He was up at 9:30, right as I was going in to wake him up. He asked for new shorts—I think he was just sweaty. He told me he had a crazy dream about cockroaches battling ants in a terrarium. As we went downstairs after mouthwash he asked, “What’s the United Nations?”
Downstairs I read a few chapters of The Boxcar Children. He then wanted to play Minecraft and Carly came and played with him. She made him an egg for breakfast, then I made him a second. And then a third. Don’t know when the last time was he’s eaten such a large breakfast. I think Carly had also given him fruit or something. He watched an Ants Canada video while eating. He asked me about the phrase vice versa, from the video, and would end up using it several times.
He played some piano and we watched the Hermitcraft Recap video for week 1. We then went upstairs for a good amount of wrestling. We came back downstairs and he played some piano, then listened to “Jasper’s Shell” on Stories Podcast before playing Minecraft in a sky block world. Carly and I were sorting through all of the library books from the school and I searched the house for a couple. We have a mystery of a book, about Hera, that I don’t remember checking out. August had leftovers from last night for lunch and they played chess. I then played him, and it was a close game and he was okay with me checkmating him at the end. He didn’t even request any take backs through the game, so like our first complete, full game.
He played piano, then was setting up funny chess positions for me. I set up our little whiteboard to make a list of things to do with August each day so we don’t forget things. I had KEXP on, and the DJ, Gabriel Teodros, said something about waking up. August asked me, “Hey, Dada? Do you always wake me up or does my body wake me up?”
We went outside and he watered his weeds. He said he saw a big spider go under the swing, but then we couldn’t find it. He figured out how to jump on and off the swing without touching the frame of it. I read more Boxcar Children and it talked about writing letters. He was confused and asked what letter meant: “like Morse code?” I explained that whole paper thing. Another new word was ranch. In the book men show up to try to get an old woman to sell her ranch. August, putting two and two together, realized that criminals could target old people: “Here’s something a criminal could do: go to someone who’s dying…pay me a thousand dollars.” And sell them a fake medicine. Another word he asked about was acquainted.
Inside we watched the Crash Course World History “Fall of Rome” video and he asked for a video of actual war, so we watched a short video of naval ships in World War II. Carly then started a new book with him, Jake Drake: Class Clown, that seemed pretty good. He liked it, but after a few minutes led me by the end to the stairs to go upstairs for more wrestling and a little Myna and Sister game.
We went downstairs and Carly put on a documentary about asteroid impacts and made popcorn. I went upstairs for a while, then went for a run. There was a little time between the end of the documentary and 6 and they had called to talk to Colin. Vivian had answered, then they were calling back to get Colin but no one was answering on FaceTime or the phone. August got a little frustrated, but was then playedying Musyc when I left for my run.
I came back and they were playing in Vivian’s Poop world. Carly trimmed my hair after I took a shower. Carly was then watching West Wing and said it was the best show. A minute later August said, “Mama, you know how you said it’s the best show ever? It’s boring.” I had cooked up the rest of the cilantro tofu for dinner and we had that along with the last of the left overs.
August downloaded a new sky block world. And he and Vivian and Colin got extra time in that. They got off at 8. He was then talking to me about it and told me, “I used to think sky block wouldn’t be my thing, but it’s totally my thing.”
We got him upstairs, and I made a joke. Carly asked August why I made jokes like that, and August immediately responded, “In his habitat it’s natural for him to make corny jokes all day long.” He also said something about her being in her natural habitat and doing something. She gave him a bath and washed his hair. He was then walking around, enjoying his lollipop, and I told him to feel the sugar coursing through him. He closed his eyes and leaned his head back. Looked like a true sugar junkie.
We said good night to Carly, then in his room we Skyped with my parents. We had a good talk with them and didn’t hang up until 10:10 or so. He then listened to “King Midas” on Stories Podcast. He had finished his crackers and had some Cheerios, so we then went and brushed our teeth. The next story, which we didn’t have time to listen to now, said something about it being a religious story. We talked about myths and religions and how they are related. Back in bed we listened to a Benge album called Meme Tunes. August randomly said, “We should have casserole sometime.” He also talked about how he loved the egg today. Had lights off at 11 and he was asleep by 11:50 today. Progress, a bit.
Another ending:
Their sky block world:
Crybaby song 1:
The crybaby:
The crybaby game:
