Downtown

Today the boys and I spent a lot of time downtown. We started at the Blue Cat Cafe. It's a "Vegan cafe serving light fare featuring rescued cats available for adoption plus resident felines." No, we were not going to adopt a cat. We got a couple of appetizers to share. There wasn't much on the menu that the boys would eat. We shared a pita plate that was supposed to come with humus, but they were out so it had black beans instead. We also got chips and salsa. The boys enjoyed playing with all of the cats.

 The boys couldn't agree on where to go next. Evan wanted Voodoo Donuts and Noah wanted s'mores from a coffee shop. We decided to make two stops.

 From there we walked toward Voodoo Donut. We passed the Toy Museum and stopped in there for a minute. I thought they just took donations, but we were told the admission fee was $9 for adults and $4 for kids. We (or I) decided we'd come back another time.

 We stopped in Voodoo donut and Evan ate his donut.

Then, we walked to Halcyon for s'mores.

 While we were walking the boys were playing the Pokemon game on my phone. There were lots of Poke stops downtown.

 Noah enjoyed the s'mores. Evan had a few as well.

 We walked back to the car as the wind picked up. It started sprinkling a little bit on a way home.

 We stopped at HEB to pick up a few things and got home around 5pm.

 We had pasta and quinoa (me) with veggies for dinner.

 We took Lizzy for a walk after dinner.

 The boys will be getting ready for bed soon.

 Here are some pictures from today.

Aunt Diane and Susie

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, Evan got up at 5 something. His comforter was on the floor and he wanted me to fix it. Then Noah lost his pacifiers but Rachel got up with him. The good thing was that Evan ended up sleeping until 9am. This is the first weekend in a while that he was able to do that.

We were going to start a free trial at a gym here but the boys were both coughing. I don't know if they have colds (again) or whether it's allergies. The cedar is very high in Austin right now and the allergies are terrible. Just in case, though, we decided not to go to the gym. We didn't want the boys making all the other kids sick in the child care. So we decided to walk around a shopping center near us.

After we finished the walk, we got smoothies at the Smoothie King. The boys enjoyed their smoothies.

When we got home, we made lunch. Evan ate very well, although it took him forever. I think he was eating for nearly an hour. We put the boys down for a nap without incident.

Tonight, Aunt Diane offered to babysit. I think she had a lot of fun taking care of the boys back in November. This time she brought Susie along with her. They got here at 5:30 and we woke up the boys. Noah loved the extra attention and didn't get cranky like he normally does after a nap. They brought Wendy's for the boys. Noah ate his very quickly.

We went out to a place called Gumbo's. It's a fancy Cajun place here in Austin. It was very good and we enjoyed ourselves. Rachel got a shrimp thing and I got a blackened steak. After that we had dessert at a coffee shop called Halcyon.

Meanwhile, Evan and Noah had a very good time with Aunt Diane and Susie. They raved about how well-behaved the boys were. Aunt Diane brought all kinds of activities, play dough, pictures she had printed out to color - including Toy Story pictures. They watched Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs too. And they gave the boys baths. Aunt Diane was very impressed with Noah's vocabulary. He really speaks very well.

We didn't stay out late. We got an early start and both of us are tired.

When we got home, Evan was still up, of course. I think he was glad he got to see us before he fell asleep. He's in bed now. Noah seems to be quiet.

Until next time...