He was up at 7:40. We read the My Little Pony IDW 20/20 issue, which I had managed to find. He had french toast for breakfast and some mango. He told me he missed the old brand and that the new one doesn’t taste as good. He then realized it was the full story that we’d read; the one he had gotten upset about yesterday. We got ready to go and he talked about wanting a metal detector again (that’s what his taped stick with a magnet on it is). And he asked, “Did you know I made a UV helmet to kill gnats on your head?”
We got to Ra’anana Park at 9:35. The first ones this week. Lauren and Gilad showed up soon after while August and I were looking at a red dragonfly. The boys chose the covered playground, and we headed that way first. August did more walking this week. There, they started the airplane game. I had brought the plant and animal identification things, and Lauren and I looked at those and discussed animals while we were the passengers.
We had to get off when the plane (which had been headed to Saturn) caught on fire. They played on the spinny thing again and the log, then made their way to the larger, newer merry-go-round outside the main area and went on that together, and asked me to help. After a few minutes of that August was ready to move on and we asked. Gilad first went up and played with the music-making blocks, then we walked over to the big playground.
August found a round yellow foam rubber treasure on the way. They played on the tree play structure until after 11. They had brought a light ball, and they played on the slide, climbing up and down, and we took turns trying to catch the ball when they threw it and throwing it back to them.
We walked back towards the cars together. On the way August found a curvy stick that he said looked like a unicorn horn. We discussed which character it looked like. He found a couple more, and took all three with us.
We said goodbye and drove to a pizza place in Ra’anana. August had wanted to go to VIPizza, but this place opened at 11. August commented on it not being a good place as it was small. His first impressions were correct, and we probably won’t be going back. They only had sodas to drink, so we didn’t get anything. We ordered just a small cheese pizza. When it was ready, she didn’t stick her head out the door to tell us, but instead knocked on the door to get our attention. And the outside area was full of garbage. August liked the pizza, at least, declaring it almost as good as VIPizza. I wasn’t so positive on it though.
At home he did digital art for alone time while I exercised. He made a “Man chin”/mansion pun. We did 30 minutes of Minecraft, so he owed me 8 minutes of alone time, which he did by lying on the couch and playing with legos while I got ready for banana bread.
He then helped me make the banana bread. He had funny mixing it, and was trying to get it as fluffy as possible. He talked about how he was “Agitating” it and it was “plumping up.” “It’s really plumping up; it’s like a cardboard dump.”
He asked Siri, “Hey Siri, did you know cucumber is my favorite fruit?” Siri replied, “Oh.”
For word time we played with the magnets, making sentences and discussing words. He made a big stack of magnets. We then watched some of the Preschool Prep sight words and phonics videos, which he used to watch. I didn’t find the song I had been looking for.
We read My Little Pony #70, then had some fresh banana bread. He went to the bathroom at 4:25 – first time since before the park. Afterward he asked, “Does it feel different to be a girl?” He thought it might, in your tummy area, since you could have a baby.
We read about the moon in the Discover magazine: selenology, Luna, and lunacy were new words. And we read about steam power again. He had some bubble gum, and we watched Wintergatan Marble Machine #90 and learned about flywheels and torque limiters.
Carly got home, and in telling her about the pizza place said we only spent 17 shekels for lunch. August thought that was expensive. He then talked about a meal being as expensive as “Buying a car… the most expensive thing you could think of. Well, next to a time machine.” Carly wondered where he picked up ‘next to’ like that.
He told Carly about Minecraft. She had noticed the Minecraft blocks in the library too. He had been telling Amanda all about them yesterday. He told us he still feels his itchy tooth:
“If I’m distracted I won’t…If I’m playing Minecraft I don’t.”
I went and sat outside and read Peter’s book. They played Minecraft and had a strawberry smoothie. They came out and checked on plants, then were watching Kurzgesagt videos on colonizing Mars, What would happen if you took a piece of the sun to earth, eradicating NTDs, and the sizes of life.
For dinner he had tuna sandwich, carrot coins, and cherry yogurt. He ate all of the carrot and yogurt but didn’t touch the sandwich. He asked, “What’s thermal energy?” “I discovered that doctors could restart hearts with thermal energy…”
He then asked what pneumonia is. I wasn’t sure which word he was saying at first so we discussed pneuomonia and ammonia.
He chose a lollipop for hair washing, and I took him up. Carly took over for his bath. I was expecting to go back up and read to him, but they got ready and called me up to say good night. I left them about 9:15.
It had gotten really quiet for quite a while before she washed him. I thought they were reading or something, but it turns out he had gotten really sad, for quite a while, about not being able to nurse anymore. He’s done this a little, but usually it is when going to sleep, and he’s really tired. Not so this time.
On the little merry-go-round at Ra’anana:
Playing on the slide 1:
Playing on the slide 2:
Discussing the formation of the moon:
Telling Carly about Minecraft:
