The Mall

Hello everyone, this is Morry. Saturday seems to be my day to write the blog. Rachel, Grandmom/Marilyn and the boys are playing right now.

The boys woke up early this morning - both before 8am. Rachel got up with them in an effort to let me sleep in some. Unfortunately I couldn't fall back asleep. I did lay in bed for awhile.

When I got up we decided we'd go sign Evan up for a soccer class and then go to the mall. There is an indoor soccer place in Austin called Soccer Zone. They have soccer classes for kids as young as 18 months old. We didn't know about it when Evan was 18 months or we would have definitely signed him up for it. The class is Grandmom/Marilyn's gift to Evan for his birthday. When we got there the place was very neat. They have adult leagues there and kids leagues. Evan really wanted to actually play soccer, but an adult game was going on. He was upset that he couldn't play.

We then drove to the mall. Evan and Noah both need some sort of sandal/water shoe. We went to Nordstrom's first. It was very crowded at Nordstrom's and the saleswoman, while cordial, wasn't very friendly. It was kind of a disaster there. We left without getting anything.

Then we went up to the food court to eat lunch. They had someone dressed as a cow in front of Chick-Fil-A. Evan was a bit shy with the cow but Noah just loved him. I was looking at Noah and he suddenly started to giggle. As I looked up, I realized he was giggling at the cow. The cow came over and touched Noah's head and Noah loved it. The cow entertained Noah for a while.

Rachel got a turkey panini and a smoothie from Frullati. Evan had chicken nuggets and a smoothie as well. I had a meal from Chick-Fil-A and lemonade. Grandmom/Marilyn had a chicken sandwich and also a smoothie. She asked and was told that the smoothies were dairy-free so she was very excited to be able to have a smoothie.

Evan's mood improved after lunch and we went to Stride Rite. We got these Nike water shoes for both boys and a pair of sneakers (not tennis shoes) for Evan. The saleslady at Stride Rite was very good. She talked to the boys and got their attention so they were not fighting trying on shoes.

Then we went and got cookies on the way out. On the way in, we told Evan if he was good, he could have a cookie. Of course he remembered and he was pretty good.

The boys took good naps and then we ordered pizza from Mangieri's. They messed up our order and had to go back and get my pizza and Rachel's salad. I wasn't very happy about the mess up. When my pizza was delivered, it was disappointing. It seemed fairly flavorless.

On a random note, Evan has been calling Noah, "Noah James" several times today. We have no idea why he started doing that. Evan often gives Noah nicknames. He's been Noah James, Noah B, Gra-Noah Bar, Noah Woah, Noah Bear and Noey. Mottel has been Mottel-Nose and Mutts. He now calls me Gallo (pronounced Guy-yo). He used to say that in a generic term but somehow it is now specific to me.

We're now going to put the boys to bed.

Until next time...