He crawled out of the covers and halfway across the bed. I found him using my knee as a pillow. Straightened him out and he slept close the rest of the night. When my alarm went off at 6:30 I found him using my shoulder as a pillow. I got him off, but he woke up a couple minutes later. I took awhile to come down, and when I did he was eating oatmeal and watching Max and Ruby: the one where they meet the queen.
He went and found Carly, then they went and played with the Legos and circuits. He explained all about the creation we had made yesterday and how it is connected to Siri. They then took that all apart and were going to make something new. He then made his first circuit all on his own that worked. He was then talking about how he’s invented 1000s of things and knew everything, but it would be hard for Carly. Carly told him he sounded a little arrogant, so he asked what that meant. An early word of the day.
August wanted to find insects, so I took him out for a walk at 9:20. He took us north, straight up towards town. We stopped at the little park-ish area to the right, on a hill, and looked for insects. He found one unidentified little insect and we caught that. He then picked some leaves to put in with it and we found two more insects of different species on the leaves. So three interesting insects, just like that.
He kept heading north to town and we were almost there when he decided he wanted to go to where the baby caterpillars were. Which was the exact opposite direction. So we turned around and headed south. Along the way we discussed things like small cars, whether subs could go to the bottom of the ocean, and why cars can go slow. We talked about car racing and how they control the cars, and I suggested he could try out a go cart sometime. He said, “Never ever, ever, ever…” with about 30 ‘ever’s. He released the three insects at some point, and replaced it with a big crane fly. We got back to the baby caterpillar area and spent a lot of time looking at insects. We sat on the sidewalk and could see all sorts of things now: ants carrying different things, caterpillars crawling up plants, lady bugs, etc. August squished a caterpillar on purpose and I said that was the end. We discussed the difference between doing it on accident and on purpose.
At home we got out the microscope and looked at the insects he’d brought home. Then switched to the macro lens and realized that worked quite well. He got into taking photos around the house, and when Carly called (she had gone to the store and to run errands while we were gone) he took a phone call from her. To eat I served up noodles and sauce and water drink. He ate a couple plain noodles, but didn’t touch the dish.
We ended up talking about the brain, and I reminded him of how I used to teach him about brain development by explaining how babies/kids eventually learn to use a toilet. He had me run through that script several times.
Carly got home at 11:45. Candy’s mom, Vicky, had said they were available to come play, and it turns out that they live in Even Yehuda. So they came over at 12:15. They got here as August and I were taking the insects over across the street to let them go. So they walked over with us, then Candy and August immediately found a couple more bugs to catch.
They played inside a little, then were out in the yard for a few minutes. I then took the two of them up to the park to look for more insects. Carly and Vicky stayed at the house. They ran around, then went in the swings. They played on the play equipment for a few minutes, then spent most of their time over on the exercise equipment, trying everything out.
August had me catch a bee. We went back to the house at 1:20. Inside for a bit, then I went out in the yard with them. I was able to do some reading while they played and went in the Zinnie house. They pretended I was a bear or monster and did a lot of screaming out of the Zinnie house. We let the bee go on the plant.
Inside, Carly made them each a chocolate pancake, and they had juice boxes that Candy and Vicky had brought. They got going at 2:30 to go to a horse riding lesson.
August told Carly, “You’re the best mama ever…you do everything I say.” August wanted to make a frozen treat, so he got a plastic container and mixed milk, chocolate, and honey. this morning he had put water in a cup with spoons and made a frozen sort of sculpture.
He then remembered the silkworm game, where I was a person building my silk business, and he was the silkworms. from several months ago, but he had us go through the whole story again after making an enclosure out of the chairs and pillows. A few times he said, “I’m gonna search on my mobile network.” He also said “I can do this all day” a few times, which was from when Siri randomly told us a tongue twister.
We switched to the squirrel game. Carly found a caterpillar on her flip flop outside. Don’t think it was from August, but Carly wasn’t so sure. He wanted to go get more caterpillars. The sun came out and Carly loved it, but August wasn’t impressed.
We got walking at 3:50. We walked over towards the bridge, then our long route. He knew exactly where we were going, to the old highway area. As we walked he asked, “Why don’t I see round bee hives?” Good question, as we see bees all the time, but we’ve never seen their nests. Told him we’d have to look for them.
We had a great time looking at the plants and insects. We are seeing more and more. I got a great video of a caterpillar crawling down a plant, and we saw ants carrying different things. August noticed how one plant really collected water droplets in its folded leaves. We caught caterpillars, then a bee. But in the end we had a black beetle and a couple of other bugs. He also was very intrigued by a hole in the ground he saw back in the bushes, speculating there might be snakes in it. As we left he asked, “Did you like how I was looking closely? Did you like how I was really focused on collecting animals?”
We got back a little before 5. We showed Carly the insects, video, and photos. Randomly, he asked, “What are suction cups?” I couldn’t think of any in the house to show him, but as I described them he remembered the ones in the car in the United States on that window shade we hang up for him. Later, he would tell me that his toothbrush has a suction cup on it.
Read some Sisters (volume 3) in the squirrel nest. Carly cooked an artichoke and the two of them ate it together. August said, “I can’t believe dada doesn’t want to eat this yummy artichoke.”
We then did a movie and popcorn. We watched about 2/3rds of Wallace and Gromit and the Curse of the Were-Rabbit. He remembered his frozen treat, so I let him eat part of that. He then released the other insects but held onto the beetle. We fed it a small chunk of mushroom and a broccoli leaf.
Carly took him up for his bath, then I read him some more Sisters on the bed. August found an orange under the upstairs couch. It had rolled back there and made a moldy mess on the rug. Carly came in, and I left them at 8:30.
Yep song:
The crane fly through the microscope:
August and Candy 1:
August and Candy 2 – slide:
August and Candy 3 – swings:
August and Candy 4 – monster game:
Any carrying something:
Caterpillar crawling down a plant:
Eating artichoke:
