Noah's Third Birthday

TODAY IS NOAH'S BIRTHDAY! It's hard to believe it was 3 years ago today we were at the hospital meeting little Noah.

This morning the boys slept in a little bit.

For brunch we went to Waterloo. The boys played on the playground while we waited for our food. They shared a waffle and fruit and both ate very well. It was a successful meal.

Then, we went to Locomotion, an indoor play place. They have inflatables and then different rooms where kids can pretend to do different things. We all had fun. Evan and Noah were pretty worn out by the end.

We gave Noah a choice between Italian Ice (Water Ice) and smoothies. He picked Italian ice. We went to Rita's on campus and it happened to be free Italian ice day, so we all got a free cup. While we were waiting in line Morry found out the guy behind us went to his same high school a few years after Morry was there. Small world.

We came home and gave the boys their birthday presents from us. They got air hockey and Foosball tables. We bought them from our neighbor who had a garage sale. We had been looking for an air hockey table and when I did a search on Craigslist a few days ago I saw our next door neighbors were having a garage sale and selling those items.

The boys played with all of their new toys for a little bit and played outside.

For dinner we went to Spaghetti Warehouse.

We put the boys to bed a while ago, but both are still awake and playing in their rooms.

Clean up and Hair

This morning I spent a lot of time cleaning up mostly the game room. Both boys got up early this morning before Morry left for work. They (probably mostly Noah) made a big mess in the game room.

At 12 Gabby came over and I went to get my hair done. We found a deal on one of those daily deal sites for a Brazilian Blowout. It was about time for me to get another, so we got the deal yesterday and I was able to make an appointment for today.

When I got back Noah was actually napping.

For dinner we went to Spaghetti Warehouse. Since last weekend Evan has wanted to go there. Evan was very well behaved and ate well. Noah on the other hand…

When we got home we put Noah right to bed. Morry is reading to Evan now.

Smoothie Disaster

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, Evan seemed to sleep in a bit. I'm not sure what time he came in our room. Rachel got up with the boys closer to 9 and they let me sleep in. At one point, Noah came in the room to say hi to me.

When I got up, the boys were eating breakfast. They had a bowl of oatmeal and some fruit. I got myself some Lucky Charms and the both boys insisted on having some. I gave them each a tiny bit. Noah came back to me and asked for more marshmallows. Of course I said no.

We decided to walk around the shopping center near us. We parked by the Smoothie King and ended up there. We brought Lizzy with us. Rachel and I each got a smoothie and we had them split a smoothie for Evan and Noah. As I was backing the car out, and was half way out of the spot, Evan said his smoothie was spilling a bit. I looked at it and it wasn't just spilling on the top. He had stuck his thumb through the bottom of the Styrofoam cup and smoothie was pouring out all over the place. Rachel jumped out of the car and ran into the store while I parked the car again. When we got home we had to clean out the car and wash Evan's car seat.

We had some lunch. Evan ate fairly well but Noah didn't eat anything. As Rachel and I finished our lunch, Evan and Noah played together upstairs. They play together well.

We put Noah down for a nap, and Evan, Rachel and I were downstairs.

For dinner, we went to the Spaghetti Warehouse. We sat in the trolley as usual. Evan was a bit of a pain at the beginning but I think he was hungry. Once he started eating he was in a good mood. He had all of his spaghetti and his applesauce as well as some bread. Noah ate well too. Both boys enjoyed walking downtown to and from the restaurant.

When we got home, we gave the baths and they are in bed now. I can hear Evan moving around upstairs.

Until next time...

Spaghetti

This morning Evan was up early, but Noah slept until about 10am. Evan told Morry that he wanted to go to the mall today, so that is where we went. We needed things from there anyway. Evan and Noah were very well behaved so we got cookies on the way out of the mall.

We ate lunch at home and then put the boys down for naps. They both took good naps. In fact, all of us ended up napping a little bit.

For dinner we went to Spaghetti Warehouse. We had a coupon and the boys tend to eat really well there. We ordered spaghetti for them, but neither one really ate much of it. They were very good at the restaurant though and ate some other things. Evan’s dinner came with applesauce and of course, he ate all of it.

On the way home we picked up some food for Lizzy at Petco.

We are about to give the boys baths and put them to bed.

JCC, Boats, and Spaghetti

Evan got up early again. He was up around 6:30am.

This morning I took Evan and Noah to the JCC. Noah seemed to really like the music during Tot Shabbat. Evan like the challah.

After the JCC we met Morry for lunch since he works by there now. We ate at Kneaded Pleasures. I was able to find a coupon and we got a buy one get one free sandwich. Evan and Noah did well there and we had a nice lunch. During lunch Evan said he needed to go potty. Morry took him to the bathroom and Evan peed in the urinal! He was very excited to tell me about it.

Then, we went to Morry’s work to get the tour of the office. Noah must have liked what he saw because he was very loud there. He kept squealing and yelling.

Not too far from where Morry works there is a boat ramp to the lake and a neat bridge. I took the boys there. Evan and Noah liked going over the bridge and watching the boats.

At home, both boys took good naps. I put Evan in a diaper for nap time.

After naps, I went upstairs to get Evan. He had taken off his diaper, threw it away, put on underwear, and got dressed! His pants and underwear were backwards though.

Morry got home and we went out to dinner. We ate a Spaghetti Warehouse, which we also had a coupon. We had a buy one get one free dinner. Today was the day of coupons. We ate our dinner inside the trolley. Evan loved that. Evan and Noah were very well behaved. Evan went potty in the urinal twice while we were there.

As we were leaving the restaurant there were a ton of motorcycles outside. The Motorcycle Rally is going on this weekend here. We watched all the motorcycles for a little bit.

Morry’s watching the hockey game and Evan and Noah are playing with toys. In a few minutes we’ll put them to bed.

Bob the Builder

Hello everyone, this is Morry. Rachel asked me to write the blog tonight.

This morning Evan got up around 8:45am. I got him dressed and we came downstairs and started to watch Garfield 2. He ate a banana. A little while later, Noah woke up and Evan and I went upstairs and got him and then brought him downstairs.

Rachel came downstairs around 10:15am and we started to get ready to go to story time at BookPeople downtown. BookPeople is a really neat book store in Austin. At 11:30 was story time and at this particular story time, Bob the Builder was going to be there. We got to BookPeople about 10 minutes early and sat down. A lady came out at 11:30 and read one book. Then someone dressed up as Bob the Builder came out and stood there while they read a second book. After that, we got in line to get pictures with Bob. Evan was very shy so in the picture he's kind of far away. I think he was a bit scared of Bob.

We walked across the street after that to Whole Foods. It's the Whole Foods world headquarters so it's huge. Evan and Rachel split a smoothie and I got fresh-squeezed orange juice. We then went to the roof where they have a playground. Evan played around there a bunch.

We came home, had lunch and then put the boys down for naps.

For dinner, we decided to go to the Spaghetti Warehouse downtown. We had a coupon (do we go anywhere without a coupon) so that helped us make our decision of where to go. Evan loved the fact that there was a trolley in the restaurant. He was very confused by it though. He wanted to know if he needed a ticket to get on it. He asked if they served hot chocolate on the trolley. It was very cute. We ordered him spaghetti with garlic and butter (I got the same thing). The meal came with apple sauce, spaghetti and ice cream. Adult meals came with soup or salad. I got a salad, Rachel got soup and Evan had his apple sauce. Evan ate the whole thing. He then ate quite a bit of his spaghetti. Evan had a great time putting a piece in his mouth and then sucking it in. Noah also ate really well. He ate the baby food that we brought for him, a hot dog, cheese and bread. Evan also ate his ice cream. I think that restaurant was perfect for the boys. There was a lot to look at and the food was good for them. Overall it was a huge success.

When we were asking Evan what flavor ice cream he wanted, he said he wanted strawberry. Then he said he wanted blueberry ice cream. I said I had never had blueberry ice cream. He said "Daddy, blueberry ice cream is good, actually." It made me laugh.

Both boys are in bed, but I think they may both be awake.

Until next time...