He called me three times during the night. Only once did he need covers pulled up, but he was right back to sleep all three times. He then woke up at 8:40. As he walked to go to the bathroom he started talking about achievements in Minecraft. He went down and said hi to Carly, then I read a bit of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Don’t know if he’ll be into it. We played Minecraft, then I made pancakes and took one out to Carly, who was meeting with Jeff and Alix.
He and ate, then went upstairs and had a Ms. Safe game which involved Millie being kidnapped by Ms. Danger’s students to try to force her to be their friend. We eventually headed back downstairs and watched the latest Grian video. He played piano, and at one point was really singing along with what he was playing. He then had a game where Ms. Danger was playing Minecraft and got too good at PVP and got kicked off the server. We played 6 rounds of Apples to Apples. Well, 6 rounds of Sister versus Brother, with August being the judge. She won 4 to 2.
We looked at the printed piano songs. He asked what Storm the Castle means, so a word of the day. Carly was in and they went upstairs for a while. He came down teaching her music terminology. He and I started working on “Hacked”, learning the first phrase of the melody. They had cucumber and hummus.
We then had a meeting with Gabi at 1. August watched Phineas Rage. We decided we’re going to try to have August play with him over Zoom on Tuesday. Carly got him some Cheerios to hold him over and I made us tuna sandwiches which we ate outside until a fly chased August in again. He played piano, then listened to “The Love Potion” from Stories Podcast. We played Minecraft, but then I was trying to pay Gabi. Thought I could use Bit, but I couldn’t get it to use either or Israeli card nor either of our American cards.
Carly and August started on a walk with Vivian on the phone over FaceTime. I got out only a minute later after finishing attempting Bit but they were already coming back. He had been afraid of crane flies at the start of the back pathway. He got frantic wanting to get in the house. Carly talked to him about it and I got in the car and headed to the bank and paid Gabi. Kind of odd to be in town. Life goes on, but a lot less of it. And there was a police car in town, likely enforcing the quarantine rules.
When I got back the two of them were outside exercising to a, I think, YouTube video. Props to Carly for August to do that, as he has barely ever joined in when I’ve tried such things. Carly was then working with someone’s help on how to place orders for delivery from the pharmacy. She got distracted by the news that Megan and Tory in India are getting on an emergency flight to get out of India and return to the U.S. They have to go now or are going to be stuck there through the summer. They are flying to Salt Lake City—apparently with the emergency flights you don’t really get a choice of destination and have to make your way from where you end up.
We read How To and timeless was a word of the day as we started to read the “How to know if you’re a 90s kid” chapter. August was impatient for Carly to come down and start the time with Vivian, so we started watching the latest Stressmonster while we waited. Carly came down and started math with Vivian. August and I watched a few more minutes, then he joined in on the math and I went up to work.
When I came down (after he and Vivian and Colin had finished playing Minecraft and some reading had been happening) I found that August was spraying himself with his spray bottle again. He had started it when they were exercising and Carly had said he looked strong. He, not clear if jokingly or not, took that to mean because he was sweaty, so he started to spray himself to look strong, and found that he liked it: “She thinks I’m torturing myself but I think it’s really cool…I was making a pun there.”
He actually wanted to head upstairs, and was trying to convince Carly: “I’d be joyful and grateful and kind…” That emotions poster is paying off. He went upstairs with me (Carly was trying to figure out the ordering again). He took a long time in the bathroom. He had a game where Brother using farms in Minecraft. Bath went smoothly, then got him dressed. We discussed how many days it had been of covid-19, actually he said something “Day 17 of covid-19…” and we talked about how it kind of started for us on his birthday. Of course, we hadn’t told him much at the time, so I filled him in on some of the details.
We were early and he requested a story first, so we started with Circle Round’s “Maushop and Grandfather Sun” He asked “What’s scarce mean?” A word of the day. We read more of How To. Impression was another new one. We finished chapter 23. He was resistant to brushing his teeth again, but I simply gave him a time limit and he eventually did it. Think he’s starting to come around a little, but slowly. After saying good night to Carly we went in and turned off the lights and listened to Peace Out’s “Show Your Glow”, which is about the Northern Lights and stories about them from different cultures. After learning about the valkyries he asked what final resting place and vikings meant.
We initially listened to the new Eno and Eno album again, but he couldn’t sleep. I suggested something a bit more engaging and he agreed to Beethoven’s Fifth. I think he fell asleep sometime around 11:15.
Also, during the day we got an email saying a package was arriving. It was our Amazon order we thought lost! So we just have to arrange with the school to get it when it arrives.
I’m bored:
Song of the day:
Working on “Hacked”:
Spraying himself:
