Morry’s Birthday

This morning Evan woke up right before Morry left for work. Morry gave Evan breakfast and put a movie on for him in the gameroom.

We were supposed to go to playgroup today, but the hosting kid got sick and they had to cancel. Instead, we went to the JCC for Tot Shabbat.

Evan and Noah seemed to have a good time there. Evan was one of the oldest kids there though.

After the JCC we met Morry at his work and then went out to lunch. We got pizza at Mangia. Evan and Noah gave Morry the birthday cards they made for him.

We came home and I put the boys down for naps. Evan slept really well. Noah only napped a little.

When Morry came home Evan ran up to him and asked him to open his present. Then, Evan said “we got a shirt for you.” Evan doesn’t quite understand the surprise part of gift giving. At least I didn’t tell Evan what the other gift was. I also got Morry Guitar Hero (a game package for wii). Morry played a little Guitar Hero before dinner.

For dinner we met Morry’s friends Joszef and Janos at Benihana to celebrate Morry’s birthday. We had to wait a while for our table. It was hard waiting there with Evan and Noah. Noah wanted to walk around, but it wasn’t safe as there were lots of waiters and people walking back and forth.

Dinner was fun. We enjoyed watching the guy cook in front of us. Evan and Noah were tough. Noah hardly ate anything and threw most of the food on the floor. A little before the guy starting cooking, Evan became really clingy with Morry and was like that for the whole show. Evan did end up eating a lot of shrimp. He ate Morry’s appetizer shrimp and then all the shrimp that came with my meal. For dessert, they sang and brought ice cream for Morry. Morry and Evan shared the ice cream. Noah had a few bites.

On the way home we had to stop for gas and then drive to Matt’s house. Morry needed to pick up Matt’s car so that he can pick Matt and the kids up from the airport tomorrow.

It was a late night for the boys. It’s almost 11pm and they just went to bed.

Making cards for Daddy

Clean Up

Evan woke up early again, but at least he knocked and didn’t cry.

When I dropped Evan off at school, I put Noah down so I could put Evan’s lunch and water with the others. There was a class of small kids (maybe 2 years old?) coming through the room to go outside. Noah started following them and almost got out to the playground. I had to run over there to catch him before he followed the class outside. He looked really cute walking behind all those other little kids.

After dropping off Evan at school Noah and I picked up Riley. She watched Noah at our house from about 9:30-12. I had a whole bunch of cleaning I needed to do. The house was a disaster. Even though, Riley was here I didn’t get as much done as I hoped. Noah cried almost the whole entire time she was here. He started crying when she got in the car. The last few times he did great with her. I don’t think the crying has anything to do with her. She’s a very nice girl and she gets down on the floor and plays with the kids. I think Noah just knew that I wasn’t going to be able to be with him and he didn’t like that. I spent a lot of time trying to calm Noah down. He was finally happy and playing for about the last 30 minutes. What a stinker!

Noah ate lunch. Then, I ate quickly. It has become very hard for me to eat while Noah is eating (or trying to eat). He screams, whines, etc almost the whole meal. The only time he stops is if I give him fruit. So, I fed him and then took him out of his high chair and ate my lunch in about 10 minutes before it was time to get Evan.

Right when we got home from picking up Evan I put the boys down for naps. I was exhausted from the morning. Evan and Noah both took really good naps.

For dinner we made grilled chicken and rice.

After dinner I wanted to run, but it was just too hot outside. They said the high today would be 106. I’m not sure if got up to that or more, but it was really hot out. We were also under a heat advisory today. So, instead of running we made ice cream. I made chocolate ice cream this time in the bag and it turned out well. We didn’t have any vanilla in the house, so I just added some Nesquick to the mix and it worked well.

Morry put up curtains in Evan’s room tonight. We are hoping they will block out some light and maybe Evan will sleep later? We’ll see.

We just gave them baths and put the boys to bed.

A little more relaxing

Evan woke up early again, but at least he wasn’t crying. A little after 7am I heard knocking on the wall.

Blanca came at 10am. I ran some errands, met Melissa for lunch, and got a massage. Morry gave me a gift certificate for Mother’s Day for a massage. I finally used it today and I’m so glad I went. It was great! Now, I want to go back.

When I got home a little after 3:00, Noah was napping but Evan was still awake in his room. After awhile I was able to get Evan to nap, but Noah woke up pretty shortly after that.

For dinner we had hamburgers.

While we were cleaning up Evan played wii baseball. He’s really getting good. He got 16 out of 30 hits!

After dinner we all went to Target. We didn’t get home until after 9pm. They were doing some road work and we had to take a long way home to get around it.

It’s 10:00 now and we just finished getting the boys to bed.

Back to School

This morning Evan woke up early again, but at least he didn’t cry. Morry heard him knocking on the wall this morning. Anything is better than the crying.

I dropped Evan off at school, then spent the rest of the morning at home with Noah. We didn’t do much, just took it easy.

I picked up Evan and came home. Evan threw a fit at nap time. I had to put him in time out right before naps and he never calmed down before naps. I was finally able to get him to calm down and then he ended up napping. Shortly after Evan feel asleep Noah woke up.

For dinner we had this already cooked brisket thing from HEB and some pasta. While I was getting dinner ready Evan played wii baseball.

After dinner we ran again.

We just gave the boys baths and put them to bed.

Doctor, CVS, and Newflower

Evan was up at 6:24 am this crying for Daddy and did not go back to sleep.

This morning I made a doctor’s appointment for Evan. He’s had this little bump on his butt for a while, but the last week he’s been scratching it and it got bigger and more irritated. I was able to make an appointment for 9:45. Evan, Noah, and I went to the doctor. It took a while. We were there for about an hour. The doctor said Evan has Molluscum Contagiosum, a skin condition that causes raised, round, bumps on the skin. We have to give him an antibiotic cream 3 times a day for a few days.

After the doctor we went to CVS. There were a lot of items on sale there that we needed. We were there about an hour. Evan was not well behaved and it made the shopping take extra long. I also had to take him to the bathroom twice. I guess it’s not in a good neighborhood because when I was trying to get out to the car I realized the shopping carts don’t fit through the door. I had lots of big items (toilet paper, paper towels, ..). There was no way I was going to be able to get that stuff and the boys to the car without a cart. The checkout guy offered to help me to the car. That was very nice of him, but I was annoyed at the store.

Then, we went to Newflower, across the street. I got our groceries for the week and also got some good deals there. Evan and Noah were better behaved there. I gave them both apples to eat to keep them busy. After checkout I took the boys to the bakery to get their free cookie (kids get free cookies).

We came home, ate lunch, and the boys took good naps.

For dinner, we ate rotisserie chicken and leftover potatoes.

After dinner, I made Morry run with me. :)

I want to try and start exercising more. Maybe we’ll try running after dinner and see how that works out.

Evan and Noah are in bed now, but Evan is still awake.

Park and Wii Baseball

This morning Evan was in a bad mood. He only wanted Daddy. Grandma, Papa, and I all tried to get him dressed. I was letting Morry sleep in, and finally I just went in and got Evan dressed whether he liked it or not. At that point he was crying for Daddy because Morry was in the shower. After I got Evan dressed I let him go in our room and see Morry.

Papa made us breakfast this morning and then he and Grandma drove back to Dallas.

We went to the Circle C Park for a little bit. It was hot out, but not too bad in the shade. When we pulled up there were only 2 other cars there. I guess most people wanted to be indoors today. Evan and Noah had fun at the park.

We came home and the boys took really good naps.

While we were getting the pasta ready for dinner, I helped Evan play baseball on the wii. He was really doing well. He was able to watch the screen and hit the baseball in the video game. I was pretty impressed that he had the eye-hand coordination for that. He wasn’t hitting all of them, but I’d say about 30% or so.

We had spaghetti for dinner and then went to Wendy’s for dessert. Morry, Evan, and I got Frosties. Noah ate about half of mine.

We just put the boys to bed. Last night Evan was up really late because people were shooting off fireworks in our neighborhood and he was scared. We just heard more fireworks going off. I went outside, but couldn’t tell who was doing it. It wasn’t anyone on our street. I hope it ends soon and I hope it doesn’t bother Evan again.

July 4th

Hello everyone, this is Morry. This is my first posting in awhile. We didn't post last Saturday night so I think it's been two weeks.

This was the first full day home for everyone (besides me). Rachel was very tired as the boys didn't sleep well all week long while they were in Dallas and she was up dealing with them. Luckily, this morning, both boys slept until nearly 10. Then I got up with them and got them dressed. Rachel slept until after 11.

We came downstairs and had fruit for breakfast. Evan also had some Cheerios.

When Rachel came downstairs we decided to go to Blue Bamboo for lunch. It's a Thai-Vietnamese place that opened in Escarpment Village. We all really enjoyed it. It was our second time there and it was just as good, if not better, than the first time we went. Both boys ate incredibly well. I ordered Chicken Fried Rice and Evan ate all the chicken out of my rice. Noah ate a hot dog.

When we came home, the boys played some and then went down for a nap.

I started cooking a brisket for dinner. I put it on the grill, wrapped in foil. Rachel made potatoes, and chocolate chip cookies. We also made asparagus in the steamer. Additionally, we roasted garlic and had some bread to put it on.

Evan and Noah both ate the bread, but not much else from the dinner. Evan had peanut butter and jelly but Noah didn't really eat much. His eating has really slowed down recently. I remember when Evan went through this phase.

After dinner the boys played some more and then we gave them baths.

Evan has been manipulating me into staying in his room when we were trying to put him to bed. He was coming up with every excuse to keep me in there. He's very good at that. When I came downstairs, he started to cry so I sent Rachel up. He's quiet now but I don't know if Rachel still is in there.

Until next time...