They were up a little before 7 and I heard them in the bedroom for awhile. They came up and August stayed with me. We played chess, getting the last of the pawns.
Carly headed to Walmart to get the oil changed on the car and get a couple things. She found out the car needs two new tires and ordered them from Les Schwab. August went to the bathroom and was really silly, dancing around naked in front of the mirror and singing songs. Very random songs. He had some of his cereal mix and we went downstairs for the end of Mexico versus Brazil. August messed with remotes and made shapes out of Tri-Ominos and played with the magnifying glass from Grandpa Dahl’s stuff and the Lincoln Logs. He sang about how fun Lincoln Logs are.
We went upstairs for more food and gave my parents their gifts of the hamsa and AncestryDNA kits. Carly got home. August ate and drank milk and I went to take a shower. They read some Captain Underpants downstairs, finding their Poopypants names, and he watched a couple SciShow Kids videos about space. I got him dressed and they then left for a walk. Before they left he said “Oh boy, our feet smell bad.” Apparently from Captain Underpants. Wanted to play one more round of school with the baby rooster, which is apparently what he does with it on the wooden shelf. Used the Smurf car instead.
They came back from a walk then went to the post office, then got back at 12:20. He played with some empty boxes I’d brought up, then shucked corn with Carly. Had lunch, then we played the chess game together. He said “I’m pineapple squeeze-it.” Not sure where that came from.
We got ready to go to the playground with Mom but found the backpack full of water from the water system so had to clear that out first. We went up to the playground at the elementary school. Started off well. He went up and down the twisty slide, then played on a balance beam several times. He went over to some shaker things, but when he pushed them they spun over the bar they were on and hit him in the head. He wanted to go home, but I got him to eat one of his bars as a snack. He calmed down and we stayed awhile longer, but just at the bench where Mom was sitting. He wanted to head home, but agreed to walk down to the baseball fields.
We walked down there, between the fields, and went down to look for marmots. We spotted one sitting up on a stump on the hill above us, then two running in the treatment plant facilities. I spotted a golf ball for August but he wasn’t too excited about it and threw it down the hillside. He had been putting his head to the side in the stroller from when we left the playground. Clearly tired, and as we walked home he was humming “Always’ by Erasure to himself until he wasn’t and fell asleep a block from the house, at 2:50.
At the house I pushed him around back, then took him out and I lay on the lounge chair with him on me. I read on my phone and he slept on me. I tried to wake him a couple times and let him sleep until 3:25 when we woke him using kettle corn to entice him. I also brought him some water drink.
Carly told him about the book she is reading where it uses the pronoun ‘they’ for one of the characters. He said it was against the rules, of grammar that is. The two of them ended up arguing about galaxies and the universe and multiverse and outer space and which is bigger etc. Carly said he should just end arguments by saying “I’m four.” He replied “Why? Because 4-year olds know most of the stuff?”
I loaded the car with the old TV and electronics and was going to try to find out where to recycle them. August wanted to go with me and went to Carly and said “Hug me one more time.” He kissed her on shoulder. He saw my old phone case sitting on a table and took it with us. He said it was in case I changed my mind about my case.
Couldn’t find the recycle place listed on Google Maps, so we stopped in at Zippy Disposal. A guy told us where the old facility was and we drove out there but no bin outside the gate of the facility which had closed to the public in May.
We were back at 4:40 and August saw bees going in a hole bone the paper box. He walked around the house on his own and told Grampa and then turned on the sprinkler. He and Carly got out the Venus fly trap, then went outside and did some digging in the garden. I went out to find him sitting in the dirt, using water to make mud. But Carly put his hat on him and he decided he was done. He got up and talked about taking off his hat and underwear and shorts. He did that and Carly wiped his legs with a paper towel. He was then having Carly act out Poopypants.
We went down to read the book and he now said “I’m Butt Butt Pineapple Butt.” We read the book and had fun with the name chart. He was hungry and we went upstairs and he said “I want ten grind up crackers.” He tried to convince us that we should grind up crackers in the garage. I let him have two that he could break up himself in a bowl.
Back downstairs we played some more chess and watched the replay of the second half of the Belgium versus Japan match. I had managed to watch much of the match earlier, including the final goal, but had missed the first 4.
Then upstairs for dinner. Left over soy chicken and fajitas, etc. and Mom made chicken nuggets and tater tots. Mom mentioned a project with him after dinner and he wanted to eat a big carrot to earn the project. He had already eaten a big carrot before dinner. We had small carrots on the table and I told him four of those would equal a big carrot. He said “Oh, can I glue together four carrots?” I assured him they didn’t have to be glued.
After dinner, Mom and him made cookies together. He did a great job and they had a lot of fun. When it came to licking the spatula, Mom said they had to go and ask me. He said something like “Dada knows me better. We just come here once a year.” When the first batch was out he got the biggest cookie and ate it with milk. He wanted to deliver one to Uncle Paul so I went down with him. He gave it to Paul and said “Enjoy!”
I gave him a bath and he played by himself for awhile and I was able to read. He saw the caulking on the edge of the tub and we talked about tar versus caulk. Then he said “Those worms that make silicone…” We then talked about silicone versus silk. He asked what silk was like and Mom brought him a silk scarf to feel. He was also hitting me on the back and having me be a little kid complaining about it. Oh, and he stuck the ball in the little cup and knocked it out. Yesterday I taught him how to whack it on the tub to use the momentum of the ball to pop it out.
He went out and helped finish the last batch of cookies. We went down and I read him some Garfield. Carly brushed his teeth and they read some Captain Underpants. I left them at 9:30.