I went upstairs at 9:15 and he was sleeping pretty soundly. I managed to get him up at 9:30. I read Tristan Strong for a long time. High horse and anansesem were words of the day. We brushed our teeth and headed downstairs. We played Minecraft. He made a triple fireworks shooter and I taught him how to make simple flying machines.
I made him banana bread and took him outside. He showed Carly how he builds flying machines. I went up to work. When I came down a bit later they were playing Guess Who. I took over and played several rounds with him. He guessed mine randomly. It worked for him in one of our first rounds, so he just kept guessing names. When he was pretend nervous he did a deep breaths think like Carly does, which was funny. He also was trying to fool me, and using more than one card, trying to rotate them out if I guessed too closely. He’s trying all the sneaky things now. Carly, not I, pointed out he would fit in well at an Althauser board game.
For alone time he listened to “Mohingra Grove”. He requested it, asking for my help searching for ‘spots versus stripes’ as that is what it is about. In Minecraft I learned how to make a piston feed tape, then taught August. After that he did some math with Carly. He then started Pictionary. I drew things like a blender making a smoothie, Boxcar Children and transplanting a plant. He then did ShareTheMeal and we wrestled on floor.
We went out for a run, a shorter one, and did .38. He stopped for numbers painted on the ground and an eye off of an old toy. Back at home we sat on the bench and he told me about choose your own adventure book he’d read with Carly. I then read What If? Our groceries order arrived and we helped put them away. Well, August watched a short Mumbo Jumbo video about mistakes beginners make and had popcorn then helped a bit.
Colin called, and Carly took him outside and then upstairs, and August went with. August then listened to “Bending and Breaking” and I went for a run. When I got back they were playing survival Minecraft together, him having spent five stars. I went up to work. When I came down he was playing with Vivian and Colin. They were making a plane and he was doing fountains. August asked Cassie “Would you ever be interested in doing Minecraft?” Carly told him to say, “It would really mean a lot to me.” He replied, “Nah. Too cheesy.” Vivian logged off when he made it laggy for a minute with arrows. But it was literally only a few seconds.
Colin called back after Minecraft and they went outside and upstairs again, then we all went on a walk. They showed Colin the tractor, then as we were walking north he decided to all Oma instead. Not as long as last time, but August got his goal and it was a nice walk.
Back at home we watched the second Formula 2 race from the weekend. August really loved the stats and talked about them the whole time, and would run and tell Carly how many laps were left. He kept inviting her to come and watch with us. Carly said if he liked stats he should become a golf fan, or baseball fan, neither of which I liked the idea of.Fan was another new word.
We were wrestling and being silly on the couch. I was making him really laugh with random words and names, and called him “Spidey McPoopStash”. He’s also learned the phrase last gasps and has been using it in our games: “I’m getting the last gasps out of this.”
Carly took him up for a bath. In bed he listened to “Brothers and Bees”. Scoff was a word of the day. We brushed our teeth. Back in bed we listened to the Midnight Colours album from Rafael Anton Irisarri. He kept waking me up, and finally fell asleep at 12:10.
Showing off his redstone creations:
Doing some math:
Evening walk:
