The day seemed to revolve around food. I'm not sure why. It started when Evan woke up and he heard that Noah was awake. Noah was still in his room with his door closed, but Evan came to his gate and started yelling "I've got a cookie for you, Noah" over and over again. Evan likes to pretend to bake cookies for Noah. Rachel got up with the boys. She went downstairs with Noah, while Evan stayed upstairs to play with GeoTrax.
When I got up, I played with Evan and his GeoTrax. After a bit, we went downstairs and decided that we'd all go for a walk on this hiking trail around a shopping center near us. There is a Smoothie King in it. We thought we'd get smoothies when we were finished. We brought Lizzy for the walk. Everyone was very well behaved including Lizzy.
Afterwards, we got smoothies. We also had two coupons for that free meal from Kentucky Fried Chicken. We drove over to it where they had a sign that said they were giving rain checks out for the meals. I knew that some stores had run out but I hadn't heard that any stores in Austin had. So we went home and had lunch. Rachel made hard-boiled eggs and I made fried matzoh. Evan had some of each.
Rachel had to go tutor so she left me to continue feeding the boys. She said that we had some blackberries that needed to be eaten and she washed them off for me to give to them. The boys, as most of you reading this know, absolutely love fruit. I gave Noah 5 blackberries and started to clean up from lunch. I looked over and he had some smeared around his mouth, but nothing too bad. He wanted more so I gave him two more. I continued cleaning. I looked over at him. What I saw, I'm not sure I accurately can describe. There was virtually no skin on Noah's face that did not have blackberries rubbed in. It was on his eyelids so when he closed his eyes, there were no gaps. It was on his hands and wrists almost up to his elbows in places. There was some in his ears. It took me forever to clean him off. I realized that Rachel must have been saving those blackberries for just such an occasion - when she was not there and didn't have to clean up after them. You can see for yourself below.
After I got Noah cleaned (actually I'm amazed he's not purple anymore), I put the boys down for naps. Rachel got home shortly after.
After naps we went to Hangtown Grill for dinner. It's a place where you order at the counter and they call your name. We ate outside. The boys love eating outside. Evan got ice cream with his meal. He enjoyed that.
When we got home we gave the boys baths. But before baths, I was with Evan and we had to put his Cars boots back in his closet. He wandered in his closet, after he put his shoes down, so I closed the closet door on him. I yelled "where's Evan?" and Evan opened the door. He said "Daddy, you closed me in the closet accidentally. I thought I was going to have to sleep in there." Those were his exact words. I was hysterical because he was not upset, he was joking back with me. He just has such a good sense of humor.
Both boys seem to be quiet. I told them they have to be good for Mother's Day. Nope, just heard Noah. They'll be asleep soon.
Until next time...
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