He woke up about 7:40. Took a few minutes, then I read him a couple My Little Pony: Friends Forever issues. One about Luna and Pinkie Pie, then one with the Cutie Mark Crusaders going on a scavenger hunt. August walked around talking about a famous scavenger hunt he runs each year.
For breakfast I made scrambled eggs and cheese, and we also had quinoa and corn. He kept telling me about his scavenger hunt. Switched to criminals. He told me he had watched videos on how to be a detective and how to identify a murder for educational videos time. He also said he Learned that you have to take breaks from texting so the body repairs. Darkness when sleeping helps repair the eyes. He said he just knew this. And he asked, “Do you know what happens if you play for four days and three nights?” You go blind.
We played Minecraft, then went outside to take care of the vines. He asked why the chain on his part of the bike is kind of loose and we compared the chains and discussed them. We went inside to discuss our agenda. We suddenly couldn’t find his iPad, which he had just had before we went outside. I used my phone to have the iPad play a noise, and it was under the coffee table. No idea why he put it there.
We set up the piano keyboard and played with Yousician for a long time. It was cool that he was into it now, and willing to make mistakes and keep practicing the songs over and over. I got masking tape and labeled the keys he was using with their note names.
He played for a long time. When done, he wanted to watch a My Little Pony. I wanted him to get up and move a bit, so I acted like a drill instructor and had him running around the room and running and diving on the couch. We then watched a My Little Pony, after which he talked me into educational videos. We watched a Bright Side on a trip to the Marianas Trench this time, then a video about black, a size comparison of things in the universe, and a short video about ideas for Minecraft. Apex predator was a word of the day from the Marianas Trench video.
He paused at times to tell me about Minecrafr inventions and ate pistacios during the videos. We then had a tuna sandwich for lunch. He was then Bar telling Brother and things to build in Minecraft. he did some alone time, finishing up eating a strawberry yogurt, then just playing around. He now wanted to play Yousician, saying “It’s the first learning app I’ve ever loved.” He said he also loves Blue Apprentice.
After this round of Yousician he did more alone time, looking at books, and I exercised. We then played Minecraft. It was supposed to be really warm today, almost as hot as yesterday, and we had planned to go swimming. I had noticed it looking cloudy out though, and then it happened: thunder. And then rain. We went out to check it out. August came out in it as well. It was light, and August said it was exactly the kind of rain he likes. Shmuel talked to us about the rain and the plants.
August said he was cancelling the swimming plans, and also bike riding for the day. He got a cup to catch rain in, then a bunch of pots. Unfortunately, it had started to stop by then. We went back in and he did a little more Yousician. He then read on Rivet: a book about tigers to me and parts of others.
He went outside to check on his water catchers. No more rain. He went and got the binoculars as he wanted to check the coming clouds to see if they might rain. We ended up walking out on the sidewalk so he could get a better view. He also watched a couple birds up on the wires.
Back inside we finished a My Little Pony we had been reading. Carly got home. He drew a picture and when I asked what it was he said it was sad monsters “Locked in a jail cell. They got caught by humans.”
I left to go to guys’ night at Neal’s house, about 4 miles north. I stopped at Mega, the underground grocery store, on my way out of town. A horrible selection, and no cold beer, so I got a bottle of wine. It was my first venture to one of the poker night guys’ nights. It was okay, but not nearly as good as the usual ones. They would talk for two minutes bout something, but then do a hand and the subject would stop. Pizza from Shabtai was good. I had little interest in the poker though. Probably won’t do another poker night one unless Jeff comes to talk music.
They played Minecraft, ate popcorn and watched some videos (one about Sacajawea in particular), had dinner in stages, went out and watered plants, took a bath, and were reading the Minecraft book when I got home around 9. I helped get him ready for bed and said good night and went for a run.
Clues for his scavenger hunt:
Yousician 1:
Yousician 2:
The first rain:
