He came down at 7:45. He cuddled with Carly and after a minute asked “Can you teach seventh grade when I’m in seventh grade?”
He watched Julius Jr. When done, I was making him oatmeal and he was cuddling with Carly, but as usual got too rough and then was a bit upset with her when she stopped. He went and clammed on the couch. He then started building a sculpture on the couch out of books and other things on the coffee table. It turned into a school, with a playground: “This part is the morning meeting place, because they take morning meeting outside. It’s actually a school.” It had a power plant, and an outdoor screen for movies, and a tissue was a cover that raised up with a button. It protected the screen and “it’s a signal blocker so the kids can’t use the remote and watch videos when they’re not supposed to…it’s fingerprint locked.”
We decided he had the world record for best couch sculpture “made out of books and tissues.” “When I started I didn’t know it would be like this.” It also had a smoke stack, a gate, a fort, and a place for rest time.
He practiced standing and hopping on one foot, then was kicking and hitting a balloon up in the air. Getting pretty good at each.
He expressed surprise that he had made his sculpture on his own. He added the circle protractor to the school: “Its a harder and harder hopscotch.” It also made bubbles, that people could get stuck in.
Carly went to the store. He ate a dolma when he saw me eating one. He was then doing all sorts of yoga types of moves. When he was supporting himself with his fingertips or thumbs he said I couldn’t do them because he was concerned about my broken finger.
He was then walking in circles, in thinking mode. He told me about a hover board that comes right to you. He then talked about his funny gadgets: “Go go gadget tiger catcher. Go go gadget giraffe slicer. Go go gadget piece of cake. Go go gadget hoverboard…”
We went up for a Brother game. They went in Space Slug. Baby Sister wasn’t allowed to go. They discovered a new metal called “plutinum” “extra stretchy and breakable string cheese”. Bar and Baby Sister thought about scary things in the void and they kept coming real.
Downstairs he wanted to sit on the couch so destroyed the school. Carly got home. He had egg and french toast. I read My Little Pony.
They left at 11. He was repeating “38th time’s a charm.” Which is from My Little Pony.
They first went to the pool. Tessa and Nava were there. They then went to Gabi’s. Street construction meant they had to find a different place to park. They walkie talkies that August has been excited about didn’t work (they must be broken, as Carly bought backup batteries in case Gabi forgot), so they spent the first 20 minutes brainstorming how he could contact Carly if they needed to. August discussed tin cans, but explained they wouldn’t work with the door closed. He discussed binary code, then made a sort of Morse code by knocking on the door. He decided his message was too complex though. Carly then went and sat in the waiting area and they mainly played with the rubber swords for 30 minutes.
They got home and he came up and said hi. Cherie and Chuck called and I did a little more work. He also had a Swedish pancake. When I came down August was having a silly time. I tried to call the gas company as we need a refill. No luck, as I couldn’t get someone who spoke English.
He was being incredibly silly: he wanted to put one of his rings in his nose, then wanted Carly to take a picture of his bottom, which he has asked for before. She finally said okay, then deleted the photo after he saw it. He was then putting all of his clothes on by himself, then taking them off. They mainly turned out backwards and inside out, which he says he likes. “I have a case of the giggles!”
I finally got him upstairs, as Carly was making nutty noodles. I said “Hurry, or we’ll have to listen to Mama’s show.” He cracked up.
Upstairs it continued to be silly for quite a while, with Brother telling Baby Sister to poop on sisters bed. I Taught him air quotes and wink. Some more craziness, then back downstairs and we read My Little Pony. He ate nutty noodles.
He asked Carly “What’s conclusion mean?” And then “What’s prologue?” Words of the day. He also asked “What have you taught your students?” She told them she taught her writing acronym PEE (Point, Evidence, Explain). He asked “How do you do that?” Carly did an example explaining why nutty noodles are delicious
We read more My Little Pony, finishing the diamond story. He had a fruit popsicle. Then more Brother game, with him (Bar) showing magic tricks. He was inspired by the My Little Pony story.
I went for a run then shower. They talked to her parents and he had oatmeal.
When I was back he told me about how he floats more easily when he takes a deep breath and we talked about why that is. “I learned it by ACCIDENT. That’s my favorite way to learn stuff.”
We then skyped with my parents. The Jag is back together, and Paul climbed Mt. Baker this week. August asked if he used an air tank.
August showed off how he can stand and hop on one foot. He can do it for more than 15 seconds, although he doesn’t want me to time him. “I’m even a blinking expert. I’ve had practice. I can even blink on one foot!”
I took him upstairs. He wore a hairband and looked in the mirror. He chose mismatched pajamas and socks for bed. I washed him and brushed his teeth, and left them before 9:10.
Couch sculpture 1:
Couch sculpture 2:
Wall licking:
Crazy time:
Showing off his blinking:
