Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Today was the end of the first week of school. The boys seemed to enjoy their first week.
Around 11:15, Rachel and I went to Wholy Bagel from lunch. From there we went to the Apple Store to drop off our phones to get new batteries.
We walked to get the boys. Actually to get Noah. Evan went home with his friend Wade.
Then I left to go to pick up our phones.
Noah had his first baseball practice tonight. Noah and I picked up Evan from Wade's and drove to the field. We were just about to get warmed up when it started to thunder and threaten to rain. Practice was cancelled.
We came home for a bit and then the boys and I went and picked Grandmom up from the airport. We went to dinner at Logan's. The boys, and particularly Evan, at well.
Until next time...
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Friday, August 29, 2014
Thursday, March 20, 2014
Noah is 6!!
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
It was very easy to get Noah up this morning. He was so excited it was his birthday. He was born at 7:16am. As we drove to school, it turned 7:16am and we all cheered.
For Noah's lunch, Rachel and I went into school and sat with him while he ate lunch and we gave out cupcakes to his classmates. Noah really seemed to enjoy having us there.
We walked to pick the boys up from school. We noticed in the parking lot of the Circle C Community Center, an ice cream truck was waiting. We allowed the boys to get a popsicle from the truck.
At 4:30, Noah and I left for his game. Noah had a good warm up. He was hitting the ball well. It translated into another good game. In the second inning he fielded a ball at shortstop and tagged second to get a boy out (which we have pictures of below). In the third inning, as pitcher, he fielded a ball and saw the boy running to first was going slow so he ran over and tagged the boy. He also got two hits and scored two runs.
After the game, we went to Logan's for dinner. That's where Noah wanted to go. Noah got steak.
We came home and we're about to put the boys to bed.
Until next time...
It was very easy to get Noah up this morning. He was so excited it was his birthday. He was born at 7:16am. As we drove to school, it turned 7:16am and we all cheered.
For Noah's lunch, Rachel and I went into school and sat with him while he ate lunch and we gave out cupcakes to his classmates. Noah really seemed to enjoy having us there.
We walked to pick the boys up from school. We noticed in the parking lot of the Circle C Community Center, an ice cream truck was waiting. We allowed the boys to get a popsicle from the truck.
At 4:30, Noah and I left for his game. Noah had a good warm up. He was hitting the ball well. It translated into another good game. In the second inning he fielded a ball at shortstop and tagged second to get a boy out (which we have pictures of below). In the third inning, as pitcher, he fielded a ball and saw the boy running to first was going slow so he ran over and tagged the boy. He also got two hits and scored two runs.
After the game, we went to Logan's for dinner. That's where Noah wanted to go. Noah got steak.
We came home and we're about to put the boys to bed.
Until next time...
Friday, February 21, 2014
Evan's Night Out
This morning we walked the boys to school and then I did a long run. I ran 6.2 miles.
Morry and I went to Wholy Bagel for lunch.
We walked to get the boys from school. We were home for just a little bit and then we took Evan to a birthday party, a sleepover birthday party. He's been really looking forward to this. It's a kid in his class. They are going to GattyTown and then sleeping over at Kyle's house.
We let Noah pick where to eat for dinner. He chose Logans.
We went to Fiesta after dinner. We thought it would be fun picking out different fruits and ethnic foods. We only got a few things. It was somewhat disappointing. It was a small Fiesta and they didn't have that many rare items.
Noah just had a bath and now he's ready for bed.
Morry and I went to Wholy Bagel for lunch.
We walked to get the boys from school. We were home for just a little bit and then we took Evan to a birthday party, a sleepover birthday party. He's been really looking forward to this. It's a kid in his class. They are going to GattyTown and then sleeping over at Kyle's house.
We let Noah pick where to eat for dinner. He chose Logans.
We went to Fiesta after dinner. We thought it would be fun picking out different fruits and ethnic foods. We only got a few things. It was somewhat disappointing. It was a small Fiesta and they didn't have that many rare items.
Noah just had a bath and now he's ready for bed.
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
37
Today is Morry's 37th birthday.
He had a meeting this morning.
While he was gone the boys and I went to HEB and then their checkup appointments. Everything looked good. They did not need shots today.
We had lunch and Gabby came over.
I left to tutor.
For dinner we all went out to Logan's to celebrate Morry's birthday. The boys did well there. On the way home we stopped at Central Market so that Morry could pick out a dessert for tonight. He picked a fruit tart that we'll have in just a little bit after putting the boys to bed.
The boys are having dessert now and then we'll get them ready for bed.
He had a meeting this morning.
While he was gone the boys and I went to HEB and then their checkup appointments. Everything looked good. They did not need shots today.
We had lunch and Gabby came over.
I left to tutor.
For dinner we all went out to Logan's to celebrate Morry's birthday. The boys did well there. On the way home we stopped at Central Market so that Morry could pick out a dessert for tonight. He picked a fruit tart that we'll have in just a little bit after putting the boys to bed.
The boys are having dessert now and then we'll get them ready for bed.
Sunday, January 6, 2013
Movie Morning
This morning Morry and I went to see a move (This is 40) at the Alamo Drafthouse while Grandmom watched the boys.
When we got home Morry, Grandmom, Evan, and Noah went to Dicks Sporting Goods to go shopping for new shoes.
This afternoon Morry and the boys played baseball in the front yard and Morry said Noah was hitting the ball really well.
For dinner we went to Logan's.
Morry is reading to the boys now. Tomorrow is a school day for both Evan and Noah.
When we got home Morry, Grandmom, Evan, and Noah went to Dicks Sporting Goods to go shopping for new shoes.
This afternoon Morry and the boys played baseball in the front yard and Morry said Noah was hitting the ball really well.
For dinner we went to Logan's.
Morry is reading to the boys now. Tomorrow is a school day for both Evan and Noah.
Saturday, October 27, 2012
Zayde
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This morning was Evan's last "regular season" football game. I got up early and took him over for warm-ups. We stopped at the Donut Hole on the way to the game.
Evan's team is really quite bad and they were playing the best team in the league. Unfortunately today's game was not an underdog story and Evan's team lost pretty badly. Evan played ok. In fact, he was the only one to gain any yards. He had a good run to start off the game and then caught a pass which looked like it was going to be intercepted. I'm really not sure how Evan came down with it. Evan didn't seem disappointed by the result though. Two different parents came up him to tell him how good he is and then the coach asked me if Evan would be playing during the winter season. I think Evan, who was thinking about basketball, is now wanting to play football.
From there, we met Rachel and Noah at the pumpkin patch since Evan wasn't able to go with Noah's class on Wednesday. Below are some pictures from there.
We came home, while Rachel went to tutor. I had to fold clothes and the boys played MLB Power Pros on the Wii.
We had lunch and continued cleaning up. The boys played more Wii as well as some other things.
Later in the afternoon, we played baseball outside.
Then we went to the airport to pick up Zayde. The boys were very excited to see him. We went to Logan's for dinner and the boys enjoyed putting crushed up peanut shells in Zayde's pockets. Both boys ate very well.
Right now we are home and each boy is taking turns reading to Zayde.
Until next time...
Sunday, July 15, 2012
Round Rock Express
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This morning, after Rachel and I had woken up but hadn't really gotten up, the boys came in our room. They had fun climbing over top of us and jumping on the bed.
We went downstairs and I made pancakes and bacon, while Rachel cut up fruit. The boys ate well.
We just hung around the house. Rachel trimmed the boys hair while I did some work.
For my birthday, Rachel had gotten us tickets to see the Round Rock Express. She found them on Craigslist and got us front row tickets just to the left of home plate, though still behind the net. The seats were amazing. I'd say we were 20 or 30 feet from home plate.
Before we went to the game, we stopped at Logan's for dinner. We figured we'd have an early dinner rather than paying ballpark prices. The boys both ate very well at Logan's. They had snow crab on the menu so Evan ate snow crab. My steak was pretty good. Rachel also got crab.
The boys had lots of questions about the game since they could see it so well. We stayed the whole game and really only missed a half an inning while we walked around and got them frozen lemonade. In the bottom of the ninth a player fouled a ball very hard over the net and it hit near the press box and came down. I reached as high as I could but only touched the ball. The ball bounced to the lady next to us. She gave the ball to Evan. He was incredibly happy about it. He had brought his glove to the game and had been talking about a foul ball the whole time. The game ended two batters later. Since we were sitting so close we walked over to the dugout and two players signed the ball.
There was a concert at the field after the game. They allowed everyone in the outfield. The boys ran back and forth across the outfield over and over. Evan pretended running back to catch a ball and leaping up and hitting the outfield wall. He made me race him over and over again as well. Noah was just happy running.
We came home late and the boys went right to sleep.
Until next time...
This morning, after Rachel and I had woken up but hadn't really gotten up, the boys came in our room. They had fun climbing over top of us and jumping on the bed.
We went downstairs and I made pancakes and bacon, while Rachel cut up fruit. The boys ate well.
We just hung around the house. Rachel trimmed the boys hair while I did some work.
For my birthday, Rachel had gotten us tickets to see the Round Rock Express. She found them on Craigslist and got us front row tickets just to the left of home plate, though still behind the net. The seats were amazing. I'd say we were 20 or 30 feet from home plate.
Before we went to the game, we stopped at Logan's for dinner. We figured we'd have an early dinner rather than paying ballpark prices. The boys both ate very well at Logan's. They had snow crab on the menu so Evan ate snow crab. My steak was pretty good. Rachel also got crab.
The boys had lots of questions about the game since they could see it so well. We stayed the whole game and really only missed a half an inning while we walked around and got them frozen lemonade. In the bottom of the ninth a player fouled a ball very hard over the net and it hit near the press box and came down. I reached as high as I could but only touched the ball. The ball bounced to the lady next to us. She gave the ball to Evan. He was incredibly happy about it. He had brought his glove to the game and had been talking about a foul ball the whole time. The game ended two batters later. Since we were sitting so close we walked over to the dugout and two players signed the ball.
There was a concert at the field after the game. They allowed everyone in the outfield. The boys ran back and forth across the outfield over and over. Evan pretended running back to catch a ball and leaping up and hitting the outfield wall. He made me race him over and over again as well. Noah was just happy running.
We came home late and the boys went right to sleep.
Until next time...
Sunday, February 12, 2012
Morry's Home
This morning is was very cold (for us). I told the boys that if they cleaned up the game room we would go to Locomotion. They complained a little, but got it done quickly.
On the short drive to Locomotion the boys got very excited. If you looked really closely you could see very teeny tiny snow flakes coming down. It was mostly sleet mixed with rain. It didn't last long and at that time it was above 32 degrees so nothing stuck or got icy.
The boys had fun at Locomotion.
At 3:30 we went to a Valentine's party at Wonders and Worries. It was a really nice, well put-together party. There were lots of little crafts and activities for the kids. They even had laser tag games going on. Evan loved that.
As we were leaving, Morry called. His flight had just gotten in and was ready to meet us for dinner.
We ate at Logan's and the boys were well behaved. They were happy to see Morry.
Morry is giving the boys baths now (washing the face paint off their faces).
On the short drive to Locomotion the boys got very excited. If you looked really closely you could see very teeny tiny snow flakes coming down. It was mostly sleet mixed with rain. It didn't last long and at that time it was above 32 degrees so nothing stuck or got icy.
The boys had fun at Locomotion.
At 3:30 we went to a Valentine's party at Wonders and Worries. It was a really nice, well put-together party. There were lots of little crafts and activities for the kids. They even had laser tag games going on. Evan loved that.
As we were leaving, Morry called. His flight had just gotten in and was ready to meet us for dinner.
We ate at Logan's and the boys were well behaved. They were happy to see Morry.
Morry is giving the boys baths now (washing the face paint off their faces).
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Zayde
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
They have been predicting that a cold front would come in today. Even last night they said that today's high was going to be 62. When I got up I got dressed warmly to take Evan to school. There was only one problem. The cold front did not arrive until 5:30pm. It was still in the 70s this morning.
I took Evan to school. When I came back I mailed a letter at the mailbox. As I was walking back to the house I saw Noah looking out of the gameroom window waving to me. I got breakfast for the two of us and then I went to work.
Rachel got up and ended up going for a walk with Noah (after Noah got over throwing a fit that he didn't want to walk).
Rachel then cleaned, mopped the kitchen floor and straightened up.
We had lunch and then we left the house to go to Noah's sports class. On the way, my cell phone rang but I didn't look at it since I was driving. Then Blanca called Rachel's phone to tell her that the front door was open to the house and the alarm was going off. The missed call was from the alarm company. I quickly dropped Noah and Rachel off and got home as the police were pulling up. Since the front door was open, they police wanted to check the house. It was crazy - like TV. They went in each room yelling "Austin Police" and then checked it real quick. The only difference was their guns were not drawn. Lizzy really liked them. I had been concerned that Lizzy might leave the house but she hadn't. When Rachel mopped, she went out the front door to dump the water. Noah went with her. We think that Noah was the last one in and he probably didn't shut the door well and definitely didn't lock it. I guess the wind blew it open. It must have closed enough that we could turn the alarm on.
After sports class, Rachel and Noah went and picked Evan up from school and then met Yenis and Kevin for frozen yogurt and they played at the park.
They came home and we left to pick Zayde up at the airport. The boys were excited to see him.
We ate at Logan's for dinner and we got home late. The boys said they were tired.
Now they are in bed and quiet.
Until next time...
They have been predicting that a cold front would come in today. Even last night they said that today's high was going to be 62. When I got up I got dressed warmly to take Evan to school. There was only one problem. The cold front did not arrive until 5:30pm. It was still in the 70s this morning.
I took Evan to school. When I came back I mailed a letter at the mailbox. As I was walking back to the house I saw Noah looking out of the gameroom window waving to me. I got breakfast for the two of us and then I went to work.
Rachel got up and ended up going for a walk with Noah (after Noah got over throwing a fit that he didn't want to walk).
Rachel then cleaned, mopped the kitchen floor and straightened up.
We had lunch and then we left the house to go to Noah's sports class. On the way, my cell phone rang but I didn't look at it since I was driving. Then Blanca called Rachel's phone to tell her that the front door was open to the house and the alarm was going off. The missed call was from the alarm company. I quickly dropped Noah and Rachel off and got home as the police were pulling up. Since the front door was open, they police wanted to check the house. It was crazy - like TV. They went in each room yelling "Austin Police" and then checked it real quick. The only difference was their guns were not drawn. Lizzy really liked them. I had been concerned that Lizzy might leave the house but she hadn't. When Rachel mopped, she went out the front door to dump the water. Noah went with her. We think that Noah was the last one in and he probably didn't shut the door well and definitely didn't lock it. I guess the wind blew it open. It must have closed enough that we could turn the alarm on.
After sports class, Rachel and Noah went and picked Evan up from school and then met Yenis and Kevin for frozen yogurt and they played at the park.
They came home and we left to pick Zayde up at the airport. The boys were excited to see him.
We ate at Logan's for dinner and we got home late. The boys said they were tired.
Now they are in bed and quiet.
Until next time...
Saturday, August 27, 2011
Tutoring and Errands
This morning we went to another flooring place and looked and samples of hardwood floors and tile. The lady will come by our house on Tuesday and measure. She had a little dog in the store with her. Evan and Noah liked playing with the dog.
We had lunch at home.
Morry and the boys went to run errands. They went to Dick's Sporting Goods and got new baseball/football shoes for Evan and a glove for Morry. They also went to Lowes.
While they were gone I had a student come to the house for tutoring.
We took it easy this afternoon and went to Logans for dinner tonight. Evan kept saying how good the food was. The boys loved the peanuts and Evan especially enjoyed the bread they have there. He kept saying over and over again how good the bread was.
Morry is reading to the boys now and then they will hopefully go to sleep.
We had lunch at home.
Morry and the boys went to run errands. They went to Dick's Sporting Goods and got new baseball/football shoes for Evan and a glove for Morry. They also went to Lowes.
While they were gone I had a student come to the house for tutoring.
We took it easy this afternoon and went to Logans for dinner tonight. Evan kept saying how good the food was. The boys loved the peanuts and Evan especially enjoyed the bread they have there. He kept saying over and over again how good the bread was.
Morry is reading to the boys now and then they will hopefully go to sleep.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Wet
Hello everyone, this is Morry. It's my turn to write the blog today.
This morning, Rachel got up at 5am so she could help Alissa with the garage sale. She picked up McDonald's coffee on the way for the two of them. Rachel thought the coffee was pretty good.
I stayed home with the boys and we had plans to meet Barry, Lisa and Lincoln at the fountain that's part of Zilker (I think it's still considered Zilker). Evan got up at 8:50am and I went in and put on his swimsuit and got him all lathered up with sunscreen. The two of us went into Noah's room and got him ready. We came downstairs and the boys had breakfast while I got everything together like towels and food for lunch afterwards.
This was the first time I was taking both boys to a place where they were going to need sunscreen and swimsuits by myself. In fact, I'm not sure if I have ever taken Evan by himself to something like this. I was determined to get there on time. I had us moving and we got there 5 minutes early.
Unfortunately, it was raining when we got there. It seemed like a quick shower and it was. By the time the Kincarts got there, it had stopped raining (they were on time by the way). The boys had a great time playing. Noah started to kick and squeal when he saw the water. It was also really fun hanging out with Barry and Lisa and getting to see how big Lincoln is getting.
After we were there for 45 minutes or so the skies turned black and a really cold wind picked up. We knew it was about to rain, and rain hard. Thank God Lisa and Barry were there. We each had to grab a very wet kid. I grabbed Evan, Barry grabbed Lincoln and Lisa grabbed Noah. We ran back to the cars and each changed a child. Lisa had the toughest time because Noah was screaming and carrying on.
After we got the kids dressed, we drove over to Mighty Fine Burgers. On the way, though, Rachel called to tell me that, during the garage sale, the skies opened up without much warning and just started pouring down on them. They got soaking wet trying to get everything out of the rain. They are going to have to do the garage sale again.
I was thankful, again, that Barry and Lisa were with me at Mighty Fine Burgers. They helped me bring the stuff and the boys in and helped again on the way out. Barry actually strapped Evan in the car for me on the way out. The food was good at Mighty Fine but it was packed. Noah and Lincoln sat next to each other and it was really cute. I had told Evan he could have a milkshake after lunch if he was ate well. He didn't eat very well so we didn't get a milkshake. But the Kincarts had a gift for Evan so I think that made up for the lost milkshake. Evan ended up playing with it for the rest of the day.
The boys took good naps today. I watched the Preakness. I thought Mine That Bird was going to pull it out again. I think, had the track been longer, he would have won. Of course the stupid sports reporters say nothing about that.
For dinner, we went to Logan's. When we got there Evan remembered that he had heard the Life is a Highway from the Cars soundtrack the last time we were there. He wanted to hear it again. Their jukebox is free so we went and picked it out. Both boys were incredibly well behaved at dinner.
We gave them baths and they are now in bed. They seem to be quiet which is good.
Until next time...
This morning, Rachel got up at 5am so she could help Alissa with the garage sale. She picked up McDonald's coffee on the way for the two of them. Rachel thought the coffee was pretty good.
I stayed home with the boys and we had plans to meet Barry, Lisa and Lincoln at the fountain that's part of Zilker (I think it's still considered Zilker). Evan got up at 8:50am and I went in and put on his swimsuit and got him all lathered up with sunscreen. The two of us went into Noah's room and got him ready. We came downstairs and the boys had breakfast while I got everything together like towels and food for lunch afterwards.
This was the first time I was taking both boys to a place where they were going to need sunscreen and swimsuits by myself. In fact, I'm not sure if I have ever taken Evan by himself to something like this. I was determined to get there on time. I had us moving and we got there 5 minutes early.
Unfortunately, it was raining when we got there. It seemed like a quick shower and it was. By the time the Kincarts got there, it had stopped raining (they were on time by the way). The boys had a great time playing. Noah started to kick and squeal when he saw the water. It was also really fun hanging out with Barry and Lisa and getting to see how big Lincoln is getting.
After we were there for 45 minutes or so the skies turned black and a really cold wind picked up. We knew it was about to rain, and rain hard. Thank God Lisa and Barry were there. We each had to grab a very wet kid. I grabbed Evan, Barry grabbed Lincoln and Lisa grabbed Noah. We ran back to the cars and each changed a child. Lisa had the toughest time because Noah was screaming and carrying on.
After we got the kids dressed, we drove over to Mighty Fine Burgers. On the way, though, Rachel called to tell me that, during the garage sale, the skies opened up without much warning and just started pouring down on them. They got soaking wet trying to get everything out of the rain. They are going to have to do the garage sale again.
I was thankful, again, that Barry and Lisa were with me at Mighty Fine Burgers. They helped me bring the stuff and the boys in and helped again on the way out. Barry actually strapped Evan in the car for me on the way out. The food was good at Mighty Fine but it was packed. Noah and Lincoln sat next to each other and it was really cute. I had told Evan he could have a milkshake after lunch if he was ate well. He didn't eat very well so we didn't get a milkshake. But the Kincarts had a gift for Evan so I think that made up for the lost milkshake. Evan ended up playing with it for the rest of the day.
The boys took good naps today. I watched the Preakness. I thought Mine That Bird was going to pull it out again. I think, had the track been longer, he would have won. Of course the stupid sports reporters say nothing about that.
For dinner, we went to Logan's. When we got there Evan remembered that he had heard the Life is a Highway from the Cars soundtrack the last time we were there. He wanted to hear it again. Their jukebox is free so we went and picked it out. Both boys were incredibly well behaved at dinner.
We gave them baths and they are now in bed. They seem to be quiet which is good.
Until next time...
Saturday, November 22, 2008
What Evan Wants
Hi everyone, this is Morry for my weekly post. It's been a while since I last posted since I was gone last weekend. As I'm sure of some of you waited with anticipation for my post, the wait is now over.
So this morning, Rachel went to tutor the old guy for his GREs. They met at the LBJ library on UT's campus. She left the house at 8:15am. So I was with the boys this morning. When Evan and Noah woke up, Evan told me he wanted to go to the bookstore today. I told him we'd go when Mommy came home. Then he said he wanted to watch the Polar Express. So we watched that. I got breakfast ready for both boys while we watched. After the Polar Express was over, Evan insisted on watching the GeoTrax DVD. That DVD is so bad, I've debated over whether to pretend that we "lost" the DVD. Evan wants to watch it over and over and over again.
When Rachel got home, we made lunch and then, of course, we did what Evan wanted. We went to Starbucks. After seeing the Polar Express in the morning, Evan was really talking about hot chocolate. So I told him I'd get hot chocolate at Barnes & Noble and we could share it. So as soon as we got to the book store, he ran over to the Starbucks inside. While we were waiting in line, I noticed all the cookies and cakes in the case. My eyes locked on these sugar cookies they had with red crystals on them. Then, suddenly, Evan said, those cookies look good. He was looking at the same cookies. He was in front of me, so there's no way he saw what I had been looking at. I said, "yeah, I was looking at those too." I told him that we'd get one to share. He said "No, I want my own." We did not give in though. He and I shared the cookie. It was a good one. Evan and I obviously share the same taste in desserts.
Evan played with the trains at Barnes and Noble for awhile. We let Noah crawl around in that area for a bit. Then Noah and I walked around the store together. Noah wanted to grab all the books as I walked by, if I was close enough.
When we got home, we put the boys down for a nap. Evan must have been very tired as he never got out of bed.
Last night, Evan told us he wanted to go to Logan's for dinner, but we couldn't go there. Logan's is a steakhouse where you get peanuts and you throw the shells on the floor. So since we do what Evan wants, we took him to Logan's tonight. He was very excited to go. He kept talking about throwing the shells on the floor the entire ride. As soon as we sat down I opened up a peanut for him, gave him the shells and the peanut itself. He took the shells and threw them half way across the room. He definitely likes Logan's.
We brought cheese cubes for Evan for dinner but Rachel thought Noah might like them. Up until now, the only food that he's fed himself really has been the puffs. So Rachel cut up the cheese cubes into much smaller cubes. Noah had a blast feeding himself. It kept him occupied all night.
After dinner we ran some errands at Southpark Meadows. That's a massive shopping center which used to be a concert venue. We went to Sports Authority, Marshall's and Circuit City. You can get good deals at Marshall's, but man is that place a pigsty. (Note: I looked up the spelling of pigsty. I would have thought it was two words. Weird.) Every time I go there, I feel like I need a bath when I get out. I have bad memories of Marshall's and TJ Maxx from when I was a kid and my mom would drag me along. I also really hate TJ Maxx because they took over where the toy store was when I was 5 or 6. As a kid, it's a no-brainer. If you have a choice of going to TJ Maxx or a toy store, the toy store would win in a heartbeat.
Some other random stories that aren't from today: Evan really enjoyed watching the Steelers game with me the other night. When the game started, he climbed up on the couch and sat right down next to me. Every time Ben Roethlisberger was on tv, Evan would say "There's Roethlisberger!" When they weren't showing him, Evan would ask where he was or point to the player they were showing and tell me, "That's not Roethlisberger." Evan also wanted to play football during the game. He'd throw his little football to me, then I'd throw it back. He'd run around the couch and down the hall and dive onto the floor and yell "touchdown!" Then he'd leave the ball on the floor, run all the way back to me, give me a high-five, run all the way back to get the ball and then back to me where he'd start the process over. And finally, when Rachel got Evan up yesterday morning, he told Rachel that "Roethlisberger wears Number 7." (Yes, I am beaming with pride)
Meanwhile, Noah is really enjoying his crawling. That kid will not stay in one place. He's all over. It looks like he's trying to get up on his knees too.
Until next time...
So this morning, Rachel went to tutor the old guy for his GREs. They met at the LBJ library on UT's campus. She left the house at 8:15am. So I was with the boys this morning. When Evan and Noah woke up, Evan told me he wanted to go to the bookstore today. I told him we'd go when Mommy came home. Then he said he wanted to watch the Polar Express. So we watched that. I got breakfast ready for both boys while we watched. After the Polar Express was over, Evan insisted on watching the GeoTrax DVD. That DVD is so bad, I've debated over whether to pretend that we "lost" the DVD. Evan wants to watch it over and over and over again.
When Rachel got home, we made lunch and then, of course, we did what Evan wanted. We went to Starbucks. After seeing the Polar Express in the morning, Evan was really talking about hot chocolate. So I told him I'd get hot chocolate at Barnes & Noble and we could share it. So as soon as we got to the book store, he ran over to the Starbucks inside. While we were waiting in line, I noticed all the cookies and cakes in the case. My eyes locked on these sugar cookies they had with red crystals on them. Then, suddenly, Evan said, those cookies look good. He was looking at the same cookies. He was in front of me, so there's no way he saw what I had been looking at. I said, "yeah, I was looking at those too." I told him that we'd get one to share. He said "No, I want my own." We did not give in though. He and I shared the cookie. It was a good one. Evan and I obviously share the same taste in desserts.
Evan played with the trains at Barnes and Noble for awhile. We let Noah crawl around in that area for a bit. Then Noah and I walked around the store together. Noah wanted to grab all the books as I walked by, if I was close enough.
When we got home, we put the boys down for a nap. Evan must have been very tired as he never got out of bed.
Last night, Evan told us he wanted to go to Logan's for dinner, but we couldn't go there. Logan's is a steakhouse where you get peanuts and you throw the shells on the floor. So since we do what Evan wants, we took him to Logan's tonight. He was very excited to go. He kept talking about throwing the shells on the floor the entire ride. As soon as we sat down I opened up a peanut for him, gave him the shells and the peanut itself. He took the shells and threw them half way across the room. He definitely likes Logan's.
We brought cheese cubes for Evan for dinner but Rachel thought Noah might like them. Up until now, the only food that he's fed himself really has been the puffs. So Rachel cut up the cheese cubes into much smaller cubes. Noah had a blast feeding himself. It kept him occupied all night.
After dinner we ran some errands at Southpark Meadows. That's a massive shopping center which used to be a concert venue. We went to Sports Authority, Marshall's and Circuit City. You can get good deals at Marshall's, but man is that place a pigsty. (Note: I looked up the spelling of pigsty. I would have thought it was two words. Weird.) Every time I go there, I feel like I need a bath when I get out. I have bad memories of Marshall's and TJ Maxx from when I was a kid and my mom would drag me along. I also really hate TJ Maxx because they took over where the toy store was when I was 5 or 6. As a kid, it's a no-brainer. If you have a choice of going to TJ Maxx or a toy store, the toy store would win in a heartbeat.
Some other random stories that aren't from today: Evan really enjoyed watching the Steelers game with me the other night. When the game started, he climbed up on the couch and sat right down next to me. Every time Ben Roethlisberger was on tv, Evan would say "There's Roethlisberger!" When they weren't showing him, Evan would ask where he was or point to the player they were showing and tell me, "That's not Roethlisberger." Evan also wanted to play football during the game. He'd throw his little football to me, then I'd throw it back. He'd run around the couch and down the hall and dive onto the floor and yell "touchdown!" Then he'd leave the ball on the floor, run all the way back to me, give me a high-five, run all the way back to get the ball and then back to me where he'd start the process over. And finally, when Rachel got Evan up yesterday morning, he told Rachel that "Roethlisberger wears Number 7." (Yes, I am beaming with pride)
Meanwhile, Noah is really enjoying his crawling. That kid will not stay in one place. He's all over. It looks like he's trying to get up on his knees too.
Until next time...
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