He was up a little before 6:40. We read more of Olga and the Smelly Thing from Nowhere, then worked on our survival island in Minecraft. He had oatmeal for breakfast, and I had one of the new yogurts. He wanted some, so I got him a spoon to share from mine. He wanted his own though, and washed his spoon first as it had touched my yogurt.
Next was a bunch of Brother and Sister games. First was the one where they all need to use the bathroom and get stuck in the door together, then all pee. He liked the last line, “Let us never mention it again.” We then did the family reunion version, which ended with, “At least that was better than last year.” He then came up with the idea for last year, which involved them all fighting over a small cake, so we acted out that “backstory.” We then ended up in a story where Brother had powers, but it was just a dream, etc.
Carly needed a photo of her passport, so I got her that. We then did one more Brother game, where he played Minecraft in Myna’s world, which was set to hard.
We were then going to do art and writing on the iPad, but I couldn’t find the Apple Pencil. So August wanted painting instead. He painted one piece on his own, then wanted me to do a painting with him.
He had Skittles from his Halloween candy and wanted to see how they were made. We watched a couple of short videos about Skittles. He told me how he’s a company that makes candies.
Next was alone time, while I exercised. We did 15 minutes, then played Minecraft for that time, then 15 minutes more of alone time, followed by Minecraft.
August had cereal and milk and an apple and I got ingredients ready for making cookies. One last Brother story where he earns money to buy a lollipop for 5 dollars but it was orange, which he hates. He then throws the lollipop and accidentally breaks a window.
We made the snickerdoodle dough together, with him doing most of the mixing. He read a Rivet book about corn mazes, then we watched a Bright Side video on the fastest elevator. We put on the hair band thing and practiced writing numbers, using markers.
The dough was now cool so we made cookies. We watched Sci Show Kids videos on why we dream and why we sleep. We had a cookie from the first batch. Added a little more lemon and cooked them longer on the subsequent batches and they turned out better.
Next was music time, and we played with GarageBand. Using the onscreen drum kit we were working on rhythms like Jonathan was doing with him, practicing playing notes with both hands, not just left or right.
Finally got him dressed. He told me that Bar made something called BladderSeals that makes it so you don’t have to go to the bathroom for another 15 hours. That Brother game kept going and going.
We got out of the house at 3. August talked about “The beautiful noise from the building over there.” He meant the sound of kids playing at the day care. He added, “It’s what tells me to start my day.” I pointed out it was 3 in the afternoon.
We looked at our plants, more flowers have opened on the new bush, and talked to Shmuel. He asked us to water the plants outside his gate while he’s gone, and he also told us the Japanese woman is not moving in, as she’s had some sort of difficulty with money or visa or something.
August asked me, “How do our legs move us?” One we’ll have to look up. We went for a bike ride on my bike. We went 3.1 miles, our longest ride yet, and that was without stopping anyplace, except for once near the end when August’s chain came off.
We got home at 4. I had told him we could watch a My Little Pony, but he convinced me to watch more of the Phineas Rage Island Survival series instead.
We did that, then finished reading Olga and the Smelly Thing. He did more reading in Rivet, reading part of one book, then one called The Egg about Baby Dinosaurs. Then one about making a Rainbow Guitar. I then read Another Monstet at th End of this Book and They All Saw a Cat.
We did his evening time at 5, as August said that he and Carly had talked about that as a way to make it go better. Carly got home, and I made some of the chicken soup, using the broth mix, a carrot, and the little O noodles that he picked out. He had chicken soup and egg for dinner. Carly did the dishes. We then had a cookie, and they did a Brother Minecraft game. He was answering her Minecraft questions for a long time. Carly named a potion that was in the game, and he said, “You got one right! Good for you! I’m really impressed!”
He did art with the wrist thing. He decided to make something fun since she didn’t seem like she was having a lot of fun (we were discussing work stuff). What he did was make dots for her to then connect, like we’ve done in the past: “I knew you’d like it. I finally found something fun for an adult like you.” Carly mentioned collaboration and he asked what that meant, so a word of the day. He then her a test one – she was supposed to make it look like something. She made it look like a bird, I think it was, although she added stuff that didn’t involve connecting lines, so he said she had broken the rules. He then taught her about drums and making a rhythm that actually means something. I went for a run.
When I got back he was still on drums. She took him up and washed him. Some packages had arrived and we opened them: a Halloween card from Gramma and Grampa, a shirt with the periodic table on it (Carly explained the puns in it to August) from Cherie, and a second MEL Science kit.
They said good night and I put him to bed. He sang a random song with random words. We read the graphic novel called Earthling! When it was time to stop he didn’t want to and hit me. He’s never done that at a time like that. I got up, and left the room. Carly took him for a few minutes. I went downstairs and cleaned up, then came and talked to him in the bedroom with her. I asked what he expected to happen when he hits us, and he said, “This…I’m used to it.”
We talked a bit more, then headed back to bed. He told me, “People are making reservoirs of liquid nitrogen, you know.” He told me about medicines he had made up, then some other crazy machine. Finally had lights off at 9:45. He talked more about the meaning of life, and how there isn’t really one, then we listened to Sigur Ros and he was asleep after 10.
I put some lotion on the back of his left hand, which is getting really dry from the rubbing. I used regular lotion, but then I think he rubbed it on his face and maybe got some in his eye. He half woke up for a few minutes and was acting like he was in agony and bucking around. He remembered none of it in the morning though.
Painting:
Treats he makes:
Drawing spirals:
Reading about a rainbow guitar:
Singing about random things:
