I woke him up at 7:20. He watched a Pink Panther and we got ready to head out. I read him the message from Carly. She probably called him ‘Little Boy’. He replied, “She didn’t say that! She would say puffyhead fluffy!”
On the walk to school, when a car drove by, he said, “I just saw Mama’s cousin. Her 25th cousin.” Marion explained the schedule to him, saying they were doing something different now, having the choice time, like Thursday afternoons, also on Tuesday mornings. He was a bit confused as she kept jumping between talking about Thursday and today, but it was good news for him. Andrea rang the notes to start a meeting outside and I was able to leave with him just standing this morning.
I walked home, then picked Carly up at 12:20. We headed to see the psychologist, Dr. Aviv in Ra’anana. We met with her from 12:50 to 1:50. Went well and we’ll see what happens. Sounds like much might be covered by insurance, and it might be nice to have an outside professional in on the communication with the school.
We drove back, and I ran in to go to library time while Carly parked the car. I had told Marion I might be a few minutes late, but should be there by the time they get to the library. I called it correctly, as I met them at the top of the preschool stairs. August said something like, “You made it just in time!” I went into library time with them. Ilana read the book Ferdinand to them. August moved to my lap about halfway through. For checkout time he chose a book called Red Wagon by Renata Liwska.
On the walk back to his classroom I briefly met Ms. Rena, who he knew and said hi too. It turns out she’s the mindfulness/yoga teacher. She looked familiar, but I’m not sure from where. August and I, in discussing the schedule, realized they’ve been unlucky, as they have that on Mondays, and with all these vacation days they don’t have Monday for several weeks in a row.
I found out he did choose dance again. I also found out that he ate some past today for lunch, and ate half his cookie. And he ate the cereal bar for snack. He ate some more on the PKA bench, then, once all the kids were gone, he started delivering cookies. He first delivered them to Marion and Andrea. I noticed Marion’s daughter, Amelie, sitting in there as well and I suggested he give her a cookie. He walked over and very nicely asked, “Would you like a cookie?”
Out on the bench, Anna walked by and he excitedly offered her a cookie. Then, it was Amelia, then Vicki, and then Myriam. We learned that Vicki and Myriam had never heard of ‘snickerdoodles’ before. Myriam was convinced it was a word he made up. And we found out that our cornbread was the first time Vicki had had it. Amelia reminded me she was from the Spokane area as we pointed out that our cornbread hadn’t actually been all that traditional.
He did a lot of macro photography, then we headed over to the library. We returned the Magic Tree House book and checked out #31. I also got Gay-Neck, one of the earliest Newbery winners that I haven’t read. Don’t know if he’ll be in to it or not.
We went outside and sat on the bench and played the science lab game. He spotted cat #100 of our counting game. We saw Lillian come and sit on a bench near us and start reading. I pointed her out and he excitedly ran over and offered her a cookie. She said that Eve was inside when I asked her. She hadn’t been there when we were inside, so I joked to August that they must have a secret door. August liked the idea of a secret door. Later he added secret passages between his labs in the game.
We went in and he gave cookies to Liz and Eve. We went back out and a minute later Liz came out to share her cookie with Lillian, only to find that she’d already had one.
Carly came when she was ready to head home. We went and got his bike. He used his bell and said, “I like to ring my bell. It’s like music to me.” We were to the car at 5:10. I had found an odd plastic piece on the ground today and put it on his car seat. He started playing with it as we drove home. He told me, “I noticed something. You gave me something that can transfer music and all kinds of sounds all around the world.”
At home he did school with Carly. He told her he recorded her class for every home around the world to her. He was her assistant, setting up for the class. They were also doing some math, multiplying 5 times 5 for something. He showed her “birthday cake, birthday cake, make a wish” from dance class.
I got him dinner, and we turned on some music. August said it was the perfect food with the perfect music. Then didn’t eat much. Carly asked him about school and he said, “Everyday my brain organizes school stuff so it’s still organizing stuff.”
He watched some Pink Panther and marble videos, then Carly gave him a bath. He and I then read Red Wagon, some Magic Treee House, and a couple Skybrary books: A Picture Book of Benjamin Franklin and Mr. Mouse’s Motel.
Carly took him up to bed and he was asleep about 9:50.
The science lab game:
Giving Lillian a cookie:
Giving Eve a cookie:
His new treasure – a sound teleportation device:
Enjoying Pink Panther
Library time
His book choice
Cookie delivery
Explaining his science lab
Cat 100 in the background
