He got up at 1 and went to the bathroom, then slept through until 7:45. We played Minecraft, adventuring into the nether for the first time in our survival world. I made French toast for breakfast. He had requested the regular white cheese/yogurt the last couple times, but now that we had it he wanted strawberry yogurt on his. We ate, then he did alone time, making up a song that he said sounded scary. I told him he’d discovered minor keys. We then worked to put it in Symphony Pro, calling it “Spooky” something. Insert was a word of the day.
We worked on that for a long time, and he finally remembered he had earned time. He played Simple Rocket, intentionally crashing and having a ton of fun with that. He wanted a treat, so ate a bowl of broccoli and cheese and then had some of the raspberry bubble gum in a tube. He did some dancing to Daft Punk. He then had a Brother game where Brother and the others were jealous of the presents that Bar got.
At Carly’s suggestion I got him out on a bike ride on my bike at noon. As we rode the path up to the cloud bridge we stopped to look at plants. We had taken the specimen collecting tools. He spotted gnats, and then bees, and was afraid of both. We kept going up to the top path, where he spotted a centipede, which we got off and caught. We then rode down to the old highway and stopped at the east end of it. He spotted more of them, along with ladybugs. He said, “Bug season is starting.”
We were there for several minutes, then kept riding and ended up at the little park on Vatikim. We mainly played on the merry-go-round, spinning him a lot and also doing some sort of Brother game. We then headed home at 1.
At home I talked about making a sandwich. Instead of a BLT I talked about a BLA sandwich (bacon, lettuce, and avocado) or a BAT (bacon, avocado, and turkey). He asked, “What’s an acronym?” Another word of the day. They painted outside and I made him a sandwich, then I went upstairs to work.
They did a lot of painting, and August made a lot of videos, including a couple where he had the camera on the ground, and he stood over it, talking to the camera, and I went upstairs to work. They also played a lot of Candyland. He came up at one point asking for help getting a buzzing sound out of the piano. He ended up measuring things with my phone, then we took the piano back downstairs. He was figuring out how to play “London Bridge”. I went back upstairs.
When I came down he was eating sweet potato and broccoli. We were then remembering “Wheels on the Bus” and our old verses about our family members. He suggested one for Uncle DD: “ The Uncle DD on the bus says ‘Don’t touch my car.’” He spit or dropped a sweet potato on the floor but then wouldn’t pick it up. He finally did it with a piece of paper.
Carly also made green beans, and he loved them: “I love green beans. They’re magic. Like a trip to bubble gum lend.” He then had a lollipop from his stocking. He did more earning of time, listening to Circle Round’s “Kangaroo and Joey Too”. He played on some app, then switched to Robot Factory and played with that for the rest of the time. We then read more of Bone volume 9.
Carly Skyped with Cherie and Thatcher and Kayla and Andrea. August played songs for them. He then played with his microscope, and ended up in his fort. He wanted the air conditioner on, while we wanted the heater. He ate green beans and hummus and pita.
I went for a walk, and when I got back she was making French toast and more beans for him. He was also being a cat, and watching Beethoven’s ninth. Carly had remembered the flash mob orchestras we used to watch and was looking for them.
We got him upstairs and Carly gave him a bath. She brushed his teeth, and probably read to him. When I came in he had made a sculpture on the lower bed. I took over and we listened to the Circle Round story “The Piper and the Pooka”. We then listened to Irish music. He went to the bathroom, then a minute later said he needed to go again. He went, but then just a couple minutes later in bed he told me he had peed in his pants. It wasn’t huge, but very odd. We got him cleaned up and changed and he was asleep about 10:30.
Working on his Creepy song:
Creepy song with spoon accompaniment:
Catching a centipede:
On the merry-go-round:
Zinnie cam: Carly painting:
Zinnie cam: mama painting:
Zinnie cam: Still painting song:
Zinnie cam: I’m way up in the sky:
Zinnie can: some more Zinnie cam of painting and up towards the sky:
Another song in the works:
The creepy song on toy piano:
Happy New Year message 1:
Happy New Year 2:
