He was up at 7:30. He told me he slept well, then said he thought mama was out watering the plants. He got up on the bed and looked out the window and spotted her outside. He wanted to go down and tell her it was a cloudy day so she should come inside.
He went out with her and eventually they came in and tried to get the microscope working. She went up to do laundry and we got it working. We looked at our skin, the rug, a Cheerio, the aluminum of the computer. He picked up on the word “individual” and used it later in the day.
He spent more time outside with Carly, then came in and showed her and Cherie Toca Elements. I took a shower. When I came down they were figuring out the watering system with Chuck. They went outside with it. Carly would pretty much have it done by the evening.
He came back in and I made him oatmeal with mango and he shared some pita and hummus with me. He went back out for awhile. Progress was being made on the system. Back inside he was making monster noises (because of his cough) on the kitchen floor. I cuddled with him on the floor for a bit then we discussed doing some art on the iPad. I realized everyone was done with showers though so we went up and did his bath. Another bubble town.
He did a kitchen mixing experiment with Cherie and they had a lot of fun. As they watched the dye mixing in the water he said “It’s a crazy, complicated spiderweb, right?” Carly came in and he ate pickles. Then played with Makey Makey and magnets on his own. Carly cleaned out her purse. He found a container with a single Tic Tac and told me “I’m gonna have this mint tic tac. It’s my destiny.”
I got snacks together and we all headed to the car. Carly took out the booster seat and he sat in the middle between me and Cherie. He immediately lamented not having a window, but did okay. We read the Cars book from Dee on the way over. We parked in the middle of the Netanya waterfront and walked south. Kind of a hazy day. He climbed on mushroom statues, then really liked sitting on a statue of an elderly couple sitting on a bench. He said “I know I don’t have short hair, but I can still be cute in some ways, right?” There was an abstract sculpture that he told me to take a photo of. I had him help take a photo of Chuck and Cherie in front of it.
We got to a playground we hadn’t been to and played there for quite awhile. He wanted snack on the net thing because I said we had eaten on one at Children’s Grand Park. Had a snack there and played around, then he, Carly, and I played tag over near the bench that Chuck and Cherie were sitting on.
We headed back about 3:15. He wanted me to take another photo of him on the same statue. We saw a big line of big ants – they’d cut a path through the grass. August wanted to step on them though and I wasn’t happy about that.
We left in the car at 3:25. We stopped at Ace for more tubing for the watering system. We also got a new small pan and a rolling pin. We stopped at the gas station and I got out to help/watch Carly. Thought he would be okay as Cherie was with him. But he must have had flashbacks to that one time as he still got upset.
On the way up to the Younes restaurant he was playing with Cherie’s watch and joking about “inflicting pain” on her. He and I stayed in the car while they went in and got food. We listened to music.
We were home at 4:40. He was playing with the Makey Makey on his own, then humming along to his favorite Decemberists song. He and Carly were getting carrots and going to do Tetris with the Makey Makey when I went up to work.
There was lots of laughter with Cherie. I came down about 7:20. He was eating “too much” broccoli and getting stronger and stronger. While wrestling with Cherie he got scared by something. Calmed down with Carly.
He hung on a bit longer, but then was having trouble not messing up Cherie’s folding of laundry. We took him to bed and after I said goodnight he was asleep quickly, about 8:45.