No Games

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

As Rachel mentioned yesterday, we had nothing scheduled for today.  Absolutely nothing.  We didn't have to get up early for a sporting event or a birthday party.  It was nice.  Rachel was going to run the San Antonio half marathon tomorrow but given how busy the fall has been, we decided to take it easy.

The boys slept in a bit.  I think I heard Evan around 8am.  Noah got up closer to 9am.  Rachel and I came downstairs and Rachel made Pillsbury cinnamon buns while the boys played MLB Power Pros on the Wii.

Rachel then went to tutor.  I stayed home and did a little bit of work while the boys continued to play Wii.

When Rachel got home, I left to go to Wings To Go.  Rachel thought I might be able to get more work done out of the house this afternoon.  They had free WiFi there and I could get wings.  They also had college football on.  Despite all of that, I was highly productive.  It was nice.

Meanwhile, Rachel made the boys lunch.  Then they went to the Wildflower Park to play on the playground and they brought their bikes.  The playground in a square in the middle of a neighborhood. So it's a big block but you can see the sidewalk from anywhere in the park.  Rachel had hoped that she could just sit there while the boys biked around.  Evan did well, but Noah needed to be pushed up the hills on his bike with training wheels.  He also was scared on some of the downhills.  He went around once.  Nevertheless, it was good having him get that experience out there.

I got home and played with the boys some.  Then Rachel and I got ready to go to dinner.  Blanca came over to watch the boys while we went out.

We went to a place called Casa Columbia.  It was pretty good.  Rachel got a fruit drink made of this fruit called Soursop. We had it when we were in Costa Rica - the fruit, not the drink.  I had a sip, it tasted good.  The food seemed authentic to me.  It reminded me of food in Costa Rica.  It was good.  We'd go back.

We decided rather than eat dessert out, to go to HEB and buy a frozen pie and cook it here while watching a movie.  The boys were going to bed as we got home.  They were very hyper, though, when we got home.  It seemed like they had a good time with Blanca.

Now they are in bed and we are going to sit down.

Until next time...

Battles

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning we decided to go to HEB. We needed to get ingredients for our Thanksgiving meal. Normally, if you go around 10am to HEB on a Sunday, it's not too crowded. I guess many people are at church. Today, on the other hand, with Thanksgiving right around the corner, it was pretty crowded. To be honest, I felt like HEB at least at the checkouts were somewhat unprepared for the rush.

We let the boys walk with us and not go in the cart. They weren't that well behaved. Several times they started fighting with each other. Sometimes they didn't listen about when we needed to move on. They were in good moods, just somewhat hyper.

We got home and I made some Pillsbury cinnamon buns for brunch. Then the Steelers game came on. The boys fought more than they normally do. I felt like I kept having to yell at them. I don't know what their deal was. Rachel spent the entire game cleaning the upstairs in preparation for our company.

The Steelers won by the way. Oh, and the NFL referees suck. Roger Goodell sucks. And Richard Seymour is a bum who should never be allowed to play again.

At the end of the game, Rachel put Noah down for a nap. He may have slept for a little bit, but it wasn't very long.

For dinner, we offered to bring Matt and Rachael and family pizza. We thought we'd pick up Little Caesar's on the way. But the one we were planning on going to apparently closed down...a long time ago. Thank you, yp.com - I will make sure never to use that site again. So we had to go way out of the way and the people there were not bright and so it took about 20 minutes just to get the pizza.

Our time with the Podbers was nice though. All the kids played together the whole time. It was very loud upstairs but it seemed like everyone got along. The only problem we had is I think we stayed too long. Evan pretty much had a meltdown on the way home.

We got home and after Evan and I fought for a while as I threatened to throw out his light saber, he went to sleep pretty quickly. Noah is still up though.

Until next time...

Final Night

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Tonight is the last night without Rachel. She's coming home tomorrow. It will be nice to have her back.

Evan stayed in my bed last night again. It's hard to get him to go to sleep but at least he behaves. He slept through me going to work again as well.

Gabby came in the morning and got Evan ready for school. He got to wear his firefighter rain coat to school. Blanca came and put the boys down for naps.

On my way home, I stopped at Blue Bamboo and picked up dinner for myself. We had some frozen shrimp that I keep for Evan. I cooked those and cut tomatoes for him. Noah asked for a jelly sandwich which he didn't eat. He did eat cheese, yogurt and some red bell peppers. Evan ate all 7 or 8 shrimp I made him and asked for more. I made him some more.

After dinner I had gotten some Pillsbury chocolate chip cookies to make. The dough is pre-formed into 24 cubes. We made those. Noah walked up to the oven and I put the light on for him. He just stood there watching the cookies back for awhile.

After we ate cookies, we did Skype with Rachel.

The boys are in bed now. Evan is in my bed watching the Incredibles.

Until next time...