He came down at 6:45. He thought Carly was still here as he told me it was still the nighttime because it was dark. I told him he was up a little early, but it was because it was dark. Downstairs he didn’t want to watch anything, and instead started playing with the magnet science kit. Played with that for several minutes, then said, “Dada, can I ask a question? After vitamins can I play an imagining game?” “So you find a silkworm when you’re in your house, just in your ordinary house that protects you from wolves and stuff, and tigers, cuz your house is out in the jungle, you see a baby silkworm inside it, I mean a baby snake, and you take the snake to class the next day and you take your Makey Makey, but not the real one over there, and the snake watches the kids code with it…okay? And you do the rest.”
We did that for awhile, then started to get ready to go. I asked him about the Meet Santa event on Saturday, and he told me “I never want to meet Santa Claus. I do not think he would be nice.” So we’re not going, although I think he would like it. Thought we were going to be out the door nice and early, but he now insisted on watching something. He watched a Brainpop Jr. video about Antarctica. We then rushed out the door and I was running. He said, “Sorry for making us rush.”
Dropped him off and rode my bike home. When I came back and picked him up he said he was sewing and I could wait on the bench. They had burlap out and were sewing using plastic needles, yarn, and big buttons. He did that for several minutes. Eve was also there, and we talked about our plans for tomorrow. They agreed they wanted to play at school, then go to our house. She got picked up and we went out on the bench for a minute, then moved up to the library bench.
Eve was actually still on campus, and ran over, away from her sister, to say hi to August. He had some snack and had me tell the story about the “school that was burnt to a crisp.” He then had a new scenario: “You are at your home and feel a strong wind and you see a baby dragon…”
We went to Carly’s classroom at 4 and found the meeting running long, but breaking up. We headed home at 4:10. August had remembered wanting the Toca Kitchen (a couple times in the last few days) so we installed that. He watched Berenstain Bears while he waited for it to load, then had fun playing the game. He talked about it being a science experiment, as he tested to see what each person would eat.
Jeff showed up at 5:10. August was super excited and went and screeched at him, and showed him his snails. He then wanted to release the snails while Jeff was there. We all went across the street and he dumped them out. Back in the house he talked about how he was in charge of Jeff and we were in charge of August. He told Jeff that if he wanted a treat or to use the sticky tape that he had to ask August and August might say no. Jeff asked something like ‘What if I cry?’ August responded with “I don’t know. It’s up to your brain.” He also told Jeff about how he likes to plan things. And that “I planned the day out in Korea.” He has really remembered this and brought it up a few times. He remembers how, with our open days, I’d talk to him about what we were doing each day in the morning.
We got headed to the Younes restaurant (aka “the Arab restaurant”). Jeff sat next to August in the back (although August had talked about, before we left, that even though Jeff was a kid like him (his brother), Jeff could sit in the passenger seat because he was tall). As we drove, he gave Jeff a tour of the neighborhood: “That’s where we buy medicine.” “That’s the playground.” Jeff asked if it was a good park, and he said “Yes, but not as nice as the snakes and ladders park.” Jeff asked him more about the Snakes and Ladders Park, but August told him, “Well, I can’t cuz I’m telling you fast. But I could do it on lightning speed…” He then did it in lightning speed, which was just a “Boop.” He also told Jeff about how he learned to sew at school today. Pretty impressive how he volunteered that.
We got to the restaurant, and August sat next to Jeff. He was pretty hyper (August, not Jeff) and having difficulty keeping his voice down. I went and read Amulet to him a couple times and let Carly do the deciding and ordering. Dinner went well though. August was excited by all the “little meals” and particularly liked the beets. I had forgotten his water bottle, so we got what I thought was a bottle of lemonade drink, but was actually grapefruit. He drank a good portion of that, then wanted water, so we got a water as well.
On the drive back August looked out the window and said, “I see the planet I came from.” Jeff asked when he had come to Earth and August said, “Nonillions of semesters ago.” As we got home he said to Jeff, “We’re going to play with you at our house.”
Jeff played with the building straws with him for a little while, then we gave Jeff a tour of the house before we left. August gave the tour upstairs. August then showed him the potions he has made in the sink and that are now lined up in the Zinnie bedroom. Jeff left sometime after 7.
Carly took August up for a bath. He came back down and used his scissors to cut up a piece of the red sparkly fabric. We then read some Hilo 4 and made ‘lured’ the word of the day. I took him upstairs. We read one more chapter, brushed his teeth and said good night, then I did an ocean visualization for him, after he requested one. He was asleep a little after 9. I was tired and had gotten ready as well and fell asleep with him.
Sewing 1 :
Sewing 2 :
Crawling on the desks :
Screeching at Uncle Jeff :
Releasing the snails :
Explaining his powers to Uncle Jeff :
Playing with Jeff :
Showing him the potions :
‘Hiding’ from Uncle Jeff
