly but that didn’t help. Pulled over and tried to wake him up. He sleepily said “Peanut butter and crackers…chocolate.” And said he wanted to sleep. He told me, still half asleep “Don’t do it. Just drive.” Pretty sure it was a reaction to the doctor visit/vaccination.
We were home at 4:45. Took him out and handed him to Carly and she realized he had a temperature. Got him toms children’s Tylenol. We got a supportive call from Shmuel. He agrees that Shay should move out when his lease is up in May. During the call Carly mentioned we never have people over and August heard her and said “except that one time” when Lima came over. He was then cuddling in the blanket and hiding from Carly. Carly went upstairs and he heard her up there and got silly: “It’s funny we have coisonous lizards upstairs in cages…I accidentally left all the cages open…” “It’s just a talking lizard that doesn’t bite. It’s weird we gotted that from the store, right?” He tried to eat Carly, who was a lizard and said “Edible means that you can eat something.” And he talked about capturing flies and selling them to a restaurant to cook them.
He and Carly went and played with Duplos. He said he had an imaginary friend “Minoh…He’s really nice to me…So nice, I CAN’T EVEN STAND IT!” First time that has happened. He’s used the ‘I can’t even stand it’ line before. Don’t know where it came from. I took over and Carly went to cut non-skid pads for the small rugs. We rolled August up as a hotdog in them.
The window was open and he thought cold air was coming in. Carly told him it was warmer outside than inside and that he could go check. He went and opened the door on his own and went out, then called “You were right! I was very warm.”
Carly took him upstairs to put pants and socks on him so he could go out with her to take care of plants and avoid mosquitoes. But upstairs he wanted to play instead, so I stayed with him. He changed his mind after a minute though and I got him changed. He went out with Carly but ended up with wet feet and pants. Came back in and took off his pants.
Carly took down the Christmas lights and he found he could wind them up by spinning them on the ground. Had mac and cheese for dinner, then played a lot with the salad spinner again. I took him up. Carly got him ready for bed and we were going to switch, but he wanted to fall asleep with her. I left them at 7:40 and he was soon asleep.
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