He slept all the way until 8:50. He came out on the couch with me. I was watching the Nurburgring 24, and after a minute he told me, “You know the spike cars tht I make? You have to make sure they don’t go on race tracks…” They would be faster and start fires. He tires made of titanium, and “that’s why they have tectonic stabilizers on them.”
We went upstairs at 9:20 to get him his usual breakfast. He had Grampa check to see if the cards on solitaire were back to normal (they had Canadian flags on them yesterday for Canada Day). They were, then he watched Grampa play as he ate and sang a song about solitaire.
Downstairs for a brother game. Met Free, a girl who could freeze things. He was then stranded on an island. Looking for Bs on trees to get to a maze. Then another after a path that was .99km, thrn looking for apples, glasses of water, and beds to get through that one. There was a timer and he made it to the portal home just in time.
We went upstairs. Realized that both the Artisan Bread was closed today and the Miller Car Museum. So there went my plans for the day. We went downstairs again, and mainly ended up with me being his horse and a lot of laughter. Carly headed to the store for quiche ingredients. August watched Gumball – the one where they break time (where he got his freezing time ideas) and another one. Mom hid eggs, and the mention of them reminded August of his treats. He ate one, then went outside on an egg hunt. Mom could only remember where 5 of them were, but then August found the fifth one before the rest of us.
For lunch he ate the rest of his sandwich from yesterday and a small pickle. He talked to Gramma about leaving tomorrow and told her that she will always get a hug when he’s leaving. He went to the bathroom and asked “What’s jet lag?” We discussed timezones and how they work and how many there are. Mom and Dad went to get wood at Ann and Randy’s place. I stayed with August. Carly was late getting back as the store was really busy and the line long. August and I watched MaoMao: Hero of the Pure Heart andThe 65 Story Treehouse. Carly got back, and by the time I finished eating some lunch they got back with the wood and I helped them unload the wood in back.
We rested for a few minutes, then I accompanied them on the next trip to pick up another load of wood. We filled the trailer, then talked to Ann and Randy and a couple of their friends for a few minutes. Storms were rolling in, and they were starting to see lightning across the Columbia. A few drops were starting to fall as we headed back to town. We got back at 2:35.
The rain wasn’t hitting town yet though and we were able to unload. August had me fill a bucket with water and said it was an “old-fashioned rain sensor.” Totally his idea. We talked about weaknesses of it and when I asked he said “evaporation.” We also talked about how it could overfill.
We finished unloading wood. August stood on the fence of the deck, resting his head on the railing, watching us most of the time. He kept asking, over and over, “Grampa, why do you have so much wood.” Eventually, when we tried to answer he’d say, “Yeah, I know. Lots of potential energy.”
We went inside and finished readingThe 65 Story Treehouse. He wouldn’t help Carly shuck the corn. We were listening to the thunder and I think he was afraid of it raining. We started reading The 78-Story Treehouse instead. I went up and worked for over two hours. Soon after I was out it started pouring. I looked out the window and across at all of them on the porch as they, especially August, enjoyed the rain.
After they went in they did some taking apart. He had some corn and strawberries. He gave mom two kisses and one hug when they were talking about it. They Skyped with Cherie. They stayed in the bathroom while skyping so the cats could eat. He didn’t want to talk about it for some reason, and wouldn’t let Carly tell Cherie about it, and wasn’t happy when she tried to tell me later.
I came in at 6:40. Carly had completed the quiches earlier, while we were getting wood. They turned out really well, and we also had asparagus. We were finishing up dinner, and he got upset at the end. Carly took him down right away, and he was able to explain that he had been bored. Back upstairs he watched some cartoons. He learned a joke and asked me, “When did the kid go to th dentist?…tooth-thirty.” He watched two episodes of Vampirina. In the second they needed super-strong sunscreen to go to the beach.
My parents, Paul, and I left before 7:30 to get one more load of wood. We filled it up and brought it back, but didn’t unload it tonight.
I gave him a bath. He started a nice running joke: “How do you open a pine cone?…sledgehammer it.” He listed a lot of things, and the answer was always “sledgehammer it.”
He watched two shows with Dad: an Expedition Unknown Panama shipwreck show and a Full Custom car show. “What do you mean ‘goods’? Like treats?” So that was a good word of the day.
Out in the kitchen he saw both Cindy and Iris when they got their treat. Cindy was then up in the corner by the desk and he was able to get really close to her and she didn’t run away and instead she just sniffed him. He had a nice good night, getting hugs from both of them, and we went downstairs. Carly suggested he say goodnight to Paul and he ran across to his room to say it.
I left them about 9:40 and went out and straightened the upstairs of the garage and brought all of our stuff in. Chatted with my parents for a bit, and bought and downloaded the first season of Craig of the Creek so August would have something new for the drive tomorrow.
Another egg hunt gun:
Checking the rain bucket:
Watching the downpour from the porch:
Close to Cindy and silly math:
