This morning, the boys got up around 8:45am. Rachel got up with the boys to try to let me sleep. Evan, though, was so loud that I couldn't sleep. He was downstairs playing basketball and was cheering and yelling. I laid in bed for awhile but couldn't fall back asleep.
When I got up Rachel and I talked about what to do today. We decided to go bowling, or as Evan calls it vowling or vowly. He was very excited to go. We told him that we were going to get bowling shoes. As we were walking into the bowling alley, he told me that he was going to get new shoes. I told him that we were just borrowing shoes.
The bowling alley is all computerized now and so when we typed Evan's name in, we chose whether or not we wanted the bumper on. The bumper is a metal gate that raises up so you can't get a gutter ball. They gave us the lightest ball they had for Evan which was six pounds. We showed him how to push it down the lane. One time he pushed it down the lane, it went so slowly I wasn't sure it was going to make it. I actually got a video of the end of it's travels. Take a look at the video down below. Keep an eye on the lane two to the left of ours. When the ball gets bowled, it actually beats Evan's down the lane.
Evan just had a great time bowling. He jumped and clapped every time he pushed the ball. When it was Rachel's or my turn, he'd run along with us and cheer for our ball. He'd say "good job Mommy" or "good job Daddy". When he pushed it and he missed the pins he'd say "I'll try again." Noah was in the stroller while we bowled. At the end he got a bit fussy. So Rachel got him out and he helped Evan push the ball once.
When we got home from bowling, we ate lunch and the put the boys down for a nap.
After naps, we went to HEB. Both boys were excellent there. I estimated the bill with in 82 cents before we checked out. And no, I wasn't actually adding the prices up in my head as we were going. But we saved $39+ in coupons. We actually surpassed some limit of allowable coupons without getting manager approval. That was by far the most we've ever saved in coupons. Rachel is very proud of herself.
For dinner, Evan ate macaroni and cheese, pepperoni, black olives and bread. That's two good dinners in a row.
Rachel and Evan made fresh-squeezed orange juice after dinner. Evan really enjoyed helping Rachel. He also enjoyed drinking the orange juice. I let Noah have some sips out of my glass. He really liked it as well. I think that might have been the first time Noah drank out of a glass. He did very well and knew what to do right away.
Both boys are in bed now. If Evan stays in bed tonight, he'll have made it three weeks straight without getting out of bed. The last time he got out of bed was Super Bowl Sunday. But I understand how excited he was :)
Until next time...
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