He slept and slept. I went up and woke him at 8:20. He was wrapped in his grey blanket so I picked him up and carried him downstairs in it. Cuddly on the couch for a few minutes, then we played the mythology Minecraft. I read to him about the Colossus of Rhodes and why it wasn’t rebuilt because of the oracle. Gilad logged in with us after 20 minutes or so. August didn’t want him in the mythology world so they switched to a different world and played there. He got some extra time but they were doing well together. August ate his oatmeal as he kept playing, then they said goodbye.
August then watched two Smarter Every Day videos about tattooing. As the first one, about how tattoo needles work, ended August said he wanted to know more about tattoo removal. Conveniently, there was a follow-up video about that. When it was over August speculated on how many Likes and videos are on YouTube “More videos than there are people.”
He played a little piano (at some point he had a song of the day), then had a Bar game where she was doing tattooing and removal, but her process was more complex. He played more piano, and I brought down the mandolin. He tried that for several minutes, starting to at least make notes, then requested the guitar and I brought that down. He did alone time playing guitar, while I made us grilled cheese sandwiches with avocado, using the new bread. It turned out really well with the bread. That as followed by more Bar and the Bullies games, and he requested I play “Yankee Doodle” on the guitar.
We then got out the Rush Hour game and he made more puzzles for me, coming up with a couple good ones this time. He then got out the chess set and set up a crazy set up and wanted to see me play it. That was exciting at first, but then when it settled into a more normal chess game we moved on.
The sun was breaking out from time to time and I was trying to get him out. I know it was supposed to be a relaxing day at home, sans all the appointments and play dates of the last couple days, but he was taking it to another level, not even really wanting to leave the couch. He started looking at things in the microscope and took breaks to play a new song on the toy piano.
He had never played Minecraft after doing alone time, so we did that now, exploring the Greek Mythology world. We then looked at more microscope stuff, looking at leftover stuff from our MEL Chemistry experiments.
We finally got out of the house. We walked up and did recycling. He was taking photos. We then went in the playground and played around a little, then sat, mainly in the big swing, and played Brother and Sister games. Oversight was a word of the day from that, as was gig after he had Bar give Brother a robot pig (which Brother named Jacques) for his birthday , and we came up with the following rhyme: Jacques, the robot pig / Sniffing truffles, Is his gig.
We were gone for about an hour. When we got home he played a little piano, then we did word time, watching the videos of and brainstorming words for SN, SM, SP, and SL. Carly got home as we were doing that, and we kept going for several minutes. He then looked at Night Sky.
He heard me and Carly discussing coffee, and said, “You two are crazy.” I made him fishsticks and broccoli for dinner and he ate those. He was then playing GarageBand as I went for a run. The moon was full, and I meant to tell August to look it up on his moon calendar, but for got when I got home.
They had, at August’s request, watched videos and learned about people in bubbles and read about food allergies. I got back and he was playing music on the couch, wrapped in his blanket, leaning against Carly. He wanted Carly to play for me: “It’s all yours Mom. Show him your music, please.” Funny, for both his use of Mom and use of please. He kept playing and playing, probably for an hour and a half in total, then we read “Ali Baba and the Forty Thieves”.
We played his second session of Minecraft, and Carly went up to take a shower. August spent a long time in the bathroom, chatting, of course. He then ate rice and cheese and had chocolate milk. Carly told him to ask me what I think about watermelon. This turned into a whole game, with me giving him annoyed looks, etc. and him laughing hysterically. When he finished the rice and cheese he came and asked me why he had eaten all that food. And I reminded him it had been so he could have the chocolate milk. And get full.
Carly had brought home the mail from over break, and it included Christmas cards from Vivian and Colin. He then played more toy piano. Carly took him up for a bath and I did dishes. After his bath he gave me a spending test. It was some huge number again, and he said, “Here’s a bad thing about this test: the US Mint hasn’t actually made this much money.” For a story we listened to the newest Circle Round, “The Nine Sticks”. I tried to put on a meditation, but he decided against that. We put lavender on a tissue and put it on his pillow. We listened to Benge, and he was asleep by 10:15.
Working on playing the mandolin:
Vibrating string:
His crazy blurry video:
Song/scale of the day:
Tune on the crazy keyboard:
Laughing hysterically:
