He got up just before 7:40. I read several poems from I’m No Good at Rhyming, then we watched two My Little Pony episodes. He was eating frozen mango and got a bad piece and sort of panicked, but handled it all on his own: finding his water bottle, dragging his stool to the sink, actually emptying the old water, and refilling it. He had oatmeal, then we negotiated some Minecraft time, as he had used most of his morning time, and we needed to get going to the park. As we got going he told me how he had invented a paper Monopoly game. I wasn’t clear on the details, but I guess it didn’t involve a board. He also asked, “Why do parents always kiss with parents?…It’s super gross.” Which seemed like an odd thing for him to say; although later he said that it had come from Eve.
We were driving at 9:00. He had taken scissors and paper with him. We talked about how he had really learned to use scissors with Ms. Anna. He cut all sorts of shapes out of paper on the way.
We were there first again. Lauren and Gilad showed up a few minutes later. We tried to walk around to the other side of the lake. We looked up in the trees, but no trail up there. August found a 2 liter bottle that had been cut in half and wanted to use it for something. We couldn’t walk around the lake as it was blocked off for some reason. We walked across the lake and headed to the big playground.
Someone mentioned playing with the ball again and August said it was the best game ever. That’s where we ended up spending most of our time. He also told Lauren that she should play because she was really good at the game. They also played in the spaceship thing, then the little merry-go-round. They took some time apart as August started making things out of garbage. He made a sort of ball on a string game using a piece of wood, a string, and something for the ball. He gave it to Lauren to try to play, and it was actually rather difficult. He also made a bracelet sort of thing, which we ended up taking home. Gilad was eating an apple and sitting next to his mom and we chatted for several minutes as August built stuff.
A bit after 11 we all got going. On the way out they were talking about Minecraft, and August excitedly told us about an amazing dream he had had last night: He was playing with Carly in the world where she builds really cool boats. He told her he was going to go someplace else, and he went to the other side of the castle. There was a sea there, although there isn’t one in the game. There he saw airplanes flying and boats going across the water. August and then Gilad then had the idea of playing Minecraft together and got very, very, very excited about this. We’ll see if we can make that happen.
We drove to downtown Even Yehuda and got a spot in the dirt lot. We went to the bulk foods store and got a small bag of pistachios to try, a big bag of mixed almonds and cashews, and a small bag of peanuts for Carly to try (she hasn’t found peanuts she really likes here). We also went to Stop City and got a few boxes of bars since they were on sale. We went upstairs to the bathroom, then August tried pistachios and really liked them. He had several before we headed over to the bank. Made a transfer there, then went on to VIPizza.
We ordered a large pizza. August chose corn and tuna for half, and I got mushrooms and bulgurit cheese for the other half. The guy was impressed with me using Hebrew for part of the order. while we waited we read the book I Didn’t Do My Homework Because…. Convict was a word of the day. He ate a slice and a half and had one of those drinks. The guy called August “Mr. Energy” before we left.
We headed home from there. We had time to do alone time and exercise, then play Minecraft, then headed back out, this time to the school to pick up Eve. We got her, then headed to the library to return the two Bone books. We took the elevator up. In the library the kids ended up playing for a bit. August found a book called Santa Bruce and I read that to the two of them.
We headed home. Eve did without the vest today as I realized it wasn’t in the car. But she told me all about how sometimes she’s been able to ride in the front seat, etc. At the house they each had one of the new bars August chose, some nuts and fruit, and some Schweppes. They then both started making potions. Separately. Which was fine, but then when they both finished them, and just wanted to start new ones, separate, I said no. Too nerve racking for me as I have to watch and help a lot, they use a lot of stuff, and they weren’t playing together.
They went upstairs and played. Much better. They dug through the toys and played in the cardboard house. I was able to sit and type, at least for a few minutes. August found the top and was able to spin it really well for the first time. They played with Duplos, then got out the little vacuum thing from the electronics kit and played with that. I ripped up little pieces of tissue so they could suck them up. August took it out on the patio at one point to suck up dust.
Heather was running late, so we ended up back outside a little after 5. Eve realized she had left the water running, with the hose in the ground, the entire time. At first I thought the pressure was low, but it wasn’t. So much for not wasting resources. They liked the foamy like it had made though, and played with it. Carly got home and then Heather showed up a few minutes later.
Carly and August were looking for slugs, and Carly suggested they might be near one of the plants that hasn’t been doing well. August told her, “Nice use of evidence.” He kept repeating the line from one of the poems: “No Mama, I want him with the crust off.”
For iPad time he played with me instead of her and didn’t want her to be jealous. She said she was over it, and he gave a skeptical “You’re over it, huh?”
We had pizza for dinner, then watched episode 20 of My Little Pony. Carly gave him his bat costume and he put it on and loved it. He was acting like a bat and diving on the couch. Still wearing it, I read the dragon poem to him. He didn’t take it off until bath time and it led to a Brother game: “When Brother was out walking in an abandoned, creepy castle he felt the breeze and found a human-sized bat.” Carly went to take a shower. We did a Brother game where he found a bat girl and gets bitten.
I let him look for free Minecraft add-ons for a few minutes. One was a model of the Titanic. So I let him look at that for a few minutes. We then went upstairs and read Ponyville Mysteries #4. Afterwards he got upset when he found out that the watch band that I’d ordered isn’t the same as the one I have.
Carly talked to him, then gave him a bath. Afterwards he ate more pizza and pomegranate, then some chocolate chips with peanuts. We went upstairs, and he told us he wants a poster of the periodic table for homeschool. And, after looking at the table on my phone, that he wants to be an atom of Mercury next year.
He was dragging his feet going to bed. He told us, “There has to be something before brushing teeth. I’m missing something.” We got him ready though, and I left them some time after 9 and went for a run.
Talking to a goose:
In a spaceship:
Merry-go-round:
Pistachios:
Spinning a top:
Electronics kit with Eve:
Wasting water together:
Bat costume 1:
Bat costume 2:
Brother bat game:
