Inauguration Day

Hello everyone, this is Morry. Rachel is eating her dinner since she got home from tutoring late.

I'd be remiss if I didn't mention what an historic day it is today. At 12:00 PM Eastern time, the United States of America inaugurated its first black president. It is just extraordinary. I tried to watch the ceremony online but had a hard time given the network congestion. I tried cnn.com, msnbc.com, abc.com, yahoo.com, bbc.com (they only let people in England watch), npr.com and cbs.com. It was basically impossible to watch on any of those. Then it occured to me that foxnews.com probably wouldn't have as many people watching. I was right. The video was a bit choppy but the audio was great. President Obama's speech was great - very inspiring. Even that wacko he had give the speech before him wasn't too bad. But that speech was one of the moments we can always say you remember where you were when it happened. I hope that we can all be proud of the country today, for the signficance of having an Afican-American president, regardless of your party affiliation.

Ok, so back to the Belkin happenings. Rachel said that Evan was well behaved this morning before school. He didn't give her a hard time getting to school or walking into the building. That's a huge step. The thing is that he really enjoys school. He's just in this phase that he fights us on everything.

Rachel didn't do much while Evan was at school. Noah took a long nap.

When Rachel picked up Evan from school, she said that he gave her a hard time. She gave him a time out and then put him down for a nap.

Rachel left to go tutor at 3pm and I came home around 5:30. When I got home, the boys were out back with Blanca. They came in and Evan immediately asked to go back outside. We said goodbye to Blanca and when outside. Evan was playing miniature golf on this little course he has. A couple times the ball left the course and Evan would say "Oh darn it!" Then both boys went on the swing. When it got dark, we went in.

I had Evan help me make a pizza for him. I put sauce on the top and bottom half of a hamburger bun. Then Evan put mozzarella cheese on. We baked the pizza and he ate both halfs. He asked for another pizza. He ate both halfs of that pizza as well.

Noah meanwhile was just chowing down on all the finger food I gave to him.

After dinner, Noah pulled up completely for the first time. He crawled over to the ottoman and pulled up. I knew he's been able to do it for awhile, it just hasn't occurred to him that he could do it. Today, Noah is 10 months old. Unbelievable.

Now Rachel is home and both boys are in bed. It seems to be quiet up there. Hopefully it stays that way.

Until next time...