He was up at 7:40. We cuddled on the couch bed. The first thing he said was, “What’s a geita?” He had asked me this one before, but this time was able to tell me it was from the Circle Round story “The Dancing Goats”. We listened to it, and it turned out to be the instrument, gaita. He also asked about hide (a skin, that is). He pointed out this was where he heard “making ends meet”.
We went downstairs and he went to the piano. Carly was working at the table. We then played Minecraft. He just did lucky block stuff at first. I was trying to get him to use a tissue for his runny nose, and said the tissue had to get enough snot for its family before the lean times of the summer. A few minutes later he commented on how he got my joke about summer being the hard time for tissues, when it is winter for humans. He also said he doesn’t like tissues, but wants them to survive. He switched to a Taiga Bay world and started to make a random sort of sculpture: “I don’t put a lot of facts into it. I just randomly place stuff. That’s how you make it look good.”
We had oatmeal for breakfast and we left reviews for the story podcasts. He liked leaving them, but only did one-word reviews and didn’t want to add details. He then wanted to go outside to play the ball game. We went out and did that for quite a while. We then went upstairs to a Brother and Archeologist game. We then remembered and replayed the story when they save and get Tigey. Way back at the beginning of the Brother and Sister games.
Then back downstairs to educational videos: oboe, tuba, day in the life of a satellite team, “What the HECK is time!?” (We discussed the line “Time is a representation of causality” and causality was a word of the day), “Where do New Words Come From?” from Ted-Ed, and “Flocking Behavior of Birds” from Smarter Every Day (murmurations emergent behavior). The Smarter Every Day guy was making analogies as he learned about the birds and I commented how that is like August. Maneuverable was another new word.
We went back upstairs for a Brother and archeologist game about algorithms, where the algorithms, like from the bird flocking video, were applied to Brother’s cats in Minecraft. Then back downstairs where he listened to “Kangaroo and Joey Too”, which he really likes. We played more in Taiga Bay and Carly made a smoothie. He then played piano while I made lunch.
We played the Kings and Queens game and ate grilled cheese outside. Then had chocolate milk. He asked if there was an “owner” of the United States and we talked about dictators. Opposed was a new word. He said, “I don’t believe in claiming…you have to win an election.” Carly was making a chicken dish. We did Earpaggio, then moved inside. He started playing piano, so I made more Greek alphabet signs. We then went back to Earpaggio our ogether, identifying seventh chords, and getting up to major minor 7th. We discussed the “no ifs ands or buts”. We then went out and read on the swing. I read “Toads and Pearls” (blessed was new) and “Little Red Riding Hood”, finishing the book. “Bearing” was another word of the day.
He hung out with Carly for a while and I went upstairs for a bit. They were laughing and maybe did some reading. He then listened to “The Sultan’s Figs”, a new Circle Round, and I went for a run. I came back and they were watching the Mars rover documentary and having popcorn and I showered. He then started playing Minecraft with Vivian and Colin, playing in survival. That lasted an hour. August talked about wanting to do the reading at the end, but then agreed to the plan of hanging up and calling Oma instead. He Played piano for her and explained seventh chords. They then played Pictionary using the whiteboard in Zoom. I was working, then watched Twelfth Night.
We went upstairs and Carly washed him. He then watched more of Twelfth Night with me, and we talked more about how they do their acting and the technology involved. He then asked about Lewis Hamilton and he asked “How can he be better if they all have the same speed limit?” We talked about the skill and strategy and technology. We then talked more about the acting in the play, and he was smiling and asking me, “Is this a real smile?” And we discussed more of Shakespeare versus modern time and how the production could be different. Finally, he said, “Tell me some different kinds of archeologists…-gists” He could think of paleontologist.
We brushed our teeth and said good night to Carly. He was joking with her and said “You’re as dull as ever…because she’s a teacher.” He also said some nice ones. In bed we listened to “Tokyo and the Dragon King” and “Blue Corn Maiden” on Stories Podcast. He had a little game with Brother where he meets the god of weather, who can change the month/seasons (like in the stories). We then listened to Peace Out’s “Circus Spectacular”. Trapeze was a new word and we’ll have to watch videos tomorrow. He then asked “How do you gasp?” When I showed a quick gasp he said he thought it would be longer, and he then compared it to being staccato versus legato. We listened to Apocalyptica’s Plays Metallica (that’s four cellos) and he was asleep about 10:50.
Song 1 today:
Song 2 today:
Playing for Oma:
Explaining seventh chords:
