Middle School Introduction

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Evan went back to school this morning.  He didn't give us a problem going.  It was just a typical morning.

There was no Camp Gladiator today, so Rachel and I went for a 3 mile walk instead.

Rachel had a phone meeting in the morning.  I worked from home all day.

It rained around mid-day but stopped in time for us to walk to pick up the boys.

In the late afternoon, Gayle came over with her daughters, Naomi and Bryn.  They were helping Rachel with a product review video.  Rachel recorded them for one of her reviews.  They did a good job.

After that, we went to Gorzycki Middle School (pronounced Go-Risky).  In Austin, students can choose their middle school.  There are several magnate middle schools.  Students have to apply to get in there.  There are also several programs at other middle schools that aren't magnate but students still have to apply to get in.  Because of that, many of the middle schools have events to "sell" their middle school.  Tonight was the one at Gorzykci.  Gorzycki is just our local middle school.  I don't think Evan will be applying to get in anywhere.  It's a very good middle school, it's close to our house, and it has everything Evan needs.  But we went to the event.  They had one of the three dance teams perform, as well as one of the three choir groups, the guitar group, the top of the three orchestras and the top band.  The principal spoke and introduce the assistant principals and counselors.  The principal seemed good but she did say the thing that will always discount an educator in my eyes - she said the word "y'all".  I don't mind when people say "y'all" but if an educator says it, I immediately lose respect.  If you were in New York or Philadelphia and the principal said "you's" or you were in Pittsburgh and the principal said "yinz", I'm sure you'd feel the same.  Other than that big gaffe, I had no issues with her.  After all the presentations, they had the kids walk around the school.  It was huge.  I think it's close to as big as my high school.  Something online said it has 1300 students for the three grades.  My high school had 1000 for the four grades.  It was exciting.  Evan seemed to enjoy running around the halls looking in all the classrooms and seeing the classes he can take.  I think it took some of the nervousness away.

We came home, had dinner and the kids are now in bed.

Until next time...

Very Big Day

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Today was a very big day in terms of how much stuff we had.  It started off with a Pancake Breakfast.  The Clayton Elementary School teachers were putting on a fundraising drive at Applebee's.  They were serving pancakes.  We were told that it gets ridiculously crowded, so get there early.  Noah was still sleeping, so Zayde stayed home with Noah.  Rachel, Evan and I went and got there early.  We were the first people there.  The teachers dressed up for Halloween and the kids were supposed to dress up.  Evan went as Darth Vader.  We saw his teacher, Mr. Valdes, and his friends Patrick and Liam.

When we got home, Rachel and I laid down while Zayde played with Evan and Noah.

Then we went to Evan's football game.  Barry, Lisa, Lincoln and Justine came to see Evan play.  Noah and Lincoln played together with the football on the sidelines. In the second half, Evan got to play quarterback.  The coach had him throw downfield several times.  One of the times, unfortunately, he threw an interception, but overall, he did well.  I was proud of him.

From football, we drove to Doc's Backyard and had lunch with the Kincarts.  Lincoln insisted on sitting next to Noah which was nice.  Once lunch was over, the boys went on the playground together that they have at Doc's.

We came home for a bit and the boys "relaxed" some.  Then we had a block Halloween party at the end of the cul-de-sac.  Evan immediately started playing football with some of the older boys.  Noah asked for his big wheel and rode that around.  We enjoyed spending time talking with our neighbors.  The boys had so much fun that they didn't want to leave.  We didn't get back to the house until 9:30.  Evan was exhausted.  Noah spent quite a bit of time with the 4-year-old girl across the street named Bryn.  Noah told me that she was his girlfriend.  It was really cute.

The boys are in bed now and I don't imagine they'll be getting out of bed.  They both were very tired.

Until next time...