He was up at 6:40. I took him back in bed, but he only lasted until 7:15. We went downstairs and he started pounding on the piano. We got him to calm it down and he played “Fairy Flight” including the chords. We finished reading Ben Braver, then played Minecraft, using the ‘Fill’ command to place funny things, like huge blocks of leaves, in the sky. I then made French toast. I was listening to podcasts and we all listened to the Allusionist episode titled “Tranquillusionist”, in which she simply read out all of the words that her listeners had sent in that they found calming.
We then listened to a Ted-Ed podcast about boredom after August said “I’m bored.” We ate our French toast and yogurt, then he created a sort of version of the lava game, where he was climbing around trying not to touch the floor. He then told us he was going to play Piano Maestro and get as many notes wrong as possible. He played and practiced for a while.
He went and checked outside and said “It’s wowzers out here.” I went out with him and he predicted it was going to rain. We went back in and watched Grian’s latest video. He then played piano.
It started hailing, quite hard, for several minutes. We watched from the kitchen door, then Carly started to go out the front door. He told her, “Don’t you dare go outside.” But she got him hail, and then he got his shoes on and went out a couple times as well. Back inside he stated he was bored, then went back to composing. He sat next to me on the couch. Carly gave him chocolate incentives to stop picking at his nose. After a while he switched to BrainPop and searched for and watched the video on Ancient Rome, then about teeth, then zero.
Shmuel called. While I talked to him August played piano for him and then went out and got handfuls of hail.
He switched to Google and searched for Hubble and watched a video about the space telescope: “I’m packing my brain with knowledge. That’s what I like to do.” He then found a video on trigonometry. As he was watching it he told Carly she should be watching it too. He was learning all about sohcahtoa. As we ate and watched it he asked, “What’s a beeline?” We discussed it and joked about how bees don’t actually go in straight lines.
He did more piano and composing on his iPad. He then did alone time, then we played Minecraft. Randomly he asked, “What’s spoken for mean?” And then “What’s up to heaven, down to hell mean?” Which is actually from How To. He was hungry so had some apple from his lunch and then crackers and cheese. We listened to an Ear Snacks with riddles and finished the Tiv Taam order. Carly went for a run and August told jokes, but they quickly turned nonsensical.
I tried to get him to go do recycling, but it was sprinkling when we left the yard. I set down the bags, and we ended up getting in Skoda Mama for a few minutes and playing in there. When Carly got back I went and did recycling. August and I then did the Coursera course and he did composing, then we went upstairs for a Millie game. Carly had washed the sheets, so I made the bed first. We played, and it involved Millie being in Ms. Danger’s class. I was getting tired, so called Carly and ordered a coffee, which she was very kind to bring up.
We went downstairs at 4:40. He listened to “Keep It Chill, Daffodil” on Stories Podcast and I went for a run. He was playing piano and talking to Colin when I got back. He and Carly played Minecraft and she got him apple and peanut butter. When I was back down he asked me, “What was it like for wealthy people back in Ancient Rome?” He then opened Khan Academy on his own and was looking through math courses and watching videos and answering questions. I was looking for a documentary and found Roman City on Hoopla we had popcorn and banana chips and watched the full thing.
I got him up for a bath and Carly washed him. I had put up the small emotions poster from the set. I had taped it on the wall by his bed. He was excited to see it: “It’s like a decoration with knowledge.” He worked on reading all of them, getting most on his own, then went through the list asking, “Have you ever been…”
Once in bed we listened to “Witch, Wizard, Winter” on Stories Podcast. He went to the bathroom and told me his joke about technology doubling by 4040 (because the year doubled). He then had a theory/prediction on religion being 99.9999 percent gone by then because people would become more scientific. We then listened to the Peace Out episode “Geode”. He asked, “Are geodes real?” We were able to listen to the Benge Earthmoves album tonight and he was asleep, I think, before 10:30.
Checking outside:
Hail 1:
Hail 2:
Picking up hail:
The end of something:
His own metronome:
