He was up at 6:58. I heard him turn off the air conditioning, then close the door before he came down. He watched a Max and Ruby and wanted to make a “bladder” out of Duplos. A pyramid, that is. We made a small one and he had a Duplo kid pee once.
We got going. He chose the coconut pineapple wrapper treat from International Day.
On the way he simply asked to look at the schedule before I leave. He also expressed concern that Carly wouldn’t know where to find him for the tea party. And we talked about asking for help with his lunch (he said he had asked for help closing his Cheerios) and strategies for rest time (trying to look at They All Saw a Cat or his Kipper book).
Went smoothly when we got there and we looked at the schedule. He didn’t want to let my finger go. He asked if they could work on the stream. When Anna said yes he let me go.
I went and worked in the library, primarily on Sabeel stuff. I took some breaks and went for a walk around campus. And at one point I watched the falcons on the webcam on the big television set up outside the elementary office. I saw the mother come back with a bright green lizard. The 5 babies all woke up and fed on the lizard. Most of the action took place off the bottom of the screen. I could see the tail and one leg of the lizard, and and the beaks of a few of the babies as they had stringy lizards parts coming out of their mouths.
Carly went to the tea party at 1:30. August greeted her by handing her the invitation they had made for her. The big news was the dead baby bird that had been found on the preschool playground. August later talked about raising his hand in class and said he had raised it to give his hypothesis on why the baby had died: “because it started flying and it just couldn’t make it.” They had mint tea at the tea party and kale chips and beet chips. He ate a good amount of those, and also the bread and honey.
Anna said that he had played with Reia quite a bit and she thinks they should play outside of school.
I had gone to Carly’s room after 1:30. They showed up at 2:10. He was hungr but had refused to eat anything else from his lunch. I think he had basically just eaten Cheerios again. He ate a little more of it with me. Carly got her leftover rice and green beans and tahini and falafel. He really liked the green beans and ate some of the rice as well.
Eventually, he and I left. We went briefly to the library. He talked to Gaby, the intern, then we went back to the kids section. We had talked about getting an “anthology” of Greek and Roman mythologies. While we looked he was standing on a stool and Ilana crouched next to her to put some books away and he was touching her fluffy hair. He changed his mind about checking a book out right now, and instead wanted to head to the pool. He told me “With my untouchifier I picked up a sparkly gold box to take home. I found it in a treasure chest.”
We changed in the bathroom and then went to the pool. Just a little after 3 but there were already a few people there, so we could tell it was going to be busy. Omri and her family were already there, including her father. Carly then showed up a few minutes later. And more and more people. Not uncomfortably busy, but busy enough. August and Omri didn’t really end up playing together this time. We did some time without the floaties, then put them back on. He also wanted me to get a kickboard for him. He used it a bit.
He didn’t want to leave, so we hung out until about 4:30 before going home, getting home a little before 5. I was asking him more about school and he told me he walked around eating Cheerioes during rest time. The teachers asked him to stop, but he didn’t. I figured rest time was going to be the hardest part of the day without me.
They read Sally’s Room and the poetry book from Perlotsky. He ate crackers and peanut butter, then oatmeal. We played with Duplos, making more structures that were either Bladders or rectums this time. he kept saying “That last step is a doozie.” Whch he from The Magic Schoolbus Rides Again. He says they stepped out of the bus and turned into ancient animals.
I took him up to his bath. He had a new machine: “Girlboyodifier…it turns a boy into a girl.” Played with bubbles. Washed him and then we went into the bedroom and I brought up books. We finished the poetry book, read Sally’s Room, then about two chapters of the 78-Story Treehouse. Carly came in and I left them at 8:15. He was soon asleep.
His invitation to Carly:
