He woke up at 9. He was yelling, but fine. I read a little What If? then Tristan Strong. He went to the bathroom, and sang a “Look at the basket, all nice and clean” song. We went downstairs and he played Dragonbox Big Numbers. I went up and did a little work, then came down and played 15 minutes of lucky block world with him. I got us banana bread for breakfast and we took it over on the rug and I tried to get him into doing some art. We did some drawing of shapes, and discussed 3D drawing and I showed him perspective and shading when he was asking questions. He did a little practicing of drawing stars. He then went to the piano and sang a song about getting bored.
Back on the couch I tried to get him reading Albert the Albatross. He was first interested in albatrosses, and we looked them up. Extant was a word of the day. He then read some of the book, and said, “Maybe when I die in my new life I’ll be an albatross.” We ended up wrestling and being snakes, then he read more of the book. Carly came down, and he went over and read a couple pages to her.
They played chess, and I went up to do some work. He came up to ask if he could do alone time. I said yes, but he ended up playing with the metronome, making high-pitched music. Carly made him corn and other food, and he ate that as well. He finally did alone time, not listening to anything, and just resting on the couch instead. He said something about being entertained up us. He then played Dragonbox Big Numbers for his time and got the “Tenerator” (the machine that bundles your apples in tens). Spent the rest of the time in Minecraft, doing redstone. He said, “You’re hapless” And also used, “Baleful…Amanda Weldon said…” So hapless and baleful were new words, although he had already learned their meanings even from the story.
Carly went to get food from the new falafel place in town. We played a few rounds of the Larva matching game, and when he asked what the characters are from I told him about the cartoon and how we’d see it on the busses in Korea. I then let him watch it, and he was laughing hysterically.
At 3 Jeff came over. August was excited by the pain au chocolat he had brought, giving him a big smile and two thumbs up. Carly made French fries, and August ate those with the labnah she’d bought before having some of the bread. While we talked he played Dragonbox Big Numbers and watched Life Noggin videos.
After Jeff left we played inside on the floor, being really silly, with him putting chess pieces under my back and having my lie on them. I then got him out on a run, but it turned into a walk when his shorts kept falling down. He showed me where the dead bug had been, and led me over to the main street where he had a game of walking on the different lines. That carried us much of the way home.
Colin called when we were back, around 6:30, as Cassie had said Minecraft would be a bit late. August ate a hot dog and grapes. I don’t think Vivian played with them. I went for a run. When they got off Minecraft we all went for a walk, taking Colin along again. Back at the house he spent five stars to play Dragonbox Big Numbers so he could show Colin.
After that Carly got him upstairs for his bath and brushed his hair. He had a lollipop. We then started the Formula 1 race in on his bed. We watched about 20 laps. Retire was a word of the day. He then listened to short stories: “Fire Fairies of Lillywood”, “Sophia the Snowflake”, “How the Camel Got Its Hump”, and then “The Secret Origins of the Tooth Fairy” as we brushed our teeth. He walked around for 4 minutes to get his watch up to 90, listening to “How the Whale Got His Throat”.
I had accidentally turned off the AC when we’d left the room, so when we ran back in he gave me an exasperated “Seriously‽” with palms out and bending his knees.
In bed he asked, “What’s it mean to be a man of infinite resource and sagacity?” It was from a story, so I explained resource and sagacity and he kept saying “I’m a man of infinite resource and sagacity.” And “…So you’d better not question me or I’ll punish you.”
We listened to the Late Night Tales album again, and he wasn’t asleep until 12:15, I think.
Jazzy music:
Reading to mama:
Metronome “music”:
Laughing at Larva:
A man of infinite resource and sagacity:
