He was up just before 7. He watched a little Wild Kratts. He went to the bathroom, then sang a “Inside Underpants” song as he put his pants on. The tune was influenced by “Let it Go”. He then talked about his animal called ‘typhos’. He invented them a few days ago. They are “light blue, shine, rare…blue stripes.” Endangered becuase “it’s dying out because of other predators and stuff.” He ate oatmeal, then we went did table time. We watched the rest of the egg drop video. He now decided our whole contraption and egg could only weigh 80 grams. We haven’t yet protected an egg and he’s making it harder and harder.
This time, we used balloons and blew up a bunch and taped them around the egg, which was wrapped in a plastic bag because we’d realized that neither scotch tape, masking tape, nor duct tape would stick to an egg. It weighed in at 81 grams. August was reluctant to let it pass. He’d make a good racing scrutineer. He dropped the bundle from the slide and it survived, no problem. He then wanted it dropped from the office. I dropped it out, and it sounded like it landed really lightly. However, when we ran down to check and August started to pull the balloons apart, 4 or 5 popped simultaneously, since they were all taped together, and it caused a chain reaction. The egg was cracked when we got to it, but I think it cracked when the balloons broke and it hit the ground.
Back up in the bedroom he started talking about, and calculating, conversions between different currencies. He was also adding by hundreds in his head “3 dollars would be 1,200 agorot…7 agorot would be 2,800 agorot.” He got most of them, with little help. We opened the window completely so he could look out, and I reminded him to be safe. He said, “Can i climb out of here? I have before…I did some very dangerous things. Like jumped on the Zinnie house, and climbing to the top of our house.” Then it was a skyscraper, then up in the clouds: “eated some cloudiness.”
We started the Brother and Sister Seal/Whale again, and played until they are floating to a new island. We went downstairs so I could make tea. We played a little Hey, that’s My Fish! He read The Sled and we both read the Elephant and Piggie book Are You Ready to Play Outside?
We went back upstairs and added to the game. ‘Ration’ was a word of the day. And something else from the game. Downstairs he watched the computer play Hey, that’s My Fish! He asked, “Isn’t 17 a lovely number? It’s a girl number. Becuase it’s pink.” 4 is green. 7 is pink. 1 is pink.
He had the last of the noodles and broccoli and cheese sauce, and I had soup. We did the word search together in Camping with Grandpa.
We got ready to go, and walked over to the mall. He was a little disappointed when we didn’t go to the fancy ice cream place there. A miscommunication: I’ve always called it ‘ice cream at home’ and thought I’d explained that when he earned that reward we would go get a container of ice cream and bring it home. Anyway, he started to get upset and thought about hitting me, but he handled it well and we went in to Tiv Taam and got a box of ice cream sandwiches. I let him buy them, using the card and signing, then he ate on on our walk back. He said it was “insanely good”, but then also said it wasn’t quite as good as the fancy ice cream place.
At home he did alone time and read the three Bob Books to himself that he knows he can do. He had some time left, so went and played with the magnet blocks. We then drove to school at 2.
Carly had arranged to use Ayal’s room and we met with Marka. August sat on Carly’s lap and watched Wild Kratts with headphones on. Basically, Marka and Julie have decided it is best to drag our feet and do as little as possible and wait until Shary and Mike are gone at the end of the school year, and deal with the new team.
Carly went back to work (she had a meeting) and August and I went to play with Eve and Zoe, who were being watched by a high schooler after school. Candy gave August his rock from school with his name on it. They went on the swing first. Zoe was pushing and got knocked over by the swing. Natalie took her to the nurse. August told Eve about his watch, then the two of them moved over to the kitchen area and had a great time together. They made birthday stuff for me: cake, muffins, stew. They were doing awesome. They were talking about big numbers and August checked with me: “2000 million. That would be two billion, right?”
Zoe was back, but playing by herself, and then we all moved to the big playground, stopping at the bathrooms on the way. August and Eve climbed on ladders and bars thing, and were now discussing light speed. Their parents came and they left at 4. August kept playing. As he climbed up the spiral ladder he sang a “Saying goodbye to the ground” song. He then spun on the spinning thing like it was no big deal—I can’t remember if he’s actually done it before, and started having me hide so he could find him. We played several rounds (he never wanted to hide) and there was a lot of laughter involved. One time I just stood right behind him, hoping he’d walk the other direction and I could hide behind the pole he was standing against. When he found me he laughed hysterically.
Eventually we headed home. We played with the magnetic blocks, and ate pita and hummus and carrots as a sort of dinner. Carly got home at 5:30. He and I read some Skybrary books: Tessa Tiger’s temper Tantrums, Journey to the Center of the Earth, Sammy Skunk’s Super Sniffer, and The Quest to Digest.
We had some soup for more dinner, then they weren’t outside. He thought about picking up tree things for a point, but didn’t do it. They came in and played with the magnet blocks. Carly went upstairs and I played with him. It turned into the annoying Joseph game, over and over, so I got Carly to take him up to his bath.
He made a potion to kill drain flies. As I came up I heard him say, “Did you know you’re the best mama ever? And dada’s the best dada ever?” I was up just after 9. He was discussing his watch, and his ‘application data’: “You should search for my application data.” He asked for stories from when I was 19 or so and I told him about running start and living alone in Seattle.
I sang “We all sing with the same voice”, “Ladybug Picnic”, and “Fake Plastic Trees” and he was asleep at 9:30.
Underpants song:
Egg drop #3:
Egg drop #4:
Popping balloons:
Reading to himself during alone time:
Telling Eve about his watch:
Discussing traveling the speed of light:
