He was up at 8:10. I carried him upstairs. They went downstairs for awhile.
Upstairs we played the chess game and watched soccer. I was going to make scrambled eggs but mom volunteered to do that. I went to take a shower. He had scrambled eggs, and a second serving before I came up. He was worried I wouldn’t have enough.
Carly asked Mom about digging a hole, but spelled out the word. August sounded it out and figured it out and got really excited. We had him to ask Dad if they could dig a hole in the garden: “Grampa said sure! Come with me now!”
He led Carly to the gardening shovels and was telling her about all the different sizes before they got in the shed. He had seen them when he did some gardening with Mom and they put them away. They worked out on their hole for awhile. I went out as August was ready to bury things. He buried a flower, then Carly came back with a crushed can and we made another hole and buried that. He said they were for future archeologists to discover.
We ended up in the garage. The voltmeter was on the counter and we tested a battery with it. Dad came out and asked if he wanted to help put the front wheels on the 140. August helped with the jack and then got to use a mallet to pound on the wheel nut. We went upstairs and August found a philips head screwdriver and told us how Carly had used a screwdriver like that to open up the wet vac when there was gunk in it. He found two screws and screwed them into the flaps on the box holding our old food processor. He ended up doing a total of 8 screws, 2 on each flap.
He then helped us put together the two old wooden tables that go with the furniture we used when I was a kid. We got those together, but August got grumpy when I wouldn’t let him screw into the wood. I took him inside to Carly for a change of scene. Mom came out and the three of us spent a good amount of time discussing furniture and made progress on planning.
Inside, August and Carly were making a tape and cardboard sculpture creation. Carly was his Robo Assistant. When they were done he went down with me and we played Tiddly Winks. A lot of discussion on dinner plans and we decided to do fajitas. He found some play dough he had left out and wanted to put water on it. I said it wasn’t a good idea or something and he said “Yes it is. I’ll prove it.” But when he did it we found a problem we hadn’t anticipated: the color bled out of it on our hands. So we quickly threw it away. Carly wanted to go to the store and ended up taking August. They left at 2:45.
When they got back he stayed outside, first using his bike as a stationary bike. He was interested in riding it, but after mom came in and asked me about it he was out in the garage with dad and said “I’m distracted” so it was okay if I didn’t take him somewhere right now. The two of them drilled more holes out in the garage.
Mom, Paul, and I were then looking through grampa Dahl’s stuff. Got the 3 boxes down to one to store in the closet (and also held onto the binoculars and some other things that came out of them). August came down to play with me. We got out the checkers set, but before we did anything with it he decided to play the chess game. Progressing through it well, and he got the second knight.
Carly cooked the veggies on the grill, then I did the beef and chicken. Quite windy outside so we ate inside, at 6:15. August liked having all the cooked mushrooms for himself: “Not cooked mushrooms, not so good. Barbecued mushrooms yummy. Rotten mushrooms yuck!” Someone mentioned him being a human and he protested “I’m not a regular human. I’m a robot kid!” After he ate a good dinner, he wanted the “sugary popcorn”. Carly let him have some, in what was basically bribery to get him to quiet down for a bit.
They looked at the Venus fly trap that needs to be potted, then ended up watching watching Venus fly trap videos with Mom as he started his bath. I washed him. He said he was okay with water dripping on his knees today, but didn’t want them scrubbed. After his bath we played a little of the Green Planet game downstairs. He spotted Cindy watching us through the window.
We then got out the Tri-ominos out and made shapes. I was trying to get the DVD player working (we had moved out the trunk to the garage earlier and put the TV on the wooden stand, as dad is going to work on the trunk) and baseball ended up on TV. August liked the idea of watching it, but then enjoyed pushing random buttons on the remotes. We re-watched the start of the Formula 1 race when it was on.
Went upstairs and he had a snack of peanut butter crackers (with Ritz) and the last of the berry granola. We went for a family walk at 8:45. We walked up the hill for a view of the lake and river. We saw a deer walking through a yard. Looking at the view, August spotted crops but we didn’t understand him. He said “Crops…you know, like the Palestinians…multiple things grow.”
Back at home after 9 he said good night and we got him ready. He requested going to sleep with me for a couple minutes. I sang three songs, then he wanted Carly. He was asleep at 9:50.