He was up at 6:50. Way too early for when he went to sleep. He lay on the couch for a couple minutes, then heard Carly talking outside. He headed out to find her. I stopped him, saying she was on a phone call. He said he was just going to look, so I let him go out; but he yelled “Boo!” Carly told whoever she was talking to that she’d call back.
They came in and, after asking how the Creeper book had ended, she started reading a Diary of a Minecraft Zombie book. By a different author though, so the writing was kind of rough. Realm and flesh were words of the day.
We played Minecraft. He was making interesting structures/sculptures. I then made French toast. He then walked around talking about a bomb to end war. It had helium to make people talk funny. Later he talked about a bomb that shoots glass and shooting glass balls out of cannons.
He declared, “I’m done and I’m full.” He then told Carly about Minecraft. He spent several more minutes walking around in circles and telling me about different bombs. Had things like intestines, carbon dioxide, heat, and light in them. We went upstairs and did a Brother game where Bar took over his room with equipment to study the comet. Brother went to sleep with his sisters, but nothing went right and he didn’t get any sleep. Ended up with a sort of pillow fight with baby Brother and Sister.
We went downstairs because he wanted to use Google Earth. Did a lot of exploring on Google Earth. We looked at the Norte Dame cathedral and watched videos of the fire. Carly talked to him about going to get a bike with training wheels: “Well not now; there’s too much to do in my head.”
They went over to the mall, taking the car, to look at bikes, then went to the nursery in Tel Yitzhak and got a new bush and soil. They also got gas. They were gone quite a while. They came back and played a little Minecraft, then headed back out to go to Mr. Gabi’s. After that they went back to the bike shop. They chose a busy time to go bike shopping, given that Yom Kippur is coming up in a couple days. The guy started by showing them the 800 shekel aluminum-framed bike. Then the 300 shekel one. August really wanted the more expensive, as the guy said it was easier to pedal. I think they tried the bikes a couple times, then finally he was thinking about it and declared that he liked the cheaper one better.
They bought it and fitted it in the car and brought it home. We took the plastic off and raised the seat for him. He had me push him around the yard, then decided it would probably be easier to pedal on the sidewalk. I took him out, and we headed up to the park. After a few minutes he was pedaling around the park on his own. He tipped over once, but instantly said, “It’s okay, it’s okay…” and got back on. When he stopped, but needed to get going again he said, “It’s like respawning in Minecraft.”
Eventually we headed back. He rode most of the way, getting off where the sidewalk is too narrow due to a garbage can. Back at the house, Carly called Cherie and Chuck. August showed them the bike, and eventually Carly took August back up to the park, still FaceTiming. I joined them after a few minutes.
Back at the house I read My Little Pony Legends volume 2, then we watched a My Little Pony episode. We then watched a video about “The Deep”https://youtu.be/PaErPyEnDvk
. He then told me about making an “infinite breathing mask.”
He went and played with Legos. I was heading to a homeschooling meeting and said he could have his evening time after I left, and also watch something with Mama.
When I left at 5:50 they were outside. I know they played Minecraft and August watched episode 24 of My Little Pony. Carly said he kept saying, “This is the worst evening of my life” in a funny/serious voice because of things like spooky scraping noises from Shmuel, her taking too long to get ready, and not realizing she had gone in a different room to get work clothes ready. He had initially been saying “worst day” until she reminded him of getting the bike.
My meeting was more useful than the first. It was a presentation by an occupational therapist named Geelit in which she talked about how the senses are linked to development. They were asleep by the time I got home about 9:30.
Talking about his big bomb:
Unwrapping the new bike:
Riding his bike 1:
Riding his bike 2:
Riding his bike 3:
Riding his bike 4:
