Walk and Flash Gaining Confidence

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning the boys came down and played Wii when they woke up.  When Rachel and I came downstairs we felt we should do something outside before it got too hot.  We drove over to the shopping center where Smoothie King is where they have a trail around it.  We brought Lizzy and took a walk along the trail.  At the end we got smoothies.  Lizzy came into the store with us since I knew the woman working there.

Later in the afternoon, the boys and I watched Lost World, which is Jurassic Park 2.  They liked it but not as much as the original.

After that, Rachel carried Flash downstairs.  She walked around downstairs with more confidence.  She and Calvin smelled each other at one point without any hissing.  Flash got on my lap while I was at my desk and climbed all over my desk and walked on my laptop keyboard.  She then went upstairs by herself.

For dinner, Rachel had some leftovers and I made some things for the boys and me.  We ate outside.

Then we drove to Rita's for dessert only to find that Rita's closed and is moving to way north Austin.  So we drove to a shaved ice play by the lake.  It wasn't nearly as good.

The boys are in their rooms now.

Until next time...

Chores

Hello everyone this is Morry.

When I woke up the boys and Rachel were already up which is unusual.  The boys were downstairs with the Wii.

I did a bit of work while the boys played and Rachel got brunch ready.

Rachel found an app that could keep track of chores/tasks that the boys do.  You can assigned monetary amounts for each thing.  So we came up with a set of tasks that the boys can do - some weekly, some daily, etc...  When they complete them they go to Rachel's iPad and check them off.  If we approve then that amount of money is registered with them.  If they misbehave we can go in and assess a penalty to them which would deduct some money from what they've earned.  At our discretion, they can cash out what they have earned and we can mark that they've cashed out.  The boys really liked this idea and have been super helpful today. We'll see how well that works long term.

In the afternoon, the boys and I went down to the cul-de-sac.  Evan skated around using Rachel's rollerblades and shot a ball into a makeshift hockey goal.

Later in the afternoon, we watched Jurassic Park.  The boys really enjoyed that.

Before dinner, we went to HEB and the boys picked out some things they'd like to bring to lunch.  This week the boys have golf camp.

We had dinner and then went for a walk.

The boys are upstairs now.

Until next time...