Back to Baseball

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Earlier this week, I had emailed the people on Evan's team to see if anyone wanted to get together to play some baseball.  I set it up for 11am this morning.  Late enough that people got to do stuff but before it got really hot outside.  Evan's coach and his son joined us.

We stopped at a gas station and got Gatorades on the way over to the baseball complex.  We got there a little early in case the fields were locked or someone was on the field.  Before Evan's coach and son got there I pitched to the boys some.  When everyone got there we set up a boys vs parents game.  Evan's coach pitched to the boys while I fielded.  Then Evan and Barrett took turns pitching to us.  I have to say, both kids were able to pitch well to us.  There were no really bad pitches.  Evan's coach was a college baseball player so he batted left-handed and didn't swing strongly.  I came up in the first at bat and swung at a pitch.  I thought I did a half-swing but I guess not because I hit a home run over the fence.  I batted left-handed after that.  Rachel came and played for a while.  It was nice to have her play with us.

When we came home, the boys ate lunch and then just hung around the house.

For dinner we went to BJs.  Then we went to Sam's Club and got some stuff.

We gave the boys showers and now they are in bed.

Until next time...

Aunt Phyllis and Uncle Norman

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, Allison got up with the boys and let Lizzy out.  She had a brunch to go to at 9am.  We had thought she was coming back to the house afterwards so we didn't get up.  Unfortunately, we were wrong so we didn't get to say goodbye.  But we had a good time having her visit.

We didn't do much of anything this morning.  We just took it easy.

The boys and I watched the Steelers game until it was time to go to Evan's baseball game.  I took Evan and then Rachel met us later with Noah.

Evan played well at baseball.  He had a great defensive inning at 2nd base fielding two balls cleanly.  He got one boy out by fielding the ball and then racing him to 2nd base.  His defense is the most improved thing he's had between last season and this season.

After baseball, we drove the parking lot of BJ's.  We dropped my car off and I got in Rachel's car where we drove out to the Omni Southpark.  We picked up Aunt Phyllis and Uncle Norman and drove them to Frank and Angie's for pizza.  There we met Matt, Rachael, Maddie, Tristian and Max.  It was a nice to see everyone.  After dinner we drove Aunt Phyllis and Uncle Norman around campus a bit since they hadn't seen much of the city and the back to the hotel.

We came home and gave the boys baths.

They are in bed now but not yet sleeping.

Until next time...

No Rachel: Day Two (Welcome Grandmom)

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Rachel was still in Dallas today so I again worked from home. Like yesterday, I had to get Noah up so we could take Evan to school. Evan and I went in to wake him up and he was sitting up in bed. I don't know why he was up, but it made it easy.

We drove to the path and then walked Evan into the school. Evan and Noah were hugging and saying goodbye and a boy named Ben called over to Evan and asked Evan to sit down next to him. Evan got a goofy grin on his face and looked at me and sat down. It was very cute. Evan asked Noah to give him a high five goodbye. He wouldn't let us leave until Noah gave him a hard high five. I think it took three tries.

We came home for a bit and then I drove Noah to school. He seemed to be in a very bad mood and I was worried about leaving him there. He wasn't giving me a hard time or anything, it just seemed like he didn't want to go.

I then went and got a smoothie and Smoothie King and took my car over to H2O Hand Car Wash to get the car washed. I had gotten a Groupon a while back and decided to use it. They have free WiFi there so I could do work from there.

I came home and worked some and then I had to go get Noah. He was in a very good mood when I went in. He was sitting next to Miss Terrie and doing the "Bear Hunt" song. He seemed very excited to see me. He said he had a good day. So that was good.

Gabby met us at home. She took care of Noah while I went and picked up Evan.

When Evan came out of school, he was holding a paper with a bunch of stickers on it. There were three boys around him all wanting to see this paper. I wasn't sure what it was. When he came to me, he said he had filled up his sticker chart and got to choose an item out of the "Treasure Chest". He chose an MP3 player shaped eraser. He was very proud. Apparently, they get a sticker for being helpful in class. Once you fill it up, you get to choose an item. Evan managed to get 20 stickers in the first 10 days of school. I asked him if he was the first to fill up his chart. He said he was the second. Nevertheless, I am very proud that he is so helpful at school. That is wonderful.

Also at school, each day they've been "introducing" a kid to the class. The child has to stand up and tell the class how old they are, what their favorite food is and what they like to do. It was Evan's turn today. He said he told the class his favorite food was crab and that he likes to play sports. I wonder if he's the only kid in his class whose favorite food is crab.

We were home for a bit and then we had to leave to pick Grandmom up. The boys were excited to see her. Once we got her, we had trouble finding a place to eat. Evan said he wanted to eat at the Olive Garden. It turned out to be a 40 minute wait. So then we tried BJs but we didn't even get out of the car. There were a ton of people waiting outside. We ended up at Carino's. The boys did really really well there.

The boys were hyper when we got home and it took a while to get them calmed down. While they were hyper, they were still fairly well behaved. We did get them in bed and they are sleeping now.

Until next time...

Noah gets in trouble again at playgroup

This morning we went to playgroup at Kate’s house. Evan was the only older boy there. The rest of 3 year-olds were girls. Evan and Noah still had fun. Evan played with the microphone a lot. At one point the girls were at a table playing tea party. They had some kind of mini tea cup set with dishes, cups, and saucers. We were all sitting in the same room. I’m not sure what happened, but somehow Noah got a tea cup and it broke on the floor. I felt horrible. He’s going to get us kicked out of playgroup.

We were at playgroup until about 12:30. We came home and ate lunch. Evan said he wanted macaroni and cheese. So I made a box for him, he ate maybe one bite of it. He did eat his other food though.

I put Evan and Noah down for naps around 2:00. Noah napped, but Evan did not.

After Noah woke up, took the boys in the backyard and gave them haircuts. Morry came home during the haircuts.

For dinner we went to BJs. Evan and Noah were not very well behaved and didn’t eat so well. We had a coupon for a free dessert. We told Evan he could have dessert if he ate some of his pizza. He told us he didn’t want the dessert. Morry and I just ended up sharing it. Noah ate a lot of the ice cream on top.

Evan and Noah are in bed now in Noah’s room. It’s still noisy in there. I just heard Noah repeating, “E-F-G”.

Home Slice

Hello everyone, this is Morry. It's my turn to write the blog this week.

This morning Evan woke up a bit before 9am. He said "Mommy, I want to play GeoTrax". So Rachel got up and let him out of his room so he could go and play in the game room. About 30 minutes later, he came in our room, ran over to my side of the bed to tell me he needed a diaper change. So I got up with him and he said he wanted to be carried. I picked him up and he hugged me tight and said, "I love you, Gallo (pronounced Guy-yo)". We've mentioned it before but Evan always says Gallo and he has started to refer to me as Gallo.

We played in the game room for awhile and the boys went downstairs and played more downstairs.

When everyone was up and ready to go, we drove over to Home Slice for pizza. Papa/Lenny loves to go there when they come to visit. It's the best pizza in Austin. Evan was very well behaved at lunch, but Noah was especially cranky. Papa/Lenny and Rachel took turns holding Noah. Eventually I took Noah outside and walked with him. He calmed down. Grandma/Lynn came out and relieved me. Meanwhile they brought a dough ball for Evan to play with. He really enjoyed that.

We came home and put the boys down for a nap.

We were watching all the hoopla building up to the Kentucky Derby when the boys got up. I thought Evan would enjoy watching the Derby but he wasn't really into it.

Papa/Lenny and Grandma/Lynn took the boys out to Waterloo for dinner while Rachel and I went to the Alamo Drafthouse for dinner and a movie. They said that Evan and Noah were very very well behaved. They had live music playing there and the boys love live music. Evan and Noah both ate well and Evan was able to play on the playground outside of the restaurant.

Rachel and I saw I Love You, Man at the Alamo Drafthouse. We enjoyed it. I thought it was hilarious. Before the movie, they advertised that they will be showing the movie Airplane and it will be a "Quote-along". I guess everyone can say the lines with the movie. They will be serving "Don't Call Me Shirley" Temples and promise not to serve any bad fish.

After the movie we went to BJ's for dessert and got a Pizookie. It's a fresh cooked deep dish cookie with ice cream on top. It was very good.

Evan apparently went to sleep easily but Papa/Lenny had to rock Noah to sleep. They are sleeping well now.

Until next time...