He was up at 7:45. I was getting up again. He seems to be comfortable with less than 9 hours of sleep now. We lay in bed for a while, then he went to the bathroom and we went downstairs at 8. He started playing piano, playing in 3/4 and with other interesting rhythms. Carly came down a few minutes later. August switched to Notion and first made a piece in 15/4 so he could combine a quarter, half, whole, and double-whole note in a measure.
We then played Minecraft in three worlds. I was up making us oatmeal at the end and he didn’t want to log off. He logged off but called me idiot. When I said he needed to apologize before he could do earn time later he threw a shoe at me and had a meltdown that needed Carly to help with. He eventually calmed down, and later apologized. He listened to “The Shepherd’s Disguise” on Circle Round and then “Lamb with the Golden Fleece”.
I saw that they had started coverage of the Soyuz crew launch to the ISS and we started that. August wanted to do a Brother and astronaut game so we went up to his room and kept the coverage. Continuity error was a word of the day when he had Bar enter a story (it was supposed to take place before Brother knew Bar). We watched the coverage through the launch and for several minutes after. Gantry and abort were words of the day.
We went downstairs and I went for a run. When I got back he asked for a soft-boiled egg, so I made a few of those and served him lunch with carrots and toast sticks for his lunch, then took a shower. He was then listening to Story Pirates. Two episodes, with the second being “Boo!/The Clock”.
He then practiced typing and I practiced piano and he kept listening to “The Raccoon’s Very Hard Choice”. He came and played piano a bit, and we kept listening to Story Pirates. During one story (the one about the eggs) he came and asked me, “What’s foreshadowing mean?”
We went outside together, playing Myna and Brother Minecraft games. I was wearing sandals for the first time this spring. He asked, “What does ‘mask’ mean? Like ‘I masked the actors with a blanket.’” It was from the story “The search for rain”.
They went outside together to work on a video and Carly painted and he listened to lots of Story Pirates. Carly made soup today, and we had some for dinner.
I went upstairs and started working, about two and a half hours. He played Minecraft with Vivian and Colin and was then playing piano for Cherie when I came down. He had two bowls of noodles and corn and broccoli for second breakfast, and now had a third bowl. They hung up at 8:25.
He did some Supersonic Piano and was still hungry so had some peanuts and dried mango. We got him upstairs and Carly gave him a bath. He was arguing about God with her. He brushed and flossed his teeth while I did mine, which went quite well today.
We said good night and in bed read Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. He then did lots of talking, talking as the astronaut telling Brother all about space. I let him go on, as it seemed to be something he needed to process. When he was ready we listened to “The Cat Bride” on Stories Podcast. He asked “What’s pray me?” Pray was another new word. He told me more about the “The Search for Rain” (that story clearly left an impression) and we listened to a Peace Out. We listened to Benge’s Forms 2 album and he was asleep by 10:50.
And earlier in the day when he was typing he started to make typing art.
Watching the launch:
Zinnie cam: Mama starting a new painting:
Zinnie cam: Carly painting:
Song of the day:
