He came out the bedroom at 6:20 and I told him mama was downstairs. He went down and sat on the couch for five minutes until she came in from the yard. She headed to work, and he watched some Sarah and Duck. We took the car to school and he cried when I handed him off to Andrea. He had gotten in a last couple of questions about the schedule, then I told him that Andrea could tell him more.
Maaian and his teachers sent updates on his day. Maaian said “August cried for about 2min this morning, and now he and Ms. Andrea are already finding materials and brainstorming ways to create a wrecking ball like the one he made at home.” And sent a photo of them looking for materials.
His teachers wrote later in the day:
“August cried for a couple of minutes but then settled in with the group. We went for a Nature Walk where August shared with us where the best place on campus was to find rosemary (we were on the hunt for Ms. Marion’s birthday). He led the class to the spot! Hector also asked to be partners with August on the Nature Walk.
August shared with us about the wonderful experiments you were doing at home. We heard about a very spicy soup and the wrecking ball!
During recess, August completed a bunch of challenges from going around everything in the shape of a circle to going up and down the slide. Yaya decided to join in with him as well.
At lunch time, Eve was quick to pat the spot next to her and asked August to come sit. Unlike other days, we have noticed August drinking a lot of water. This is a great improvement. As for the food, he joined in the group and sat at the table being a part of the class next to Eve who kindly invited him.”
The bus kids had left when Carly arrived at 3 but he was fine. Did the thing where he ignores her at first. They sat on the bench and ate for a half hour then went to her classroom. They watched a video on that machine that was just launched to clean up plastic in the ocean and August learned it communicated with a satellite, so then he was typing satellite language into Carly’s computer. They also played outside and he did some dancing in the amphitheater area for her. They stayed there until I picked them up at 5:45. August really didn’t want to take the bike home.
They were actually at the entrance of the school when I got there, talking to Eve’s mom, Heather, who is a new art teacher at the school. The first thing he said to me was, “Why did you have to chat with Omar?”
We got home at 6. He and I watched Sarah and Duck together. He played the subtraction game and somehow broke it (found a glitch) as the problems stopped working. He did some TodoMath.
I went for a run as he was eating dinner and I think he tried the cookie things that were leftover from lunch with Omar. When I got back they were reading Magic Tree House #28 again. On chapter 7. I went to take a shower, leaving them at 7:50. He was asleep about 8.
Before I went to bed I heard him really laughing in his sleep. He was up against the edge on my side, so I slept in the middle. In his sleep he sat up and slept against a pillow up against the wall for several minutes.
The snail garden:
Lunch note from me
To school
Staircase in the Sabeel building
When I picked them up
Kaak bread
Looking for wrecking ball supplies
