I was hoping he would sleep until 8 again, but he was up at 7:18. Rather stuffy and rough sounding, but it could be worse. He did sleep pretty well. He woke up a little more than usual, but I think I only had to urge him to lay back down once.
He sat on the couch for a couple minutes, then went and yelled “Boo!” to Carly. They came in and she read the zombie book. They then played Minecraft. He was then grumpy when she made food for herself (he wasn’t hungry) and he wanted her attention. I got him to have a strawberry yogurt. He talked about how getting hurt and dying are different in Minecraft and games than they re in real life. He used his drum sticks and talked about straight DNA he discovered. There are five building blocks, Z Y X W V.
He remembered the Joseph’s Machines videos on YouTube so we watched the Sibling Distractor and Exploding Lunchbox. He was then talking about Minecraft and argued caves are dark so that zombies can live in them. I argued it was backwards logic and gave examples, like with water being cool because of physics, not so it is refreshing to us. But then he made the jump to god, and apparently completely changed his beliefs he’s stated before: “It’s because God cares for us…Also, I don’t believe there’s a god, I know there’s a god. I discovered that in my lab.” I then reminded him about how cold wate wasn’t good for people on the Titanic: “God forgotted about icebergs…I should go up to space and tell him…” Carly also speculated he thinks about himself as a sort of god in Minecraft.
He still wasn’t eating anything, so I finally proposed pie for breakfast, which we had talked about yesterday. We te pie, then did a Brother game based on his lunch getting stolen. We headed upstairs and watched two episodes of My Little Pony as Carly went to the store. We then went downstairs and he did alone time, hanging out on the couch and then looking at the dinosaurs book. I pulled bits off of the vines where they are getting attacked by this white stuff.
He then had a Brother game where Bar was making gross things. Baby sister was eating them. Bar cut her in half to get the gum out, then put her back together. I made us a tuna melt for lunch. He said it “looks suspicious.” He thought I made something gross like in Joseph’s Machines, where they put ketchup in strawberry cookies, etc. and kids ate them.
Carly got home, and we showed her the bugs and white stuff on the plant. He said they were “Statomites” and from his planet. Back inside he ate sandwich. Then there was a Brother game where he saved an oceot and it was stolen by the farmer. I had reminded him earlier of that whole series of stories that we used to do.
Then watched three SciShow Kids videos: one about other planets (https://youtu.be/Sk5FUDaP5XU), The Farthest We’ve Ever Gone in Space, and Meet the Five Dwarf Planets.
He cuddled with Carly and sang:
“Don’t forget the ahem when you talk to somebody.”
“Don’t forget the pillow when you go to sleep / Dont forget the pillow sealant…” He then got the globe and was asking her questions about it.
I then took him out on a bike ride. We rode down to the old highway and back, going further (to where we could turn around and come back on the other side of it this time) then rode home via the road. As we got back he asked, “What would happen if the atmosphere suddenly disappeared?” I talked about going upstairs with him, but he said that downstairs was better because it has “cuddly mama.”
We ate some nuts, then he watched part of Formula 1 qualifying (for Japan—it had been delayed a day because of the typhoon) with me. We ate pistachios. He asked, “Why are there so many computers? Also, what’s the purpose for racing?” After he ws tired of that we read more My Little Pony: Friends Forever. I paused to get tea. He got distracted and decided to do alone time. Carly took over and I went up to work.
He had his 15 minutes on Minecraft, then a big moment as he ate some salad. Which he’s never done. Carly sent me a couple photos of this momentous occasion.
They then were outside in the yard (August took a bunch of photos) and David, our neighbor, invited us over for Sukkot dinner at 7. They were then skyping with Cherie when I came down at 6:20.
I asked him about eating salad and picked him up. Carly was talking to Cherie about the Breathe poster above the couch. August likes it, and somehow equated it with our summer and said we should hang up a picture for each summer, and talked about hanging them up so they’d be symmetrical on the wall.
He wanted to do some art, so got out a piece of paper and drew a picture. We then watched a couple of educational videos: one bout lead poisoning (which he had asked for) and a Bright Side video about a journey to the center of the Earth that was quite good.
He was then telling Carly about his civilization. He was stuck on a word and described it as when monkeys looked more like humans. He meant evolution. He said that they had evolved to not need sleep.
At 7 we headed over to the neighbors’ house. We met their two daughters and 5 grandkids. One of the sons-in-law is Adam and is a music teacher and knows Jonathan, the band teacher at WBAIS really well, having studied music together.
August was a little nervous about things at first as we sat down for dinner and went through the prayers/chanting bit and got to food, but then got into it and did quite well. Food was great, as was the wine (particularly the Shiraz from Jerusalem). Mainly talked to Adam and David, as I sat next to him. Learned that they had been living here 30+ years since building their house with Shmuel when our house was built.
A fish dish came out, then goose. August asked for my camera to take photos so he could remember things. He played with toys in the yard. Odd moment was when we learned that their black cat, that is always in our yard, is named the Hebrew equivalent of the N word.
Adam’s wife, Noah(sp?), is a pastry chef and had made the bread, and also the birthday cake. They sang happy birthday for one of the grandsons, who had just turned 4, and we got to have some cake. August had two slices.
We finally headed home. It was time for bed, but it was hard for August, as he felt he had missed some of his evening routine and wanted to do things like earn more iPad time. I got him to compromise by reading part of a Friends Forever story on the bed, then taking him in for his bath. We then finished it. He was frustrated, but not really angry. We got him ready, and I finally left them after 10:30.
I went for a walk, sort of a rest day from running, then was up late watching the rest of Formula 1 qualifying, then the race.
Letters time with mama:https://youtu.be/p-DPD2sDsgA
Doing some art:
Sukkot dinner 1:
Sukkot dinner 2:
