He was up at 7:40. He lay against me on the couch. One of the first things he asked was, “How fast could Usain Bolt run?” We looked that up. I had finished watching the Formula 1 race, live, and he watched the podium ceremony. We went upstairs and I got him his breakfast of an English muffin, half a banana (all that was left), and a raspberry for the nose. He watched Wanda and the Alien, then we read some ofThe 65-Story Treehouse.
Mom made a waffle for him, and I went down to get some Tylenol and rest as I had a headache. When I went up, he and Carly were outside. She’d been trying to get him to play by himself, particularly with the sand toys. But he just wanted to watch her do something. He told me “I’m the adult. I got supplies for you. If you need anything, I’m right here.”
His lip was a bit dry, and we went in looking for chapstick. He got the laser pointer and we went and played a Brother and Bar game where she got him to chase the laser pointer. He was annoyed that he was falling for it, and it was because she had changed his DNA to have cat DNA. She was then a baby dragon. Next, he met someone named V, who glowed and had supervision. I tried to read an Isaac Asimov Norby book to him, but didn’t get very far. He then combined the Brother and Sister lost on an island stories with his new stories, with them meeting Zero, then her leading them to a maze and portal that got them home. He then requested the same story, but scarier, so they were running from the tiger this time.
We went upstairs and I finally made myself a waffle. He discovered Summer Camp Island on the Cartoon Network, and watched a Donald Duck cartoon with a skunk. We went downstairs. He asked “What’s ’stamina’?” We played a Brother game where he found a bird caught in a trap. It was a special bluebird that is entirely blue. It seems like all or most of August’s new animals have been blue: blue mook, blue woodpecker, and now this.
When Carly took over I went up to work. They walked to Bear Foods and got popcorn. Carly realized she didn’t have a straw. August took the news well, saying “It’s okay if I don’t get something to drink.” But they did have straws there. They got their drink and popcorn and walked over to Riverfront Park to eat it.
When I came in he was sitting on the beach ball, testing the glue that was failing. He then played with water on the half-full beach ball. I rested for a couple minutes, then came up as he was eating an English muffin and watching Gumball where they are stuck watching videos. He had eaten other food as well.
We all got going in two cars at 3:30. We stopped for gas, then met up at the fruit stand by Tunnel Hill Winery. Along the way he told me about how “When you break the speed of light you make a titanic boom.” At the stand he told me, “This isn’t a fruit stand. It’s a vegetable stand.” He played with a big blow up beer bottle and I found some ciders for the family reunion.
We continued on to the state park. He spent some time running down a hill while Carly got changed, then we were going down the stairs as Carly hurried ahead to get in the water. August said, “Let’s watch from here so we don’t hear the’Aaaaaagh’.” He spent much of his time down by the water watching a couple boys digging a hole. He said they were funny. He was pulling his shirt over his head several times as well. I sat on the sand and read much of the time.
We were leaving at 5. We stopped at the faucet place he had played a couple years ago when we were here. There was a hole and he asked “What do you think that leads to? A tub of snakes?” I said, “Or marshmallows.” To which he responded, “Which would be super great.” He ran back to the car chanting “Insane Bolt.”
We went to the Alpenhorn. As we walked up he said, “I remember this place!” He specifically said he remembered the chairs and the stairs down to the grass. While we ordered he found the golf clubs and said “It’s a hammer!” and pointed out the hammer part and claw part. We ordered and sat down. August guessed that gramma got maeshmallow and dad had huckleberry. He actually had blackberry, but close.
I got the seafood basket, August had mini corndogs, and Carly got a sandwich, I think. We shared a raspberry shake. I then stood in line to buy (rent) golf balls and they went to the bathroom. It was a long line, but August was very optimistic about it, telling me there were only 5 people in front of me. When they come out he excitedly told me there were only two people left.
We went up and played mini golf. He played at the beginning. A little distracting and knocked our balls around a bit. As we got to the hill part though he seemed afraid of it for some reason. Carly coaxed him up and I had to carry him a bit. He didn’t play anymore. Carly and I ended up tying. I shot a six on one hole, but then lucked out with a hole-in-one, then on the one that goes up the hill through a tunnel I lucked out again, as my fourth shot went through the tunnel and into the hole.
We were heading home at 6:35. He remembered the big gooey duck with Thatcher then talked about a “Gooey duck plane” with a mechanical arm that could catch them. We were back before 7. He asked, “What’s a movie buff?” We watched an episode of Craig of the Creek, then went downstairs and did a Brother story that was influenced by it. Back upstairs he was very intrigued by Family Feud. He had a second dinner of his corn dogs and some Brussels sprouts and broccoli. He skied why they would pay $25000 for a game show.
When Paul went for a run he asked, “So you think uncle Paul is going for a marathon?” And decided that “They should do $25000 and one dollars for a game show. That would be even more exciting. Then you could use it for a candy and still have it even.”
He went to the bathroom and stood on the scale. He is now 17.7kg, or 39pounds. More than I thought. He suggested that “I should sleep on the toilet. Then if I needed to go to the bathroom during the night I could just go…Is that a genius idea?” He sang “I want my mama” and something about a chess knight. And he wants a countdown to our next flight.
We were in the living room for awhile, then Carly took him down 9:15. Got quiet by 9:35.
Exercise:
Infinite strong:
Running down the hill at the state park:
Watching mama get in the lake:
Playing with the faucet at the state park:
Milkshakes again:
Mini golf 1:
Mini golf 2:
His butterfly:
