He came down at 7:08. I picked him up, and after a minute the very first thing he said was “I told you you wouldn’t remember” to have Carly wake him up. She had poked her head in to say she loved him, but didn’t want to wake him up when he hadn’t had a lot of sleep. He was fine though.
He watched Pink Panther, then we got going. We took the car to school as we needed to hurry to the nurse first. Got to school at 8:10 and I was walking out before 8:20. August didn’t want to go to the nurse because he was afraid of missing dance class. The nurse was nice though and he was ticklish. Then we got to his class right as they were about to go in for circle time to make their choices. He hadn’t had all his questions answered about the schedule, but I said goodbye and he went in with them.
I walked home, and when I went to return for library time the back tire of my bike was flat. I inflated it, but by the time I had unlocked the bike it was flat again. Had to hurry so I started running to school. Got there just as they were getting the kids ready to go to the library.
He told me he had done architecture instead of dance this morning. We went to the library. Ilana told the story of the Three Billy Goats Gruff using felt animals and a felt board. There were some kids slowing things down by trying to climb up towards Ilana and play with the felt pieces and August told me the waiting was the part that he didn’t like. She then read Los Tres Cabritos, which is based on the story, and August thought that was funny. For checkout time he chose A Bed Full of Cats by Holly Keller.
We walked back to class, then went out and ate on the bench. Every day we walk to school we take his adventure water bottle, then I leave it in the back of his bike. I intend to put it in my backpack when I get back to school in the afternoon, but always forget. Today, as we got out of the car, he asked if I was going to remember it. I was leaving it in the car, along with the other books we were returning to the library (Magic Tree House #31, Space Exploration, Word Collector), so I did remember to grab it when I hurried back to library time.
Now, as we sat on the bench and ate, when he asked for water I took it out of the backpack and he said, “You reee-membered!” We played the 4 year old guy the window game. Parents were on a rocket to the moon this time. He had eaten a good portion of the chicken and rice and beans that I’d give him for lunch—the first time he’s touched his main lunch, I think. He proceeded to eat more of it, and most everything else, and still wanted a snack. I suggested we could go to the cafeteria.
We started to make our way over there. He stopped at the outdoor area and played with the ball track thing for a minute, then we went up to the drinking fountain and filled the water bottles. We then sat the table across from the elementary school office for a few minutes. Played more of the preschool game, then he got up on the table and started dancing. I had him get down, and he did more dancing on the ground. He suggested I do a slo-mo of him, so we did that.
We then walked to the cafeteria. Along the way he kept saying, “Oh! I haven’t seen that atom before!” Something he’s done before. At the cafeteria he chose a little chocolate cinnamon roll sort of thing and I got a cappuccino. As we ordered, he held onto the counter and was dancing, holding one of his legs up. Only got the last moment of that on video though. He ate his treat, then was taking photos. Carly called and he answered the phone.
She came over and found us. She asked how dance class was. He said it was good. I told him to tell her the truth. He repeated the answer a couple times, then I asked if he’d had dance today and he remembered he hadn’t. He discussed the architecture time a bit more: “One kid, me in particular, was putting signs on the things kids built…(like) no breaking.”
He wanted to play more of the preschool game with the parents going to the moon (we had gotten up to planning his birthday party). We headed to the library so I could check out the next to Magic Tree House books and Hilo 3. He and Carly played out in the entry way.
We went to the car and started driving. Carly realized she’d forgotten the leftovers from her school lunch. August really wanted them so we went back and she ran in to get them. We then drove up to the grocery store in town and she ran in to get a cucumber and mushrooms. August watched a Sarah and Duck. He had wanted me to play the preschool game with him, but changed his mind.
At home he watched Julius Jr. and rejected her leftovers once he actually could try it. He was acting tired and gave me a thumbs up when I asked if he was. I made nachos for dinner, and he was upset when I put a little sour cream on the edge of his plate to try. Carly had to get him a different plate.
He went to the bathroom and invented machines: the anglemator and shapinator, which change angles and shapes of things. He got a treat free the bathroom from the Adit candy. I said you “Can’t go wrong” with chocolate wafers. He ate it and said, “Yep, can’t go wrong.” He played some Endless Reader with Carly. They decided ‘purchase’ was the word of the day. He played the newborn game and then was playing his science lab game with her and had her teaching math in her classroom. She reminded him she doesn’t teach math and he was surprised (and maybe a little disappointed) by that.
She took him up and gave him a bath. I then went up and read A Bed Full of Cats to him, twice. Carly took a shower and came back and read Picasso’s Trousers. I said goodnight to him. He told her more about school. He made the signs because the teacher told him to because he wasn’t building things and just standing around instead. For ‘don’t knock this down’ he tore a piece of paper and put an X on it. He drew picture to show that another was a playground. And the reason he chose architecture was that he couldn’t go to dance. The teachers didn’t see him when he had his hand up. He was okay with missing dance, but upset that they don’t pay attention to him. Carly talked about ratios of adults and kids and he did some thinking about math. He also said, “But I don’t play with the other kids.” And also told her he isn’t learning anything.
He didn’t go to sleep, and Carly called me up. She went to sleep on the lower bed. August came in the bathroom with me while I got ready, then we went in on the bed. I sang three songs: “We All Sing with the Same Voice,” “I Don’t Want to Live on the Moon,” and “Fake Plastic Trees” and he was asleep at 9:05.
Dancing by the elementary school:
Slo-mo dance:
End of cafeteria dancing:
Me drinking coffee:
Walking to class from the nurse
Watching the story
Choosing time
His choice
Me drinking coffee
