He was up at 7:55. He ran to Carly, then they cuddled on the couch. Carly asked if he wanted to read the fox book. He asked if books were older than his iPad. In clarifying whether he meant books in general, or that specific book, I said that books had been around for hundreds of years. He said, “You mean centuries.”
He watched Smurfs for awhile, then went outside with Carly for awhile. When they came back in he said he had a trisopod, which was a kind of bone, and they took his waterslide down to his lab to study it. They also watched a little of some insect show, which I think started outside.
Carly headed to the store. We went upstairs to wrestle and play a brother and sister game. He asked, “What do whales eat?” We learned it was copepods and krill and watched a video of krill. He then made up ‘septopods’ which are like octopi or something but have seven legs. We played a whale version of the brother in sister game in which the whale saves them when they are blown overboard, then they first build the raft to visit the whale as it swam around the bay.
Finally got him dressed, and Carly got back. I took a shower, then worked. They played in the Zinnie house, had watermelon juice, and made corn. August was doing lots of singing. He played the penguin game, and I heard him ask Carly what ‘tee ball’ is. That was from me telling him about playing baseball as a kid.
I went down at 2:10. He was playing by himself off and on, Carly said. They played the store game or something, and August gave Carly change, saying, “I panned for a shekel worth of gold.”
I then took him to Candy’s birthday party. Candy had also gone to Toys R Us on her shopping trip and gotten her a present: an odd doll set with a giraffe. I should have taken a photo. It was perfect, as August hates dolls, so he wasn’t jealous of it. He had helped wrap it, then Carly made a big bow for it. August was jealous of the bow, however, so she was making a big one for August to hang on the wall when we left.
The birthday party was at a gan in Tel Yitzhak. Carly made the right choice in not going: it was a zoo of an Israeli birthday party. It was Frozen-themed, with a two-person hosting team that ran a show/games thing that lasted over an hour and was still going when we left, over 20 kids, and a team of caterers. It was all inside and incredibly loud. So even though there were other parents, like Heather, there, I didn’t really talk to anyone, nor were kids really interacting with each other. There was ton of food though: I focused on the pizza and sushi, and August focused on the treats. I cut him off at one point, but I think he ended up with at least 8. And we left before they actually did cake.
We got there at 2:30 and left at 4. August found two helium balloons with one tied to the other one soon after we got there and asked me to tie them around his finger. We later switched them to being tied around his water bottle. The show consisted of games, dancing, and magic tricks, with one person dressed as Elsa, and another dressed as Olaf. I noticed that the kids were calling the movie ‘Elsa’ instead of ‘Frozen’, and that later in the day August would do it. August asked me to Shazam a few of the songs, in particular a dance remix of “Let it Go”.
When we left I lamented how it was a beautiful day and the party was right next to this really nice playground (which was open this time—the one time we came by before it was closed) and the party was all inside. August didn’t want to go to the playground though.
We listened to the “Let it Go” remixes on the way home. August made the mistake of opening his window and the balloons were almost sucked out. The first one escaped, but he grabbed the second and pulled them back in. At home, 4:15, August called Carly outside and released the balloons (something he’s wanted to do for a long time). They got stuck in our tree. I was able to reach them with his long stick, and they immediately hit the power lines, then walked down the lines to the pole across the street, thanks to the wind. Later, we heard one of them pop.
Carly was making soup, so August made one too, starting with bouillon cubes. He read The Old Truck to Carly and was excited he did it almost perfectly on his own. He also watered plants to earn a coin. Carly skyped with Cherie. August and I went outside so he could touch invisible things. He was then playing with his stick and accidentally hit me on the head.
Carly and I switched and I went upstairs to work. He finished his 60 minutes. He was playing Math Tango when I came down. He went to the bathroom, and when he washed his hands but didn’t put soap on his hands he said, “My bad.”
Carly made a smoothie. She and I were doing a lot of boring summer talk and he asked what the phrase ‘set in stone’ meant. A word of the day. We played with the magnet blocks and listened to “Let it Go” remixes. He told me, “My remix is one of the best Elsa remixes EVER.”
We went upstairs and I read Creepy Pair of Underwear. We brushed his teeth and he told me about “Concrete echolocation…it can knock down concrete and iron and stuff.” Carly came in and I left them around 9:30.
Explaining septopods:
Birthday party 1:
Birthday party 2:
Birthday party 3:
Releasing the balloon:
Balloons on the wire:
