He was up about 8:35. He waited for me to come up, then went to the bathroom. When he was done he climbed into the couch bed for a couple minutes. We went downstairs and he cuddled with Carly for a couple minutes and they did radio talk.
We read some of The Boxcar Children then played Minecraft, building in the flat world. I added some ruins and details. He asked, “What’s appealing mean?” When time was up he went outside with Carly. She had met with Alex. I made breakfast, making a scramble of eggs, cheese, broccoli, and turkey. We did a Brother game with him meeting Tune, a girl who does magic with music. He was listening to Supersonic Piano.
We ate our breakfast in tortillas and ate outside. He was talking to Carly about the different enchantments in Minecraft and asked about words like looting, impaling, and aquatic.
Carly started painting outside. August remembered a paint mixing app, and I put it on his phone for him, along with Adobe Capture, which I thought might be interesting for him. He played with that for a while, and took a few photos, one of flowers. He then came in and turned on “The Shepherd’s Disguise” on Circle Round and made a fort on the couch. He asked me to get his blanket and made a nice for for himself while he listened. When he was done listening we went upstairs for Ms. Safe games, with the student Tal. Her class was studying safe things like pillows and feathers. He then had a ripped toenail and got upset about. After several minutes of pleading for me to come up with a solution that didn’t involve nail clippers or a bandage he finally let me put socks on him, and he wore those most of the rest of the day until the nail broke off on its own.
We went back to the game and there was a student in a wheelchair, named Plorp. We went downstairs and he started playing piano. We played more Minecraft in the Flat Land. He randomly asked, “What’s eavesdropping mean?” I made him a grilled turkey and cheese sandwich. He was playing piano with his eyes closed. He started by eating his sandwich outside, but was scared inside by a buzzing insect. Inside he ate and we watched National Theatre’s production of Frankenstein. Makeup was a word of the day. Carly came in to find out what disturbing video I was showing him. We watched 18 minutes.
He then wanted to go play upstairs again. We went up and did the dog and cat hand fights thing. We went back downstairs and he wanted to learn about another medical condition. Looking at Osmosis the first I found was leukemia and we watched the video for that. We then moved to piano and composed short pieces for each other. He liked the one I composed for him (I called it “Shmorgadeboop”) but he didn’t actually try to play it. I practiced piano and they worked in PowerPoint.
To get him out on a walk we all went. We walked down by the Monster Zapping park, and he had his bar as we walked. He then turned around and led us back. As we got back to the house he spotted the excavator and said, “Look! I see a giant cat!” Because it says CAT on the back of it. Think that was an original joke of his.
We got back and watched GoodTimeswithScar. Carly got him food, and he ate the asparagus, but only the tops. He explained himself: “Think of it as a paint brush: I only wanted the bristles, not the foundation.”
I went out for a walk, over in Bnei Dror again, but this time doing the loop north of the mall. He played Minecraft, then he and Carly continued their documentary and popcorn series, learning about the quest for extraterrestrial life. Distinctive was a new word. Carly asked, “What’s Enceladus?” He replied, “A moon of Saturn.” He was asking about a lot of words, including, but not limited to: ammonia, reverberate, significant, central, permutations, nourishment, savage, carnivore, premise, and conviction.
Carly talked to Cherie and I did some work. I did some extra editing for Omar of a piece written by a woman about their Bible study groups. They then read Older than Dirt. She gave him a bath and they read more of it. She washed his hair and he had a lollipop. I read The Boxcar Children as he had the lollipop and we finished the book. I’m starting to like the series better. August joked to Carly: “Nonfiction and fiction is equally good!”
We brushed our teeth and went downstairs to say good night to Carly. Carly had spotted him wiggling a tooth, and now he let slip that he actually has two loose teeth. We listened to one story on the Stories Podcast (a short one), then Peace Out’s “Sun Salutations” Salutations and continent were new words. We listened to the Rival Consoles album again. After several minutes he told me, “I can’t go to sleep, but just so you know I like the music.” He was finally asleep by 11:15.
Daily piano 1:
Daily piano 2:
Feeding ants:
Melodica tune:
