Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This morning, Evan and I left the house at 8:10am. Evan had the last of his catching lessons at 9am. We stopped at Donut Taco Palace on the way.
Rachel and Noah walked to Starbucks today. Rachel didn't want to run today since she's running the half marathon tomorrow but she wanted to stay loose. Noah had a breakfast sandwich and coffee cake there.
After Evan's catching practice, we stayed up north where the fields were because he had a regular team practice at 1pm. We went to Dick's Sporting Goods and got Evan new shoes. He already outgrew the shoes we got him in October. We also got him new cleats.
From there, we went and got lunch at Texadelphia.
Evan's practice went well. I thought he did well defensively, including at third base. He was talking non-stop on the way home which was a really good sign.
We stopped at home for 5 minutes for Evan to get changed. Then we went to pick Noah up from football practice. Evan tried to make a half court basketball shot while were there. Noah, a boy named Max from Noah's football team and his brother Jake watched Evan do this. They helped catch the ball and get it back to him.
For dinner, Rachel picked up pizza from Pint House Pizza. Papa came over and ate with us. We watched the first episode of the Netflix show Lemony Snicket's A Series of Unfortunate Events.
The boys are getting ready for bed now.
Until next time...
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Saturday, January 21, 2017
Sunday, October 11, 2015
Grandmom
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Grandmom came in to visit this weekend. She was supposed to get in on Friday night but plane delays caused her to have to stay in Dallas overnight. She came in early Saturday morning.
She was able to come to Evan's football game after that. We then did a bit of shopping in the afternoon. She bought Lego sets for the boys.
Late last night, Evan got a call to fill in for a baseball team today.
We stayed home in the morning then drove out and ate at Subway before the game. Evan played in just the first game. He played catcher and threw a runner out trying to steal third.
For dinner, we met Matt, Rachael, Tristian, Maddie and Max at the County Line BBQ. The food service was very very slow.
The boys are showering now.
Until next time...
Grandmom came in to visit this weekend. She was supposed to get in on Friday night but plane delays caused her to have to stay in Dallas overnight. She came in early Saturday morning.
She was able to come to Evan's football game after that. We then did a bit of shopping in the afternoon. She bought Lego sets for the boys.
Late last night, Evan got a call to fill in for a baseball team today.
We stayed home in the morning then drove out and ate at Subway before the game. Evan played in just the first game. He played catcher and threw a runner out trying to steal third.
For dinner, we met Matt, Rachael, Tristian, Maddie and Max at the County Line BBQ. The food service was very very slow.
The boys are showering now.
Until next time...
Sunday, April 5, 2015
Big Weekend and Evan's Birthday
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
On Thursday night, Grandmom flew in. Friday the boys didn't have school. Noah had a playdate. Before that, we went to Wholy Bagel. For dinner, we met Matt, Rachael, Max, Tristian, and Maddie at Phil's Ice House. It was a nice time.
Yesterday the Bucs had a one-day tournament. Evan and I left the house at 7am and stopped at the bank and then went to Donut Taco Palace. We got to the fields at 8. The first game was at night. In the first game, after one inning we were winning 3-2. We broke it open in the bottom of the second with 4 runs. Evan came in to pitch the third inning. He walked the first batter he faced, then struck the next two batters out and got a weak grounder to end the inning. He got the first batter out in the fourth, walked the second batter and then got the next two out to end the inning. The Bucs ended up winning the game.
We had a bit of a break and played the second game. This one wasn't as close. The Bucs took this one easily. Evan walked several times and stole several bases. He played catcher for most of the game. He did well. By going 2-0 in a one-day tournament, the Bucs were assured of a spot in the championship.
We had a bit of a break and played the championship. After the first inning, we were winning 3-0. In the top of the second, we broke it open with 20 runs. That's right, 2-0. After we had batted around, we stopped having the kids steal. We never took more than one base on any hit, even if the ball rolled to the wall. The other team just got down and they started making really bad mistakes. It was tough. We tried to be good winners. After the game, the boys from the other team were smiling and the Bucs got gold championship rings. The boys were really happy. Evan asked to play another game. We didn't get home until 7:05 pm, twelve hours from when we left the house.
Today was Evan's Birthday. He wanted to go to Top Golf, so we went there for brunch. Evan was even better than when we went on Noah's Birthday. He scored a 106, increasing his score by nearly 33%. From there we went to Rita's because we had a free Rita's water ice coupon for Evan. Evan really wanted to go there.
We stayed home in the afternoon, though Noah went to a friend's for a easter egg hunt. Then we went to Rudy's for dinner. Evan enjoyed the brisket. He wanted to go to TCBY for dessert.
The boys are in their beds now.
Until next time...
On Thursday night, Grandmom flew in. Friday the boys didn't have school. Noah had a playdate. Before that, we went to Wholy Bagel. For dinner, we met Matt, Rachael, Max, Tristian, and Maddie at Phil's Ice House. It was a nice time.
Yesterday the Bucs had a one-day tournament. Evan and I left the house at 7am and stopped at the bank and then went to Donut Taco Palace. We got to the fields at 8. The first game was at night. In the first game, after one inning we were winning 3-2. We broke it open in the bottom of the second with 4 runs. Evan came in to pitch the third inning. He walked the first batter he faced, then struck the next two batters out and got a weak grounder to end the inning. He got the first batter out in the fourth, walked the second batter and then got the next two out to end the inning. The Bucs ended up winning the game.
We had a bit of a break and played the second game. This one wasn't as close. The Bucs took this one easily. Evan walked several times and stole several bases. He played catcher for most of the game. He did well. By going 2-0 in a one-day tournament, the Bucs were assured of a spot in the championship.
We had a bit of a break and played the championship. After the first inning, we were winning 3-0. In the top of the second, we broke it open with 20 runs. That's right, 2-0. After we had batted around, we stopped having the kids steal. We never took more than one base on any hit, even if the ball rolled to the wall. The other team just got down and they started making really bad mistakes. It was tough. We tried to be good winners. After the game, the boys from the other team were smiling and the Bucs got gold championship rings. The boys were really happy. Evan asked to play another game. We didn't get home until 7:05 pm, twelve hours from when we left the house.
Today was Evan's Birthday. He wanted to go to Top Golf, so we went there for brunch. Evan was even better than when we went on Noah's Birthday. He scored a 106, increasing his score by nearly 33%. From there we went to Rita's because we had a free Rita's water ice coupon for Evan. Evan really wanted to go there.
We stayed home in the afternoon, though Noah went to a friend's for a easter egg hunt. Then we went to Rudy's for dinner. Evan enjoyed the brisket. He wanted to go to TCBY for dessert.
The boys are in their beds now.
Until next time...
Saturday, September 20, 2014
Mike Lupica
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
We found out last night that Evan's football game today was cancelled. We knew we'd get to sleep in. This was the first weekend day in three weeks that we could sleep in some. It was very nice.
We relaxed at home all morning. In the early afternoon, we went to Max's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. The boy stuck together mostly while they played video games. Max seemed to have a good time.
From there, we went to Half Price Books. Evan's teacher had emailed us and said she knew Evan was into sports and sports books and that Mike Lupica was going to be there signing his books that he writes for young adults. Mike Lupica is a famous sports columnist. He's also got a radio show I believe. Rachel's cousin Leah had given the boys two of Mike Lupica's books over the summer. So we went and he spoke for about 20-30 minutes. He was very funny and charming. The boys really seemed to be enjoying the stories he was telling. Then he started signing books. Noah went first and Mike Lupica was amazed. Normally his readers are older (technically Noah hasn't read the books). He talked to Noah for awhile and told him that he was happy that Noah came to see him. Then he looked at Rachel and commented on Noah's eyes. He talked to Evan a bit but Evan was pretty shy. It was a really good experience for the boys though. I think they enjoyed it. We stayed a bit longer and bought some other books for the boys.
We grabbed dinner at a Vietnamese place called PhoNatic. The boys each had charcoal beef. Noah ate his with rice and Evan had his with vermicelli. It was good that they ate Vietnamese food.
From there we went to Rachel's friend Melissa's house. She was having a little house party. We stayed there for a bit.
Now the boys are in their rooms and getting ready for bed.
Until next time...
We found out last night that Evan's football game today was cancelled. We knew we'd get to sleep in. This was the first weekend day in three weeks that we could sleep in some. It was very nice.
We relaxed at home all morning. In the early afternoon, we went to Max's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese. The boy stuck together mostly while they played video games. Max seemed to have a good time.
From there, we went to Half Price Books. Evan's teacher had emailed us and said she knew Evan was into sports and sports books and that Mike Lupica was going to be there signing his books that he writes for young adults. Mike Lupica is a famous sports columnist. He's also got a radio show I believe. Rachel's cousin Leah had given the boys two of Mike Lupica's books over the summer. So we went and he spoke for about 20-30 minutes. He was very funny and charming. The boys really seemed to be enjoying the stories he was telling. Then he started signing books. Noah went first and Mike Lupica was amazed. Normally his readers are older (technically Noah hasn't read the books). He talked to Noah for awhile and told him that he was happy that Noah came to see him. Then he looked at Rachel and commented on Noah's eyes. He talked to Evan a bit but Evan was pretty shy. It was a really good experience for the boys though. I think they enjoyed it. We stayed a bit longer and bought some other books for the boys.
We grabbed dinner at a Vietnamese place called PhoNatic. The boys each had charcoal beef. Noah ate his with rice and Evan had his with vermicelli. It was good that they ate Vietnamese food.
From there we went to Rachel's friend Melissa's house. She was having a little house party. We stayed there for a bit.
Now the boys are in their rooms and getting ready for bed.
Until next time...
Saturday, October 12, 2013
Grandmom Is Here
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Around 2 or 3 in the morning we had an incident with the smoke detector. When the battery goes low, it beeps once every 30 seconds. It freaks Lizzy out. This time it was in Noah's room. Somehow Noah slept through it but I got a ladder and Rachel got a battery and I changed it. I think we could have slept through it but Lizzy was so upset by the sound she would not have let us sleep.
Evan got up early and began playing Wii.
When I got up I did some work and then I had to run over to HEB to get a few things. Noah came with me but Evan stayed at home playing Wii.
At 1:15, the boys and I left to go pick up Grandmom from the airport.
We stayed at home in the afternoon. At one point, Evan and I went outside and played baseball.
Matt, Rachael and Max came over later in the afternoon. Rachael and Max went in the backyard with Evan and Noah and played some baseball.
For dinner, we went to BurgerFi. They have a cool soda machine where you can mix sodas. The boys liked it.
We came home and the boys are now in bed.
Until next time...
Around 2 or 3 in the morning we had an incident with the smoke detector. When the battery goes low, it beeps once every 30 seconds. It freaks Lizzy out. This time it was in Noah's room. Somehow Noah slept through it but I got a ladder and Rachel got a battery and I changed it. I think we could have slept through it but Lizzy was so upset by the sound she would not have let us sleep.
Evan got up early and began playing Wii.
When I got up I did some work and then I had to run over to HEB to get a few things. Noah came with me but Evan stayed at home playing Wii.
At 1:15, the boys and I left to go pick up Grandmom from the airport.
We stayed at home in the afternoon. At one point, Evan and I went outside and played baseball.
Matt, Rachael and Max came over later in the afternoon. Rachael and Max went in the backyard with Evan and Noah and played some baseball.
For dinner, we went to BurgerFi. They have a cool soda machine where you can mix sodas. The boys liked it.
We came home and the boys are now in bed.
Until next time...
Saturday, September 1, 2012
Garage Sale
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Today we had a garage sale. It occupied most of our day. Rachel and I planned to get up at 5:45 to start moving things out. However, she had trouble sleeping thinking about all the stuff we had to do. She got up at 5:20 and started getting ready.
I got up at our scheduled time and promptly began to help. We started bringing things outside and placing them on the driveway. We had a ton of stuff. Evan got up as he heard all the commotion and helped us as well.
The scheduled time for the garage sale was 8am but the first people came at 7am. We were still setting up even then. We had planned to sell sodas, juice boxes and popcorn. I was still setting that up when people came. Also we planned to sell our old mattress and we hadn't gotten those out.
We had people come all the way until about 1pm. It was a very long day. The boys came out with us. Evan played with a neighbor boy for a while. Noah stayed with us. All in all, we made more than $400 selling old baby toys and clothes. There were things that I never thought would sell but ended up selling. Alternately, there were things I was sure would sell that didn't sell.
We still had quite a bit left at the end. Right now it's all in our garage. We're trying to decide what to do next. We may have another garage sale in the spring when they have a neighborhood-wide garage sale for Circle C.
We came in and cleaned up. Rachel and I each had showers and then we left to go to Matt and Rachael's. They had a little party for Molly for her 9th birthday. Ben opened the door for us. I don't think that Evan and Ben said anything to each other. They just looked at each other, nodded, and went into Ben's room to play Lego's. Noah stayed out with us. After some food, at one point, Noah and Max tried to have a catch. I think that Noah liked being the big kid. Then Ben and Evan were having a light saber duel and Max got a light saber and joined in. It was really cute. Evan was really good with Max. All the kids really had a good time tonight.
We came home and the boys had some food. Now they are in bed.
Until next time...
Today we had a garage sale. It occupied most of our day. Rachel and I planned to get up at 5:45 to start moving things out. However, she had trouble sleeping thinking about all the stuff we had to do. She got up at 5:20 and started getting ready.
I got up at our scheduled time and promptly began to help. We started bringing things outside and placing them on the driveway. We had a ton of stuff. Evan got up as he heard all the commotion and helped us as well.
The scheduled time for the garage sale was 8am but the first people came at 7am. We were still setting up even then. We had planned to sell sodas, juice boxes and popcorn. I was still setting that up when people came. Also we planned to sell our old mattress and we hadn't gotten those out.
We had people come all the way until about 1pm. It was a very long day. The boys came out with us. Evan played with a neighbor boy for a while. Noah stayed with us. All in all, we made more than $400 selling old baby toys and clothes. There were things that I never thought would sell but ended up selling. Alternately, there were things I was sure would sell that didn't sell.
We still had quite a bit left at the end. Right now it's all in our garage. We're trying to decide what to do next. We may have another garage sale in the spring when they have a neighborhood-wide garage sale for Circle C.
We came in and cleaned up. Rachel and I each had showers and then we left to go to Matt and Rachael's. They had a little party for Molly for her 9th birthday. Ben opened the door for us. I don't think that Evan and Ben said anything to each other. They just looked at each other, nodded, and went into Ben's room to play Lego's. Noah stayed out with us. After some food, at one point, Noah and Max tried to have a catch. I think that Noah liked being the big kid. Then Ben and Evan were having a light saber duel and Max got a light saber and joined in. It was really cute. Evan was really good with Max. All the kids really had a good time tonight.
We came home and the boys had some food. Now they are in bed.
Until next time...
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Saturday and Sunday
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Again I was delinquent in writing the blog. Again, I was doing work last night until late.
Yesterday, when the boys got up, they woke Grandmom up so they could get her iPad and iPhone. I could hear Evan yelling and cheering with excitement as he played with the games on the phone.
I went over with the father of one of Evan's friends to sign him up for tee ball. We were trying to get the two boys on the same team for this year. Additionally, there is a third boy from Evan's class who wants to play with Evan. As I was in line to sign up, one of the people who was helping to get the boys registered was the father of Evan's friend Benjamin from preschool. I talked to him about having Evan play with him. It sounds like Evan will probably have lots of friends on his team. It's exciting.
For lunch, we went to Which Wich. The boys ate well there. Evan finished his whole jelly sandwich.
Then we went to the shoe store, 1379. Evan and Noah each got new sneakers and Evan got new cleats for baseball, as well as a new bat.
Later in the afternoon, Matt, Rachael and Max came down. Max is very cute and was having a good time playing with the toys here. We went with them to dinner at California Pizza Kitchen.
This morning, we decided to take Evan and Noah to the park to get them away from the iPhone and iPad. Evan was doing very well with the monkey bars.
We had brunch at Jim's Restaurant.
We stayed at home in the afternoon.
For dinner, we decided to meet Rachel at Fresh Choice. She was coming home from Dallas and that's in North Austin. We figured we could eat dinner earlier. Unfortunately, Fresh Choice went out of business so we ended up at Manny's Uptown Kitchen. The boys ate well there. Rachel brought Noah home and he fell asleep in the car.
Both boys are sleeping now.
Until next time...
Again I was delinquent in writing the blog. Again, I was doing work last night until late.
Yesterday, when the boys got up, they woke Grandmom up so they could get her iPad and iPhone. I could hear Evan yelling and cheering with excitement as he played with the games on the phone.
I went over with the father of one of Evan's friends to sign him up for tee ball. We were trying to get the two boys on the same team for this year. Additionally, there is a third boy from Evan's class who wants to play with Evan. As I was in line to sign up, one of the people who was helping to get the boys registered was the father of Evan's friend Benjamin from preschool. I talked to him about having Evan play with him. It sounds like Evan will probably have lots of friends on his team. It's exciting.
For lunch, we went to Which Wich. The boys ate well there. Evan finished his whole jelly sandwich.
Then we went to the shoe store, 1379. Evan and Noah each got new sneakers and Evan got new cleats for baseball, as well as a new bat.
Later in the afternoon, Matt, Rachael and Max came down. Max is very cute and was having a good time playing with the toys here. We went with them to dinner at California Pizza Kitchen.
This morning, we decided to take Evan and Noah to the park to get them away from the iPhone and iPad. Evan was doing very well with the monkey bars.
We had brunch at Jim's Restaurant.
We stayed at home in the afternoon.
For dinner, we decided to meet Rachel at Fresh Choice. She was coming home from Dallas and that's in North Austin. We figured we could eat dinner earlier. Unfortunately, Fresh Choice went out of business so we ended up at Manny's Uptown Kitchen. The boys ate well there. Rachel brought Noah home and he fell asleep in the car.
Both boys are sleeping now.
Until next time...
Sunday, October 16, 2011
Aunt Phyllis and Uncle Norman
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This morning, Allison got up with the boys and let Lizzy out. She had a brunch to go to at 9am. We had thought she was coming back to the house afterwards so we didn't get up. Unfortunately, we were wrong so we didn't get to say goodbye. But we had a good time having her visit.
We didn't do much of anything this morning. We just took it easy.
The boys and I watched the Steelers game until it was time to go to Evan's baseball game. I took Evan and then Rachel met us later with Noah.
Evan played well at baseball. He had a great defensive inning at 2nd base fielding two balls cleanly. He got one boy out by fielding the ball and then racing him to 2nd base. His defense is the most improved thing he's had between last season and this season.
After baseball, we drove the parking lot of BJ's. We dropped my car off and I got in Rachel's car where we drove out to the Omni Southpark. We picked up Aunt Phyllis and Uncle Norman and drove them to Frank and Angie's for pizza. There we met Matt, Rachael, Maddie, Tristian and Max. It was a nice to see everyone. After dinner we drove Aunt Phyllis and Uncle Norman around campus a bit since they hadn't seen much of the city and the back to the hotel.
We came home and gave the boys baths.
They are in bed now but not yet sleeping.
Until next time...
Saturday, September 17, 2011
The Lion King (Post #1000)
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
I just realized this was our 1000th blog post. That's pretty amazing. We've been doing it for a long time.
Back in the summer, Living Social was having a special. I think it was something like $3 for 2 movie tickets from Fandango. Rachel and I each bought the deal. We used one of them back in July. Two weeks ago, we realized that the one Rachel had bought was about to expire. We saw that we could buy tickets in advance, even though the deal would expire before. So we bought tickets to see the Lion King in 3D with the boys today. We had to pay for two of the tickets. Well, when we got to the theater, they told us that Fandango had listed the showing incorrectly and it wasn't in 3D. They said they'd refund us all the money and still let us see the movie. That was fine because we didn't need to see the movie in 3D anyway. The boys had never seen the movie and Evan, in particular, was very excited to see it.
The boys seemed to enjoy it. It was much darker than I had remembered. Noah was kind of whiny in the movie though.
We came home and put Noah down for a nap. Evan laid down in the game room.
At 4pm, we left to go to Matt and Rachael's for Max's first birthday. They served hot dogs and hamburgers. Unfortunately the boys didn't want to eat that at all. They played with Ben and Molly for a long time. Then we had cake. Max put the cake all over his face. Evan thought that was hilarious. He especially liked it when Max decided to dump the plate of cake onto the floor.
We left around 6:30. We thought we'd go home, but the boys were hungry. There's a Japanese Hibachi place near Matt and Rachael's house. We had been talking about going there for a while now. Evan and Noah usually love that. We thought we'd treat them to that on the way home (and we didn't want fast food). They did pretty well, but I think they were pretty tired so they didn't eat well.
We're home now. Evan is sleeping and Noah is throwing a massive fit. It all started because he didn't want to come upstairs.
Until next time..
I just realized this was our 1000th blog post. That's pretty amazing. We've been doing it for a long time.
Back in the summer, Living Social was having a special. I think it was something like $3 for 2 movie tickets from Fandango. Rachel and I each bought the deal. We used one of them back in July. Two weeks ago, we realized that the one Rachel had bought was about to expire. We saw that we could buy tickets in advance, even though the deal would expire before. So we bought tickets to see the Lion King in 3D with the boys today. We had to pay for two of the tickets. Well, when we got to the theater, they told us that Fandango had listed the showing incorrectly and it wasn't in 3D. They said they'd refund us all the money and still let us see the movie. That was fine because we didn't need to see the movie in 3D anyway. The boys had never seen the movie and Evan, in particular, was very excited to see it.
The boys seemed to enjoy it. It was much darker than I had remembered. Noah was kind of whiny in the movie though.
We came home and put Noah down for a nap. Evan laid down in the game room.
At 4pm, we left to go to Matt and Rachael's for Max's first birthday. They served hot dogs and hamburgers. Unfortunately the boys didn't want to eat that at all. They played with Ben and Molly for a long time. Then we had cake. Max put the cake all over his face. Evan thought that was hilarious. He especially liked it when Max decided to dump the plate of cake onto the floor.
We left around 6:30. We thought we'd go home, but the boys were hungry. There's a Japanese Hibachi place near Matt and Rachael's house. We had been talking about going there for a while now. Evan and Noah usually love that. We thought we'd treat them to that on the way home (and we didn't want fast food). They did pretty well, but I think they were pretty tired so they didn't eat well.
We're home now. Evan is sleeping and Noah is throwing a massive fit. It all started because he didn't want to come upstairs.
Until next time..
Saturday, March 19, 2011
Last Day of Two
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Today is the last day that Noah is two. At 7:16am Sunday morning, Noah will officially be three. Today, though, was not without some terrible two's from Noah.
Rachel got up early to go running with other moms. Evan and Noah got up after Rachel left the house. When I got up, I got the boys dressed and gave them breakfast. Rachel got home by that point.
I had made a vet appointment for Mottel with his regular vet. He hadn't had a regular checkup in two years. That's when they discovered his weight-loss and started us on the trips to the internist and all the steroids that Mottel took. Mottel absolutely hates leaving the house and always vomits at least once in his carrier. I thought if I brought both boys with me today, he might feel more comfortable. I set him in between the boys. That did not help. He vomited and pooped in his carrier on the way.
At the vet, the boys petted Mottel and I guess Noah got a piece of fur in his mouth just as the vet came in. As I started to talk to the vet, Noah started whining very very loudly "Daddy, I need a paper towel! Daddy, I need a paper towel!" The nurse got him a paper towel. Moments later he started whining again. It was embarrassing. The nurse got him a cup of water which seemed to help.
Meanwhile, Mottel's weight has stabilized which is a good thing. He's gained about a half a pound from two years ago, but he's down 2.5 pounds from 3 years ago. The vet believes that Mottel has something equivalent to Crohn's Disease. Some auto-immune disease that causes his intestines to be inflamed and makes it so he does not gain weight. But as long as he's not losing weight, we're fine. Unfortunately, Mottel has cataracts. We can go see an ophthalmologist, but I just am not sure it's worth it. It's very very upsetting to go thru surgery for Mottel. But at the same time, I don't want him to be blind at the end of his life. It's tough.
When we got home, we went to Walmart to get some things for Evan and Noah's party. The boys were very hyper and weren't listening that well as they ran thru the store. We ran into Academy Sports to see if they had baseball pants for Evan. They did, but they were too big.
We came home and had lunch. After lunch, Matt, Rachael, and Max came over. Matt needed to borrow our video camera. They stayed here until dinner time. Max thought Lizzy was hilarious. Every time Lizzy did anything, Max would laugh. At one point, Lizzy got on the back of the couch to look out the window. Max laughed and laughed. Lizzy was really good with him. Even when Matt and Rachael came in and Lizzy was hyper, she sensed that Matt was holding a baby and did not jump on him. Just another reason why Lizzy is the best dog.
For dinner, we went to TGI Fridays. It was in Southpark Meadows and we needed to go to Sports Authority and Target there. We had a coupon which is why we went there. The boys were very good and ate very well. Noah had a bunch of my salad which was good.
We ran into Sports Authority and they didn't have pants for Evan either. We did get him baseball socks.
At Target, we picked up Nerf darts for the Nerf dart gun that Evan bought with his own money from the garage sale next door.
We came home and Evan tried out his Nerf gun. Rachel and I read him the riot act about what he could shoot at. We made him repeat everything back to us.
They are "in bed" now but still awake.
Until next time...
Today is the last day that Noah is two. At 7:16am Sunday morning, Noah will officially be three. Today, though, was not without some terrible two's from Noah.
Rachel got up early to go running with other moms. Evan and Noah got up after Rachel left the house. When I got up, I got the boys dressed and gave them breakfast. Rachel got home by that point.
I had made a vet appointment for Mottel with his regular vet. He hadn't had a regular checkup in two years. That's when they discovered his weight-loss and started us on the trips to the internist and all the steroids that Mottel took. Mottel absolutely hates leaving the house and always vomits at least once in his carrier. I thought if I brought both boys with me today, he might feel more comfortable. I set him in between the boys. That did not help. He vomited and pooped in his carrier on the way.
At the vet, the boys petted Mottel and I guess Noah got a piece of fur in his mouth just as the vet came in. As I started to talk to the vet, Noah started whining very very loudly "Daddy, I need a paper towel! Daddy, I need a paper towel!" The nurse got him a paper towel. Moments later he started whining again. It was embarrassing. The nurse got him a cup of water which seemed to help.
Meanwhile, Mottel's weight has stabilized which is a good thing. He's gained about a half a pound from two years ago, but he's down 2.5 pounds from 3 years ago. The vet believes that Mottel has something equivalent to Crohn's Disease. Some auto-immune disease that causes his intestines to be inflamed and makes it so he does not gain weight. But as long as he's not losing weight, we're fine. Unfortunately, Mottel has cataracts. We can go see an ophthalmologist, but I just am not sure it's worth it. It's very very upsetting to go thru surgery for Mottel. But at the same time, I don't want him to be blind at the end of his life. It's tough.
When we got home, we went to Walmart to get some things for Evan and Noah's party. The boys were very hyper and weren't listening that well as they ran thru the store. We ran into Academy Sports to see if they had baseball pants for Evan. They did, but they were too big.
We came home and had lunch. After lunch, Matt, Rachael, and Max came over. Matt needed to borrow our video camera. They stayed here until dinner time. Max thought Lizzy was hilarious. Every time Lizzy did anything, Max would laugh. At one point, Lizzy got on the back of the couch to look out the window. Max laughed and laughed. Lizzy was really good with him. Even when Matt and Rachael came in and Lizzy was hyper, she sensed that Matt was holding a baby and did not jump on him. Just another reason why Lizzy is the best dog.
For dinner, we went to TGI Fridays. It was in Southpark Meadows and we needed to go to Sports Authority and Target there. We had a coupon which is why we went there. The boys were very good and ate very well. Noah had a bunch of my salad which was good.
We ran into Sports Authority and they didn't have pants for Evan either. We did get him baseball socks.
At Target, we picked up Nerf darts for the Nerf dart gun that Evan bought with his own money from the garage sale next door.
We came home and Evan tried out his Nerf gun. Rachel and I read him the riot act about what he could shoot at. We made him repeat everything back to us.
They are "in bed" now but still awake.
Until next time...
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