Hello Everyone, this is Morry.
Last night I dutifully set my alarm to get up to Evan to school in the morning. I woke up this morning and it was still dark so I rolled over to make sure that I had my alarm set. I did, so I rolled back over. Then it hit me, what time did that say? Well I had never changed the time for my alarm back to what it needed to be now that school is back on. It was 24 minutes after I normally get up. I jumped up, got dressed and woke Evan up. He was very tired. He's been staying up late during the break so I think two straight mornings of getting up early got to him.
Evan said he wanted to walk to school. To get there on time, he was going to need to run like he did for Rachel yesterday. The only problem was that he was moving very slowly and not running. Evan is very competitive so I had to challenge him to a race. The two of us ran more than half of the way and we got to school on time.
When I got home, Noah was up. I got some breakfast for him. Rachel took him to school.
Rachel went for a run after dropping Noah off at school . Then she made a run to Sam's Club run. While there, she got a Roomba. The flooring people recommended that since the hardwood shows more dirt. They suggested just letting it run once a day or so. It seemed to pick things up well.
Noah stayed home while Rachel went to get Evan. He said he was tired.
When Evan got home, he thought the Roomba was really cool. He came up to tell me to look at it.
Tonight, we had planned a double date with our friends Will and Bradford. We had signed Evan and Noah up for a Parents' Night Out at the Little Gym. We dropped them off at 6:30 and met Will and Bradford at Z'Tejas downtown. We sat outside because it was in the 70s today. It was a beautiful night. The food was good. After that we walked to a bar called the Kung Fu Saloon. They have all these old arcade games there and free Skeeball. Will and I played some video games and played foosball as well.
We picked the boys up and are getting them ready for bed.
Until next time...
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Friday, January 6, 2012
Saturday, October 22, 2011
Monster
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This morning, Rachel got up early to go for a big run. She's only got a few weeks left before the San Antonio half marathon.
I got up around 8am and got Evan ready for football. He had a flag football double header. There are only 3 teams in his league and to make sure that each team plays each week, they rotate which team gets a double header.
We left when Rachel got back from her run as Noah was still sleeping.
Prior to today, Evan had not played well on defense. But somehow, today was his breakout day. He was all over the field pulling flags in the backfield or diving to grab the flags off of kids. In fact, he spent half the day on the ground because he went to the ground every time he went to pull a flag. At one point, before the snap, he was running in place. I told him he looked like Jack Lambert out there. One of the mothers came over to him and told him he was "playing like a monster out there". All in all he played well and the coaches were so happy I think he only sat down for 4 series total in the 2 games. Evan told me he really likes playing defense. He seemed to be pretty tired after the game, though he didn't nap.
After football, we went to Don's Grass to buy some pumpkins. The boys weren't in a particularly good mood there so we didn't stay long. We thought they'd enjoy all the decorations, the pumpkin patch and all the stuff they had up for Halloween.
We came home and had lunch and the had the boys settle down in the gameroom.
After "naps", Evan and I went in the backyard and played some more football.
Before dinner, we went out to the Wildflower park and let the boys play some. After that we ate at Cypress Grill for dinner.
The boys are now in bed.
Until next time...
This morning, Rachel got up early to go for a big run. She's only got a few weeks left before the San Antonio half marathon.
I got up around 8am and got Evan ready for football. He had a flag football double header. There are only 3 teams in his league and to make sure that each team plays each week, they rotate which team gets a double header.
We left when Rachel got back from her run as Noah was still sleeping.
Prior to today, Evan had not played well on defense. But somehow, today was his breakout day. He was all over the field pulling flags in the backfield or diving to grab the flags off of kids. In fact, he spent half the day on the ground because he went to the ground every time he went to pull a flag. At one point, before the snap, he was running in place. I told him he looked like Jack Lambert out there. One of the mothers came over to him and told him he was "playing like a monster out there". All in all he played well and the coaches were so happy I think he only sat down for 4 series total in the 2 games. Evan told me he really likes playing defense. He seemed to be pretty tired after the game, though he didn't nap.
After football, we went to Don's Grass to buy some pumpkins. The boys weren't in a particularly good mood there so we didn't stay long. We thought they'd enjoy all the decorations, the pumpkin patch and all the stuff they had up for Halloween.
We came home and had lunch and the had the boys settle down in the gameroom.
After "naps", Evan and I went in the backyard and played some more football.
Before dinner, we went out to the Wildflower park and let the boys play some. After that we ate at Cypress Grill for dinner.
The boys are now in bed.
Until next time...
Saturday, August 6, 2011
Successful Day
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This morning, Rachel got up with the boys and let me sleep. She got them all ready and went for a run. While Rachel was running, Evan asked to get out and run with Rachel. He ran along side Rachel for a mile...all while only wearing Crocs to run in! Rachel said they walked a tiny bit but for the most part, he ran a mile today. He was really proud.
We decided to run a number of errands today. The first place we went to was Academy Sports to sign Evan up for the NFL flag football league. Noah is just a bit too young for it. Next year, I'll be able to sign him up.
After Academy, we drove up north to go to a flooring place. Our carpet is builder grade carpet and 7 years old. It looks terrible, especially downstairs. We've been talking about putting all new flooring in the downstairs. When we got to the flooring place, they said they had a play room with video cameras in it. All over the store there were monitors so you could look into the playroom. We spent a long time there looking at all of our options. The woman is going to come to our house and measure on Thursday and we'll get a better sense of how much this might cost.
From there, we decided to go to RunTex. We had a gift certificate and I needed new sneakers. But before we went there, we stopped at 7-Eleven for Slurpees. The boys were very happy. They had been really good at the flooring place and deserved it.
We weren't at RunTex long but I did get shoes. I told the salesman that Evan had run a mile and that he'd be needing running shoes soon. He recommended a place by our house called 1379 for kids running shoes. We decided to go by there.
It was a good thing we went to 1379 as Evan is now wearing a size 1 (he was previously a kids size 13) and Noah had to get a size 9.5 (he was previously at 8.5). It seemed like a great store and the boys really enjoyed themselves there. They were having a huge sale and we got some really nice sneakers for the boys for 50% off. Rachel was also able to find some running shorts there.
For dinner, we went to Carino's. The boys were really good there and Evan ate all his food. Noah ate some calamari.
Rachel is giving the boys baths now while brownies are baking in the oven.
Until next time...
This morning, Rachel got up with the boys and let me sleep. She got them all ready and went for a run. While Rachel was running, Evan asked to get out and run with Rachel. He ran along side Rachel for a mile...all while only wearing Crocs to run in! Rachel said they walked a tiny bit but for the most part, he ran a mile today. He was really proud.
We decided to run a number of errands today. The first place we went to was Academy Sports to sign Evan up for the NFL flag football league. Noah is just a bit too young for it. Next year, I'll be able to sign him up.
After Academy, we drove up north to go to a flooring place. Our carpet is builder grade carpet and 7 years old. It looks terrible, especially downstairs. We've been talking about putting all new flooring in the downstairs. When we got to the flooring place, they said they had a play room with video cameras in it. All over the store there were monitors so you could look into the playroom. We spent a long time there looking at all of our options. The woman is going to come to our house and measure on Thursday and we'll get a better sense of how much this might cost.
From there, we decided to go to RunTex. We had a gift certificate and I needed new sneakers. But before we went there, we stopped at 7-Eleven for Slurpees. The boys were very happy. They had been really good at the flooring place and deserved it.
We weren't at RunTex long but I did get shoes. I told the salesman that Evan had run a mile and that he'd be needing running shoes soon. He recommended a place by our house called 1379 for kids running shoes. We decided to go by there.
It was a good thing we went to 1379 as Evan is now wearing a size 1 (he was previously a kids size 13) and Noah had to get a size 9.5 (he was previously at 8.5). It seemed like a great store and the boys really enjoyed themselves there. They were having a huge sale and we got some really nice sneakers for the boys for 50% off. Rachel was also able to find some running shorts there.
For dinner, we went to Carino's. The boys were really good there and Evan ate all his food. Noah ate some calamari.
Rachel is giving the boys baths now while brownies are baking in the oven.
Until next time...
Saturday, June 18, 2011
Farmer's Market
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Noah woke up in the middle of the night last night. At first he was crying that he had to pee and then he was crying that he wanted his door opened. His door wasn't full closed and he can open it himself, there's nothing stopping him. His gate was open already. And he can leave his room and get us if he needs help going to the bathroom. Rachel and I have decided he needs we will not give into these demands. If he wants to come in our room and ask us without whining or crying, we will help him. This went on for an hour or so. I do think he eventually went to the bathroom, or at least opened the door himself. His pull-up was dry this morning.
The boys got up and played in the game room some. Then Rachel got up and went for a run while I continued cleaning up the office upstairs and getting all my computer equipment set up. I'm just about finished.
Then we went to the Sunset Valley Farmer's Market. It didn't seem to be as big as it has been other times we went. It could have something to do with the high being around 103 degrees. We walked around and looked at the produce. We saw a demonstration of a screen printing (using all natural ink) on a t-shirt. Then we got water ice for the boys. Noah and I each got an all natural grass fed beef hot dog. It was pretty good. It was kind of spicy but Noah ate all of his. Then each boy picked out their own sweet bell pepper.
We got home and Rachel made lunch for herself and cut up the peppers for the boys. Evan ate his entire pepper.
After lunch, Evan and I went to a birthday party for a boy from his tee ball team. It was at the Little Gym where Evan used to have his sports class. He seemed to have a really good time. I had a good time talking to the dads.
When we got home, Noah not napping. Noah ended up playing in the game room with GeoTrax and Evan watched TV downstairs.
Gabby came over at 6:30 to babysit for the boys. Rachel and I drove up to the Domain and ate at a restaurant called Gloria's. We walked around a bit there and listened to a live band.
When we got home, Evan was still up. He wanted me to read a book to him. We finished the second Harry Potter book last night. I found my old copy of Mr. Popper's Penguins. I told Evan I would read that to him next. He has wanted to go see the movie. The funny thing about that book is I wrote my name in it - in first grade. So my handwriting was very child-like. It's amazing because Evan is almost that same age. It's kind of crazy.
Noah is sleeping. Let's hope he sleeps through the whole night.
Until next time...
Noah woke up in the middle of the night last night. At first he was crying that he had to pee and then he was crying that he wanted his door opened. His door wasn't full closed and he can open it himself, there's nothing stopping him. His gate was open already. And he can leave his room and get us if he needs help going to the bathroom. Rachel and I have decided he needs we will not give into these demands. If he wants to come in our room and ask us without whining or crying, we will help him. This went on for an hour or so. I do think he eventually went to the bathroom, or at least opened the door himself. His pull-up was dry this morning.
The boys got up and played in the game room some. Then Rachel got up and went for a run while I continued cleaning up the office upstairs and getting all my computer equipment set up. I'm just about finished.
Then we went to the Sunset Valley Farmer's Market. It didn't seem to be as big as it has been other times we went. It could have something to do with the high being around 103 degrees. We walked around and looked at the produce. We saw a demonstration of a screen printing (using all natural ink) on a t-shirt. Then we got water ice for the boys. Noah and I each got an all natural grass fed beef hot dog. It was pretty good. It was kind of spicy but Noah ate all of his. Then each boy picked out their own sweet bell pepper.
We got home and Rachel made lunch for herself and cut up the peppers for the boys. Evan ate his entire pepper.
After lunch, Evan and I went to a birthday party for a boy from his tee ball team. It was at the Little Gym where Evan used to have his sports class. He seemed to have a really good time. I had a good time talking to the dads.
When we got home, Noah not napping. Noah ended up playing in the game room with GeoTrax and Evan watched TV downstairs.
Gabby came over at 6:30 to babysit for the boys. Rachel and I drove up to the Domain and ate at a restaurant called Gloria's. We walked around a bit there and listened to a live band.
When we got home, Evan was still up. He wanted me to read a book to him. We finished the second Harry Potter book last night. I found my old copy of Mr. Popper's Penguins. I told Evan I would read that to him next. He has wanted to go see the movie. The funny thing about that book is I wrote my name in it - in first grade. So my handwriting was very child-like. It's amazing because Evan is almost that same age. It's kind of crazy.
Noah is sleeping. Let's hope he sleeps through the whole night.
Until next time...
Tuesday, June 7, 2011
Running around (literally)
Today was a busy day. After dropping off the boys at school I went for a run around the neighborhood. I ran 3 miles and it was really hot out, even at 10am.
I did some stuff around the house and then went to HEB. HEB was packed and I waited in a line a while. I got to the boys school just in time. They both had a good day at school.
When we got home I put away groceries while the boys ate the Trix yogurt I just bought. Then, I made myself lunch. I tried putting Noah down for nap, but he didn't sleep.
I spent a lot of time doing my hair and makeup while the boys were supposed to be napping. I could have had it professionally done, but both the hair and make up places were across town.
I had a photo shoot scheduled for 6pm for the Breast Cancer Resource Center calendar. I didn't want to be driving through the city during rush hour, so I just got ready here at home.
Gabby came at 5pm and then I left to meet everyone on South Congress. The photos were taken in front of one of those food trailers. Here's one photo the photographer just sent. While we were taking pictures some cyclists came up and asked to take a pic with us. No, that's not Lance Armstrong, though it does kind of look like him.
Right near there is a Hey Cupcake trailer. We have heard good things about it, but every time we have tried to go it was closed or sold out. I was able to pick up 2 cupcakes tonight. We haven't tried them yet.
Both boys are asleep now. I'm exhausted.
I did some stuff around the house and then went to HEB. HEB was packed and I waited in a line a while. I got to the boys school just in time. They both had a good day at school.
When we got home I put away groceries while the boys ate the Trix yogurt I just bought. Then, I made myself lunch. I tried putting Noah down for nap, but he didn't sleep.
I spent a lot of time doing my hair and makeup while the boys were supposed to be napping. I could have had it professionally done, but both the hair and make up places were across town.
I had a photo shoot scheduled for 6pm for the Breast Cancer Resource Center calendar. I didn't want to be driving through the city during rush hour, so I just got ready here at home.
Gabby came at 5pm and then I left to meet everyone on South Congress. The photos were taken in front of one of those food trailers. Here's one photo the photographer just sent. While we were taking pictures some cyclists came up and asked to take a pic with us. No, that's not Lance Armstrong, though it does kind of look like him.
Right near there is a Hey Cupcake trailer. We have heard good things about it, but every time we have tried to go it was closed or sold out. I was able to pick up 2 cupcakes tonight. We haven't tried them yet.
Both boys are asleep now. I'm exhausted.
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...
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Long Day
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
The day began early for Rachel. She got up to go to meet with a running group downtown. Evan was up while Rachel was getting ready.
I got up after the boys were playing. When I came out of my room, I could hear Evan and Noah playing. I realized they were playing in Evan's room and they had the door closed. It sounded like they were throwing a ball and trying to catch it. I don't know. But they were definitely having a good time.
Rachel came home around 11:30 after she went to Luke's Locker - a running shoe store - and got some new running shoes for herself.
When she got home, Evan and I left to go to the park. I wanted to bring our tee for him to hit off of at a baseball field and work with him on running the bases. We stopped at the bank to deposit some checks before we went and then we went to the park. It was a really nice day. I set the tee up at home plate and then I'd yell out "single", "double", "triple" or "home run" after he hit a ball and I wanted him to tell me what base to run to and he'd run to it. I worked with him on running the right direction and to drop the bat after he hit the ball. He picked it up very quickly and he seemed to know which direction to run before I even told him. We both had a good time. Sunday is Evan's first tee ball practice so I wanted to introduce him to concepts he hadn't done before so he'd be more prepared.
We came home and had lunch and the went upstairs because Rachel was having a student over to tutor.
When Rachel finished tutoring, we left to go to Barry and Lisa's for Lincoln's third birthday party. As soon as we got there, Evan and Noah asked to go outside to play on the swing set out back. At one point, Noah and Lincoln were on the glider together. It was very cute.
After the party, we drove back home, stopping at Little Caesar's to pick up a pizza for the boys. Rachel had arranged for us to go to a cooking class at Central Market and Blanca was coming over to babysit. We got the boys set up with dinner, Blanca came and we jumped back into the car to drive to Central Market.
The cooking class was good. We had taken one there before. Actually it was before we had kids so it was a long time ago. They have a kitchen set up and you watch them cook it, like a cooking show and then they serve you the food. The chef obviously like pork products because there was some appetizer with serrano ham, prosciutto covered asparagus, and bacon in the scalloped potatoes. But it was good and Rachel and I enjoyed ourselves.
We had planned to see Just Go With It as we had a Groupon for Fandango that we had purchased a while back and it was expiring. Since we had a babysitter, we figured we'd just see a movie. The cooking class ended a bit earlier than we expected, so we had some time to kill. We bought some stuff at Central Market to kill some time.
The movie was very good. Of course, Rachel and I are Adam Sandler fans, but really it was enjoyable.
When we got home, we heard crying. It turns out that Evan had heard the garage door. It woke him up and he had run to the window overlooking the garage crying for me. Apparently, he had told Blanca he was going to wait up all night for me and he had fallen asleep. I guess he was worried that somehow he wouldn't see me or something. I don't know. But Rachel held him for a bit and then he wanted to come to me and I put him to bed after reading Captain Underpants. I read that to him every night and I think he had been a bit upset that I hadn't read it to him tonight. I think he's asleep now.
Until next time...
The day began early for Rachel. She got up to go to meet with a running group downtown. Evan was up while Rachel was getting ready.
I got up after the boys were playing. When I came out of my room, I could hear Evan and Noah playing. I realized they were playing in Evan's room and they had the door closed. It sounded like they were throwing a ball and trying to catch it. I don't know. But they were definitely having a good time.
Rachel came home around 11:30 after she went to Luke's Locker - a running shoe store - and got some new running shoes for herself.
When she got home, Evan and I left to go to the park. I wanted to bring our tee for him to hit off of at a baseball field and work with him on running the bases. We stopped at the bank to deposit some checks before we went and then we went to the park. It was a really nice day. I set the tee up at home plate and then I'd yell out "single", "double", "triple" or "home run" after he hit a ball and I wanted him to tell me what base to run to and he'd run to it. I worked with him on running the right direction and to drop the bat after he hit the ball. He picked it up very quickly and he seemed to know which direction to run before I even told him. We both had a good time. Sunday is Evan's first tee ball practice so I wanted to introduce him to concepts he hadn't done before so he'd be more prepared.
We came home and had lunch and the went upstairs because Rachel was having a student over to tutor.
When Rachel finished tutoring, we left to go to Barry and Lisa's for Lincoln's third birthday party. As soon as we got there, Evan and Noah asked to go outside to play on the swing set out back. At one point, Noah and Lincoln were on the glider together. It was very cute.
After the party, we drove back home, stopping at Little Caesar's to pick up a pizza for the boys. Rachel had arranged for us to go to a cooking class at Central Market and Blanca was coming over to babysit. We got the boys set up with dinner, Blanca came and we jumped back into the car to drive to Central Market.
The cooking class was good. We had taken one there before. Actually it was before we had kids so it was a long time ago. They have a kitchen set up and you watch them cook it, like a cooking show and then they serve you the food. The chef obviously like pork products because there was some appetizer with serrano ham, prosciutto covered asparagus, and bacon in the scalloped potatoes. But it was good and Rachel and I enjoyed ourselves.
We had planned to see Just Go With It as we had a Groupon for Fandango that we had purchased a while back and it was expiring. Since we had a babysitter, we figured we'd just see a movie. The cooking class ended a bit earlier than we expected, so we had some time to kill. We bought some stuff at Central Market to kill some time.
The movie was very good. Of course, Rachel and I are Adam Sandler fans, but really it was enjoyable.
When we got home, we heard crying. It turns out that Evan had heard the garage door. It woke him up and he had run to the window overlooking the garage crying for me. Apparently, he had told Blanca he was going to wait up all night for me and he had fallen asleep. I guess he was worried that somehow he wouldn't see me or something. I don't know. But Rachel held him for a bit and then he wanted to come to me and I put him to bed after reading Captain Underpants. I read that to him every night and I think he had been a bit upset that I hadn't read it to him tonight. I think he's asleep now.
Until next time...
Saturday, September 25, 2010
Boating
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Today is a pretty significant day. A year ago today Rachel was diagnosed with cancer. It's been a pretty tough year, but the year is over now and Rachel is doing amazing. She started the morning with a 8.27 mile run. Each week she seems to be adding a mile to her run. It's really impressive.
Since today is a significant day, we thought we'd something a bit special. One of the daily deal sites called LivingSocial was having a deal on a 2-hour boat rental. So we decided to get that deal. We drove out to the lake and rented a ski boat. We toyed with the idea of bringing Lizzy but we knew if we anchored somewhere, she'd want to swim and we weren't sure how we'd get her back in the boat.
When we got in the boat and we put Noah's life jacket on, he began to throw a fit. He didn't want a life jacket on. It wasn't only our just our rule, it was the rule of Just For Fun where we rented the boat. His fit lasted for about 30 minutes. While I was driving the boat, he was rolling around on the floor.
We found a good spot to anchor and we had lunch that we brought. Noah's mood improved as he ate his lunch. Then we all went swimming off the back of the boat. Evan really enjoyed swimming. Noah seemed to like it too.
On the way back to Just For Fun, Noah threw another fit. I think it was because he didn't want to leave the lake. I'm not quite sure.
We drove home and put Noah down for a nap.
For dinner, we went to the Hill Country Pasta House. Rachel's friend, Melissa, was having a birthday party at her house starting at 7pm, so we decided to go out that way, grab some dinner and go to Melissa's. The boys were really well behaved tonight. They both ate well at dinner. Then at Melissa's they were really showing off for everyone. They seemed to enjoy themselves.
We came home and the boys are in bed now.
Now we'll begin year two of Rachel's survival.
Until next time...
Today is a pretty significant day. A year ago today Rachel was diagnosed with cancer. It's been a pretty tough year, but the year is over now and Rachel is doing amazing. She started the morning with a 8.27 mile run. Each week she seems to be adding a mile to her run. It's really impressive.
Since today is a significant day, we thought we'd something a bit special. One of the daily deal sites called LivingSocial was having a deal on a 2-hour boat rental. So we decided to get that deal. We drove out to the lake and rented a ski boat. We toyed with the idea of bringing Lizzy but we knew if we anchored somewhere, she'd want to swim and we weren't sure how we'd get her back in the boat.
When we got in the boat and we put Noah's life jacket on, he began to throw a fit. He didn't want a life jacket on. It wasn't only our just our rule, it was the rule of Just For Fun where we rented the boat. His fit lasted for about 30 minutes. While I was driving the boat, he was rolling around on the floor.
We found a good spot to anchor and we had lunch that we brought. Noah's mood improved as he ate his lunch. Then we all went swimming off the back of the boat. Evan really enjoyed swimming. Noah seemed to like it too.
On the way back to Just For Fun, Noah threw another fit. I think it was because he didn't want to leave the lake. I'm not quite sure.
We drove home and put Noah down for a nap.
For dinner, we went to the Hill Country Pasta House. Rachel's friend, Melissa, was having a birthday party at her house starting at 7pm, so we decided to go out that way, grab some dinner and go to Melissa's. The boys were really well behaved tonight. They both ate well at dinner. Then at Melissa's they were really showing off for everyone. They seemed to enjoy themselves.
We came home and the boys are in bed now.
Now we'll begin year two of Rachel's survival.
Until next time...
Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Non-Stop
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
Once the day began today, Rachel never had a break. Both boys gave her a lot of trouble getting ready this morning. Neither one wanted to get dressed. Noah really fought getting dressed.
As soon as they got to school the boys where happy. Noah ran over to his teacher and gave her a hug.
From there, Rachel went to the gym. There is a running group that meets at 9:30 and runs outside around the area behind the gym. Rachel got there just before 9:30 and asked someone at the desk where she was supposed to meet the group. They told her to wait right there. She waited and then she went outside and they weren't outside. Finally, she found out that they met outside and had already left. She did meet one of the "instructors" who runs with the 8:30 group. The woman offered to help Rachel train for a half marathon.
After the gym, Rachel went to Run-Tex to get some good running shoes. Now that she's really running, it makes sense to have some good shoes to go with it. Run-Tex is a cool store that watches how you walk and how you feet are and they offer you the shoes that would best fit you.
I met Rachel at Charles Schwab today. We have a bunch of accounts there and we needed to do some maintenance on those accounts.
From there Rachel went and picked the boys up. She brought them home and tried unsuccessfully to put Noah down for a nap. She ate lunch as well and got dinner ready in the crock pot and started cooking it.
Blanca came over to babysit for the boys while Rachel tutored.
I came home and the boys and I played Star Wars Legos.
When Rachel got home, we had dinner. Then we gave the boys baths. They are in bed now but I'm sure they are still awake, although it's fairly quiet up there.
Until next time...
Once the day began today, Rachel never had a break. Both boys gave her a lot of trouble getting ready this morning. Neither one wanted to get dressed. Noah really fought getting dressed.
As soon as they got to school the boys where happy. Noah ran over to his teacher and gave her a hug.
From there, Rachel went to the gym. There is a running group that meets at 9:30 and runs outside around the area behind the gym. Rachel got there just before 9:30 and asked someone at the desk where she was supposed to meet the group. They told her to wait right there. She waited and then she went outside and they weren't outside. Finally, she found out that they met outside and had already left. She did meet one of the "instructors" who runs with the 8:30 group. The woman offered to help Rachel train for a half marathon.
After the gym, Rachel went to Run-Tex to get some good running shoes. Now that she's really running, it makes sense to have some good shoes to go with it. Run-Tex is a cool store that watches how you walk and how you feet are and they offer you the shoes that would best fit you.
I met Rachel at Charles Schwab today. We have a bunch of accounts there and we needed to do some maintenance on those accounts.
From there Rachel went and picked the boys up. She brought them home and tried unsuccessfully to put Noah down for a nap. She ate lunch as well and got dinner ready in the crock pot and started cooking it.
Blanca came over to babysit for the boys while Rachel tutored.
I came home and the boys and I played Star Wars Legos.
When Rachel got home, we had dinner. Then we gave the boys baths. They are in bed now but I'm sure they are still awake, although it's fairly quiet up there.
Until next time...
Saturday, September 18, 2010
Busy Day
Hello everyone, this is Morry.
This morning, Rachel got up early to go running with some other mothers. She's been doing that the last few Saturdays. This week they ran nearly 7 miles. Rachel said she felt good and actually felt like she could have gone longer.
The boys came in my room close to 9am. We came downstairs and they wanted instant oatmeal because that's what I was going to have. They both ate theirs.
At 10:30, Gabby came over. Rachel and I wanted to go out on a date this weekend and this was the time that Gabby was available. We went out and saw the movie, The Switch. Then we went to lunch using a deal we got at The Lunch Deal for Gumbo's of Lake Travis. The food was very good and it was nice to get away.
Right before we came home, we stopped at Best Buy to get a new alarm clock for our room. We have an iHome and we hate it. It constantly changes time and as of today was close to 17 minutes fast. We keep changing it back only to have it change on us. It was bright and it shone in my face while I tried to sleep. And we didn't use it for our iPod. I got an inexpensive clock because I didn't need a lot fancy features, one that wasn't too dim, and one that had multiple alarms.
We came home and Noah was napping. I was impressed that Gabby got him to sleep.
For dinner, we met a friend of mine from work at the Salt Lick. He has a little 3-year-old girl and a baby that is 5 and half months. They have picnic tables at the Salt Lick so we just made to-go orders and ate there and let the kids run around. A band was playing as well, so it was nice. Another family, a friend of theirs, also was there and they had two boys. All the kids interacted a little bit, but not too much.
For those of you who haven't gotten to experience this, Evan hums the Star Wars theme pretty much 24/7. I think it's gotten to the point he doesn't know he's doing it. But he told Rachel he wanted the Star Wars music to listen to before he goes to bed. I remembered that in college, my mom sent me the soundtrack to Star Wars. I was able to find it tonight and I put it in Evan's CD player. When we put him to bed, he was just standing right at the CD player listening to the Star Wars music. It was funny.
The boys are quiet but I doubt they are sleeping.
This morning, Rachel got up early to go running with some other mothers. She's been doing that the last few Saturdays. This week they ran nearly 7 miles. Rachel said she felt good and actually felt like she could have gone longer.
The boys came in my room close to 9am. We came downstairs and they wanted instant oatmeal because that's what I was going to have. They both ate theirs.
At 10:30, Gabby came over. Rachel and I wanted to go out on a date this weekend and this was the time that Gabby was available. We went out and saw the movie, The Switch. Then we went to lunch using a deal we got at The Lunch Deal for Gumbo's of Lake Travis. The food was very good and it was nice to get away.
Right before we came home, we stopped at Best Buy to get a new alarm clock for our room. We have an iHome and we hate it. It constantly changes time and as of today was close to 17 minutes fast. We keep changing it back only to have it change on us. It was bright and it shone in my face while I tried to sleep. And we didn't use it for our iPod. I got an inexpensive clock because I didn't need a lot fancy features, one that wasn't too dim, and one that had multiple alarms.
We came home and Noah was napping. I was impressed that Gabby got him to sleep.
For dinner, we met a friend of mine from work at the Salt Lick. He has a little 3-year-old girl and a baby that is 5 and half months. They have picnic tables at the Salt Lick so we just made to-go orders and ate there and let the kids run around. A band was playing as well, so it was nice. Another family, a friend of theirs, also was there and they had two boys. All the kids interacted a little bit, but not too much.
For those of you who haven't gotten to experience this, Evan hums the Star Wars theme pretty much 24/7. I think it's gotten to the point he doesn't know he's doing it. But he told Rachel he wanted the Star Wars music to listen to before he goes to bed. I remembered that in college, my mom sent me the soundtrack to Star Wars. I was able to find it tonight and I put it in Evan's CD player. When we put him to bed, he was just standing right at the CD player listening to the Star Wars music. It was funny.
The boys are quiet but I doubt they are sleeping.
Sunday, February 8, 2009
Post-Football Sunday
Hello everyone, this is Morry. Rachel is talking to her parents so I'm writing the blog tonight.
Today is the first Sunday after the Steelers won the Super Bowl (just typing that phrase is exciting). Or as Rachel says "we now have our lives back". The boys let us sleep in until 9:30 again. When we woke up, Rachel informed me that we were going to go for a run.
We got the boys ready as well as Lizzy and took off for a run. Rachel pushed the stroller while I ran with Lizzy. It was very humid out. I have not run for over a year, while Rachel has had spurts of running in the past year. Rachel was able to run a good distance while I had to stop and walk after a while.
When we got back from running, we decided to run over to the Home Depot. We needed things like a filter for our refrigerator and weather stripping for the back door where Lizzy tore it. A few months ago, Lizzy chewed a piece of a wood train of Evan's. I wanted to just sand it down for Evan before he could play with it again. I told Evan back then that I'd do it when we went to Home Depot to get sand paper. As Rachel and I put a list together of what we needed, Evan reminded me that we need to fix his train. That kid's memory is amazing. It's actually better than mine, which is scary.
We got to the Home Depot and Evan told me he wanted to walk around. First we picked out night light bulbs which Evan carried the whole time. Evan really enjoyed walking and being free. We looked at washers and dryers a bit and Evan wanted me to open up one for him. When we got the weather stripping, Evan wanted me to carry it. I got to 8 foot strips. So Evan held the back end of the strips while I held the front end. We walked through the store like this. The checkout lady said "looks like you've got a little helper."
For lunch, Rachel made and omelet for her while I made fried matzoh. Noah shared some of the omelet with Rachel while Evan shared the fried matzoh with me.
After the boys naps, Rachel tutored. Evan wanted us to watch Garfield for the 200th time. Noah was a bit cranky that whole time. I'm not sure what his deal was. Rachel got home around 7pm and we had dinner then. Rachel had gotten chicken and wild rice soup together and I made chicken tenders. I fed Noah before Rachel got home but then he sat with us and ate finger food during dinner. He seemed upset the whole time.
The boys are now in bed. Evan seems to be quiet while Noah has been making noise. I had to go up there in the middle of writing this because Noah was crying. He had knocked all 4 of his pacifiers on the floor and was upset.
I don't know why I'm actually typing this out, but if Evan doesn't get out of bed tonight, he will have stayed in bed every night for a week. Amazing.
Until next time...
Today is the first Sunday after the Steelers won the Super Bowl (just typing that phrase is exciting). Or as Rachel says "we now have our lives back". The boys let us sleep in until 9:30 again. When we woke up, Rachel informed me that we were going to go for a run.
We got the boys ready as well as Lizzy and took off for a run. Rachel pushed the stroller while I ran with Lizzy. It was very humid out. I have not run for over a year, while Rachel has had spurts of running in the past year. Rachel was able to run a good distance while I had to stop and walk after a while.
When we got back from running, we decided to run over to the Home Depot. We needed things like a filter for our refrigerator and weather stripping for the back door where Lizzy tore it. A few months ago, Lizzy chewed a piece of a wood train of Evan's. I wanted to just sand it down for Evan before he could play with it again. I told Evan back then that I'd do it when we went to Home Depot to get sand paper. As Rachel and I put a list together of what we needed, Evan reminded me that we need to fix his train. That kid's memory is amazing. It's actually better than mine, which is scary.
We got to the Home Depot and Evan told me he wanted to walk around. First we picked out night light bulbs which Evan carried the whole time. Evan really enjoyed walking and being free. We looked at washers and dryers a bit and Evan wanted me to open up one for him. When we got the weather stripping, Evan wanted me to carry it. I got to 8 foot strips. So Evan held the back end of the strips while I held the front end. We walked through the store like this. The checkout lady said "looks like you've got a little helper."
For lunch, Rachel made and omelet for her while I made fried matzoh. Noah shared some of the omelet with Rachel while Evan shared the fried matzoh with me.
After the boys naps, Rachel tutored. Evan wanted us to watch Garfield for the 200th time. Noah was a bit cranky that whole time. I'm not sure what his deal was. Rachel got home around 7pm and we had dinner then. Rachel had gotten chicken and wild rice soup together and I made chicken tenders. I fed Noah before Rachel got home but then he sat with us and ate finger food during dinner. He seemed upset the whole time.
The boys are now in bed. Evan seems to be quiet while Noah has been making noise. I had to go up there in the middle of writing this because Noah was crying. He had knocked all 4 of his pacifiers on the floor and was upset.
I don't know why I'm actually typing this out, but if Evan doesn't get out of bed tonight, he will have stayed in bed every night for a week. Amazing.
Until next time...
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