No Baseball...Then Baseball

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Yesterday we went to San Antonio to celebrate Tegan's fourth birthday at Chuck E Cheese.  We left the house shortly after 11 and went down.  The boys enjoyed playing with the games and then Evan ate 6 entire pieces of pizza (crust included).  He did not have any cake.

Evan had been wanting to go to the Alamo.  We were 20 minutes away so we drove down and parked and walked around the Alamo.  It's free to tour.  There were two buildings in the complex you walk through.  The first - the church - was dedicated entirely to guns and weapons of the time period.  Two guys were giving demonstrations.  We literally had to pull the boys away so we could keep going after about 15 minutes of watching this.  In the second building, the Long Barracks, we watched a movie about the Alamo.

We then went to the Riverwalk and ate at the Rain Forest Cafe.  The boys really enjoyed it.

This morning Evan was scheduled to have a scrimmage for baseball.  Unfortunately, around 5am the rain, thunder and lightening came and washed out the scrimmage.  The rain lasted until about 11 or 11:30.

Before lunch, the boys wanted to sew.  Evan learned how to sew in art class and Noah wanted to learn.  So Rachel sat down and worked with the boys.

By 1pm it was bright and sunny (and hot and humid).

Rachel, Evan and I went to look at three open houses for Grandma and Papa.  Noah stayed at home by himself since we were just in the neighborhood.

When we got home, the boys played a bit and then Evan and I went to baseball practice.  We had it at Evan and Noah's elementary school on the basketball court outside (which is covered).  We were able to get a good practice in.  We weren't able to work on grounders but we worked on just about everything else.  Evan didn't want to leave practice even thought we were there for 2.5 hours.

We had tacos for dinner.

The boys are in their rooms.

Until next time...

San Antonio Weekend

We were in San Antonio over the weekend. My cousin Zach and Allison got married.

The kids were not invited, so we had babysitters for them for the rehearsal dinner and the wedding. Both nights went well and the babysitters were good.

Friday night, the rehearsal dinner was at the hotel. Saturday we went to Brackenridge park with Grandma, Papa, and the boys. We rode the train and played Frisbee.

The wedding was at the McNay Museum of Art. It was a beautiful wedding. The music was good and it was very nice to see and chat with everyone.

Sunday brunch was next door to the hotel overlooking the Riverwalk. Evan and Noah especially had a good time playing with Ryan.

Before leaving to go home we hung out at Aunt Diane and Uncle Jay's house for a little bit. We drove Michael and Jen to the airport and then went back to Austin.

Grandma, Papa, and Bubbe are going to spend the night here and then drive back to Dallas tomorrow.

For dinner we ate at Trattoria Lisina. Evan and Noah ate well and were well behaved. We all enjoyed our food.

Now, we are totally exhausted. The boys are in bed, but still pretty wired. Noah doesn't seem like he's going to fall asleep any time soon.

Here are some pictures and video from the weekend.

Picasa Web Album of Zach and Allison's wedding weekend here.

What Do You Get When You Mix Two Hyper Kids and Sea World?

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

If you guessed "two very tired parents" as the answer to the title of this blog you win...a nice pat on the back. Rachel arranged a trip to San Antonio for my birthday this year. We had a free night stay to use at the Hilton Palacio del Rio so we decide to use that. We thought we'd go to Sea World and then check in at the hotel, let Noah take a nap, and then go back to Sea World. Things didn't go exactly as planned.

Saturday began before 7:30am when Evan came in the room. He was excited to go. We got up, got ready to go, and woke Noah up and drove down. By the time we actually got into the park, between driving to San Antonio, parking and getting through the entrance it was just before 11am. We tried, immediately, to get into the Shamu show but it was already full. Evan and I went on a water rapids ride and go soaked in the interim. We tried going to a water skiing show but the boys didn't really like that. We ended up seeing the Shamu show later on and we got wet when Shamu splashed us. Noah thought that was great.

We went to the rides and Rachel took Evan on a kids roller coaster. I think Evan was a bit scared once he saw how fast it moved.

We ended up watching the dolphins before heading to the hotel.

I dropped Rachel and the boys off at the hotel and went to find parking. Rachel called to let me know what room we got. When I got off the elevator, I could actually hear the boys. Rachel said they were bouncing off the walls. They were running all over jumping on the bed, touching everything, just moving non-stop. We tried to get them to nap, but they wouldn't. Evan and I walked on the Riverwalk for a bit to try to let Noah calm down but he never did.

We decided to go back to Sea World. We tried to see a Haunted 4-D movie that Evan really wanted to see. He told us he was going to "punch the ghosts". Unfortunately, Big Brave Evan got scared about 5 minutes in and we had to leave. It may take him a few years before he can join the Ghostbusters. We got some Dippin' Dots and saw the sea lion and walrus show to close out the day.

Back at the hotel around 10:30 and these kids did not want to go to sleep. The quote of the night came from Evan when he heard him say, "Aww man, I just got snot all over my hands and then I wiped it on Noah's shirt." They finally got to bed around midnight.

At 8am they got up and continued their continuous movement. We ended up checking out around 10:30 and meeting Uncle Jay at a place for breakfast called the Guenther House. It was a really neat old mansion. It was a long wait for a table, but we stayed outside and Uncle Jay had brought a bag full of goodies for the kids including bubbles. It was easy to keep them entertained while we waited.

Evan ate a great breakfast and we all enjoyed seeing Uncle Jay.

Around 2pm, we left San Antonio making it home by 3:30. Noah went down or a nap while Evan watched Scooby Doo. We had to wake Noah up around 6pm for dinner.

For dinner, Rachel went out and picked up Little Caesar's.

We gave the boys baths and now they are in bed. Evan finally looked exhausted and I have not heard from him since I put him down. I think his eyes closed the moment his head hit the pillow.

Until next time...