Sick Rachel and Meet the Teacher

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

I got up this morning and began to work.  The phone rang and it was Rachel using her cell phone from our room.  She had had such a bad coughing fit that she was light headed.  I brought her something to drink and her medicine.  She called the doctor's office to see what to do and they said the chest x-ray revealed that there was a small infection in part of her lungs so she does have pneumonia.  The nurse said the doctor would call back with more information.

I realized Rachel wasn't in a position to go get the last two things needed for Evan to go to bring to his classroom.  We had a big list of school supplies to get.  So I drove over to Target.  It was packed with people looking for the exact same things.  I got Evan the journal he needed but not the pencils.  The list was extremely specific, down to the brand.  So I ended up having to go to Office Depot as well.  I also picked up a notebook for Noah for his class.

When I got home, Rachel was downstairs.  She was able to get lunch for the boys and eat some stuff herself.

Evan, Noah and I got to Evan's school at 3pm to meet the teacher.  We walked the trail as usual.  I refused to park out front where every parent was going to park.  In fact, we would have ridden our bikes but we had to go to HEB afterwards to pick up a stronger antibiotic for Rachel and some prescription cough medicine.

Evan's classroom was very nice and bright and his teacher seemed very nice.  She shook Evan's hand when he got there and gave him a hug as he was leaving.  We bumped into some other families that we know.  It was good to see everyone again.

When we got to HEB the medicine wasn't ready.  I had called before we left to go to Evan's school to tell them when I was going to pick up the medicine.  The boys and I had to wait for 30 minutes.  I was not very happy.

I did some more work when I got home and then I went out and picked up food for us.  Rachel wanted something from Galaxy Cafe and I picked up a pizza for the boys and me.

While I was gone, Evan watched some movie about the first Mexican Little League team that won the Little League World Series.  Now Evan is determined to make it to the Little League World Series.  So after dinner, he and I went outside and played some baseball.

I put them to bed but somehow both kids are in the office with me.  I'm not sure how that happened.

Until next time...

Cranky Boys

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

The day began early for a Saturday as Rachel got up before 7 to meet some women to go running. She did a 5-mile run which is pretty impressive. It was cool for Austin this morning which helped, I'm sure.

Noah got up at 7:30 but I left him in his room. Evan got up at 8am and let Noah out and then the two came into my room. They got up in bed with me and I put Mickey Mouse Clubhouse on for them. Rachel came home shortly thereafter.

We had a birthday party to go to for a friend of Evan's. It was a pool party. It started at 10 and Rachel had a baby shower to go to at 11. She said she'd show up a bit late to that and help me out longer at the party. Evan seemed to be the only boy his age that couldn't swim without the aid of floaties or a life jacket. Ironically he was the only one who consistently wanted to be in the pool. The other kids were using a blow up water slide not attached to the pool. Rachel and I were the only parents in the pool helping Noah and Evan. When Rachel left, we got the kids out of the pool because I couldn't hold them both at the same time. That started the crankiness. Then they served cupcakes. Evan ate his fine but Noah said he wanted one. But then he wouldn't eat it, so I gave it to another kid who wanted a chocolate one. Noah, of course threw a fit, even though he wasn't going to eat it. So then I gave him mine but he still didn't want to eat it but he didn't want me to eat it. Then he wanted grapes but he wouldn't eat them and wouldn't let me eat them. He insisted on having me hold him but he was crying and just being plain miserable. He wanted a juice box but then he didn't want a juice box. I couldn't put him down for even half a second. Then Evan decided the other boys weren't sharing toys with him although the birthday boy was simply opening up the presents. No one was playing or sharing anything. I think it stemmed from the fact that Evan wanted the present that we gave to the boy and he wanted to play with that. So Evan just stood and cried. I said "we're leaving" but then Evan's friend called him over to come play which made him happy. When it was time to leave the father of the birthday boy helped me get everything out to the car since the boys were of no help. I didn't talk to any adults the whole time.

We came home and had lunch, and of course, the boys were in fine moods at home. Rachel came home from the shower and we put Noah down for a nap.

Evan and I watched the Little League World Series. I asked him if he wanted to play in the LLWS and he said no, he wanted to play for the Pirates. I said he can do both and he said no, he just wanted to play for the Pirates. Later he said he wanted to play for the Pirates, Rangers and Steelers.

For dinner, Rachel and I went and picked up Chipotle for us and made dinner here for the boys.

They're in bed now.

Until next time...