I went and woke him up right at 9. He got up right away. I read a couple chapters of Tristan Strong, then we took care of our teeth and headed downstairs. Carly came in and played Minecraft with him and I went upstairs to do some work. She made him an egg. Then they went outside. She wanted to show him the flower that was opening on the vine. They then played chess before moving to Mastermind.
Carly then tried driving down to the big art store. He and I went upstairs and wrestled on the bed. When we were done with that we went downstairs and watched the newest Grian episode. Carly got home. She hadn’t been successful, as the store was really crowded so she gave up. We had placed a fruit and veggie order before she left and it arrived right before she got back. August was excited about trying the lychee. Carly had figured out that that is what the birds drop the seeds of in our yard. He really liked the lychee and ate three or four. Carly made him corn. And he practiced his peaceful warrior pose. He was singing a “Stainless, painless, but never brainless” song. Not sure if that has roots in something, or if it was just a nonsense song. He then showed me his rubber band instrument on the cupboards and we determined that one note was F sharp, and another B flat. He played a song on it, saying, “here’s a tiptoeing song.”
Carly made him fruit salad. I went upstairs to try to order pizza. Finally determined that the Even Yehuda Shabtai branch didn’t open until 2pm. When I went downstairs Carly had cleaned the bathroom and gotten August to agree to just use the upstairs one until after Jeff had visited. He was pretty grumbly about it. They played Mastermind, then I played with him. He talked about the feeling of figuring it out: “Doesn’t it feel funny? When you do all that and get it right and then it all makes sense?”
Just before 2 I headed to Shabtai. Got there just after 2. Very empty. He took the temperature of the two women in front of me, but didn’t take mine. I ordered two large pizzas: one with smoked goose, goat cheese, and mushrooms, and the other with half tuna and corn, and half veggie. The host was wearing a mask, but trying to convince everyone to sit inside. I sat outside to wait, and likely would have anyway, even if not because of COVID, as they had umbrellas and a really nice breeze.
While I was gone they played Minecraft. Carly learned about creepers and experience. They were in a lucky block world.
Jeff arrived at 3. We all sat outside. He brought a Chimey that he and I shared. August ate a slice of pizza and played on the swing and seesaw. When he got done with that he watched a Mumbo Jumbo video about a redstone speed run. At 4 he had his session with Gabi. They spent most of their time on the swing, until August got too warm and they moved in on the couch. Well, Gabi was on the computer.
Jeff left around 5. Inside August was acting a little addicted to his iPad time. Distracted him for a bit, but then allowed him to use 5 stars. He was making a chess board in Minecraft when I headed up to work from 5:30 to 7:40.
The session went really well, then I came downstairs. Cassie was talking about a badd dream she had of Vivian falling off her bike. Carly said something about how dreams like that are awful, and August observed, ,“It’s even worse when you’re a parent protecting your kid.”
He played chess with Vivian. Carly played with Colin, teaching him some chess. August was listening to her and said, “You sounds like a teacher” or something of the sort.
I went for a run. They went out for an evening walk and when I came back I found them standing on the sidewalk across from our house. They had walked every direction from our house as far as August would allow, looking at plants and things.
We headed inside and they read Joey Pigza. I took a shower then she gave him a bath, and read more Joey Pigza. We went in his room and played some would-you-rather. When I asked if he’d rather go for a run or a bike ride tomorrow he said, “Ack. You’re killing me.” He listened to the stories “Bending and Breaking” and “Kiddo and the Fox” while he ate his crackers. We brushed our teeth, then listened to some new-to-us Max Cooper before switching to something calmer, the Philip Glass Solo Piano album. August asked, “What’s a general store?” A word of the day. He quoted “These pumpkins are so swell.” From “Polly and the Pumpkin Seeds”. He was finally asleep around 11:40.
Song and rubber band instrument:
More rubber band:
Chess with Vivian:
Teaching Colin chess:
