He came down on his own by 7:25. I got him his blanket and Carly read some Clementine. We all played Minecraft together, then they had cereal and milk outside. He came in and played a lot of piano. He again asked, “What’s a reputation?” I did some piano with him and then he listened to Supersonic Piano. That led to us going upstairs for a game where he was a girl with perfect pitch, who Brother and Sister find in the park. She then went to the classes to help with music classes, but couldn’t handle the kids playing out of tune. She preferred the classes with Ms. Mean, etc. who didn’t allow mistakes.
We went back downstairs and watched the latest Iskall video, then he listened to Story Pirates for alone time. We all played Minecraft together again, then had soup and other things outside for lunch. He had a piece of his gum from the Easter eggs.
I took recycling up and went for a run. August told me to look for any slugs or snails. They had been cleaning, and August had earned a star for vacuuming most of the downstairs and one for picking up tree things in the yard. I took a shower and when I got out August was upset about something. Eventually he ended up in the bedroom with Carly and I heard Supersonic Piano. He also read for a third star today, reading Sandra Boynton’s Hippos Go Beserk.
When he came down he played piano then we played Minecraft. Carly made us schnitzels for lunch. He then watched two Kurzgesatz black hole videos, then we went upstairs for a Brother and Sister game that involved the advanced civilization and Sister going into a stasis pod. August said, “She ushered her in…” He just learned what ushered means.
We went downstairs and outside. I was going to read to him, but he was interested in the book about the Cultural Revolution that Carly was reading: “Please, could you read the communist book?” She was looking for a more kid-friendly book and found I Survived Mount St. Helens and August really wanted to read that, so they started that.
Back inside we did some piano and I started to watch a video series about jazz theory. August did Notion. I then read Chitty Chitty Bang Bang to him. He got upset he couldn’t watch Carly’s show (as she was making spaghetti).
He calmed down and watched an ants Canada video on fire ants eating a tarantula. She was finishing the editing of their shadow movie. He got upset again when he wouldn’t stop climbing on her or whatever he was doing and she wanted him to stop. She went upstairs for a while, and he calmed down with me.
She came down, and he played Minecraft with Vivian and ate spaghetti for dinner. He wanted more cheese and wanted to try grating it himself and enjoyed that. They then finished reading I Survived the Battle of Gettysburg with Vivian. We went upstairs and Carly gave him a bath, then got him to dress in a collared shirt, which was from Cherie, I think. She did his hair and I took a picture of him. They then called Cherie to show her the shirt and play the movie for her.
We went back upstairs and brushed our teeth, and he did a great job with it. We went to bed and read more of Chitty Chitty Bang Bang. Mortal danger was a word of the day. We then listened to Stories Podcast and listened to “The Milkmaid’s Song”, then “Trip to the Moon” on Peace Out. For music we listened to Composed by Jherek Bischoff and August said, “I totally like it.” He also asked what ammunition is. He had heard it in the Gettysburg book. He was asleep at 10:45. He surprised me by getting up at 11:20 to go to the bathroom. He had just gone before listening to Peace Out, as usual.
Jazzy improv:
A piano line with sustain:
Fast fingers:
The mean code:
Grating cheese:
Quick fingers slo-mo:
