They got up about 4:30. When I got up an hour later and went upstairs he told me about how they had gone to the bathroom and come upstairs and had sugar water and oranges and I should have done it with them. They had done some Legos on the floor, making a moon scene. Think they had also done some reading, or at least had books out.
Carly tried to go downstairs and rest, but after he ate his last piece of orange and had the sugar water she had left he wanted to go downstairs. He started to make noise at the top of the stairs so I carried him into the living room, away from my parents’ open door. But then he got sad and said I wouldn’t let him sleep. Carly came up, then took him downstairs. Quiet for awhile, then they were in the bathroom.
They came up a bit later and Carly said they were going to the store. They left out the back. August found a Cheerio in his stroller and threw it off the porch: “Maybe a cat will eat it or maybe they won’t notice it and it will turn into dirt.” They left about 6:50.
I did Sabeel work. They went to the coffee shop and had a scone. They went to the grocery store and August played with the scale, stacking things on it. Chuck and Cherie helped pick out meat. I did a couple hours of work, then got in the shower. Carly and August got back while I was in the shower. He did Legos with my mom a bit.
Carly told him about Captain Underpants. He and I bought the second book and read 11 chapters. He liked the ‘things get worse’ idea and then acted it out, having laser beam cows, shoes that sucked me up, etc. “Cuz things are getting worse and worse.”
He ate carrots and cauliflower. Carly used the phrase “A goodly amount.” He picked it up and immediately started using it. He tripped and fell in the kitchen: “Idiot house”.
He was then uutside playing in the sand. I sprayed him with the little squirt gun as he stood up on the porch. It made spots on his shirt, and he requested “More polka dots!” He let me shoot him several times. I was wearing my new shoes. August spotted them and said. “Soccer shoes. Like Dion.” I took him to the bathroom, then he sat on Oma’s lap and was viruses, etc. attacking her. Her immune system was then fighting off the diseases.
We went outside to the garage. He didn’t like grampa just talking to me about car stuff, although he really picked up on grampa’s mention that he may have dropped something in the engine and kept asking about it. We went upstairs and my mom came up as well. He found a tool that he used to clamp things. He did that as we discussed what had changed. There is an air conditioner up there now and they just got blinds for the window.
We went outside and he was clamping things on the porch. He played in the sand, selling it to Oma. Not much for customer service, Cherie said.
Inside he had some of the sugar juice (the fruit cocktail, watered down a bit for him), then requested more noodles and broccoli and cauliflower. I got that for him then went down and watched some World Cup with Paul.
He went under the dining table and had Cherie bring him three objects. He would guess what they were, then used them in an experiment. He rubbed them with a pillow from the couch and said “Because cats go on it so much…Tada! It smells like a cat.” They did a second round, and he requested no cat toys. He then suggested they use teamwork to find objects. His eyes were starting to itch, so we washed his hands and then headed outside and played in the sand. We were flattening it, then he took a bucket up the stairs and dropped some of it off one of the middle steps.
Carly took him down to see if he’d take a nap. No such luck. Carly showed him the new iPad case and he was very excited about the case. Brought it up and I also explained it was a new iPad. He was less excited about that, but he did like that it wouldn’t restart on him.
Came back upstairs and Gramma asked him to go outside with her to feed the birds and squirrels. They were out there for quite awhile. They watched a squirrel get the peanuts and take them to bury them. August commented on it just being the two of them out there, but he was okay with that and they stayed out quite a bit longer.
Back inside he ate a bunch of blueberries that I got for him. We were going to do art on his new iPad using the pencil, but then he wanted to be with Carly, who was resting on the couch. When she went downstairs to rest and he was supposed to stay with me he got really upset. She came back up after a couple minutes and they went downstairs. They at least had some quiet time.
Chuck and Cherie came back. They had driven out to check out Bear Mountain Ranch. My parents made a macaroni salad, Carly cut the veggies (asparagus, mushrooms, zucchini) and marinated it, and they got the ribs baking in the oven. I came up and August was in the bath. I played with him in a bath for awhile, then Carly took over and got him out. I went out and grilled all the veggies and the lamb patties.
We ate outside. He ate a ton of mushrooms, some asparagus, and some meat that Carly had chopped up for him. When he was done he said he was full, then started asking “Can I go to sleep now?” I got him to cuddle on my lap for minute but it didn’t last long. Carly took him inside, and he went right to the couch and fell asleep on it. She took him down to bed at 6:10.
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