Family Bike Ride

This morning I packed a picnic lunch for all of us and we went for a bike ride. We had Noah sitting in the trailer and Evan peddling on his trail-a-bike thing. It was a little chilly this morning. I thought it was going to be really warm. I'm glad it wasn't too hot though.

We rode to the Velloway, around the 3 mile loop, and then to a nearby park. The boys played on the playground for a little while and then we had lunch. There were a few other kids at the park. Evan and Noah played with 2 other boys who were a little bit older than them.

For dinner we had leftover stew that was in the freezer along with some pasta.

After dinner we played outside in the front yard. Noah tried out his plasma car and Evan rode around on his scooter.

The boys are supposed to be cleaning their rooms right now, but I hear a lot of talking and playing right now.

Biking

This morning I put the boys in the bike trailer and rode to Evan’s school. Then, Noah and I went to HEB on the bike as well. I bought quite a lot and was luckily able to fit it all in the bike trailer. The trailer has some storage area in the back and I put the bananas up front with Noah.

When we got home and I unloaded the groceries I noticed one bag was missing with the rolls I planned on having for lunch. I got Noah in the car and drove the route I took home. I didn’t see the bag, so I thought maybe it had fallen out in the HEB parking lot. We went inside to see if anyone turned it in. The woman said no. So, I said I’d just go and buy more then. She asked if I had my receipt, which I did, and offered to let me just pick up the rolls for free. Very nice.

Noah and I ate lunch at home and then picked up Evan from school (in the car).

I put Noah down for a nap pretty soon after we got home, but it took him a lot time to fall asleep. I tried to take a nap, but kept getting interrupted. Evan woke me up twice wanting something, then the phone rang, and right as I was falling back asleep Evan came back in. He had had an accident (diarrhea) on the bathroom floor. Yuck! He said he was feeling ok. So, then I had to clean the bathroom. Noah got up a little while after that.

Morry met a friend, who was in town, for dinner. I had planned on taking the boys out to eat, but they were both super cranky and just behaving horribly. Evan hit Noah and I had to put him in timeout. So, we just stayed at home and ate dinner here.

Morry got home around 8pm.

We just put Evan and Noah to bed.

Evan and Noah eating dinner.

Rain

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, Rachel took it easy and didn't rush to get Evan to school. Apparently, with the summer having started, for some reason, parents are getting their kids to school later. So she decided not to push it today. She got the kids breakfast and put them in the bike trailer. She then biked the boys to Evan's school.

At school, Evan had a good time. One of the girls in his class was having her birthday so they had cupcakes.

Rachel and Noah drove to pick Evan up from school. She came home and put Noah down for a nap.

Right as nap time started, it began to rain heavily. There was a lot of thunder and lightning. Noah slept through it, but Evan kept coming into the room where Rachel was trying to nap. He said he wasn't scared, but normally he lets Rachel nap.

The rain gutters that we had put on the house seemed to work well.

On my way home from work, I picked up Madam Mam's for dinner. It's a Thai place. We had gotten food ready to grill for tonight but since it was raining, grilling was out. We made macaroni and cheese for the boys.

After dinner, Rachel left to tutor. The boys and I put some jigsaw puzzles together and watched Scooby Doo.

They are in bed now.

Until next time...

Good Exercise

This morning after getting the kids dressed and fed I took them for a bike ride. First, we went to the Circle C Park. Evan and Noah played a while on the playground and then we had some snacks I brought with us. After that I rode to HEB. First, we sat down at a table and had ICEEs then we did some grocery shopping. I couldn’t buy too much since I only had the room in the back of the bike trailer. Usually Noah sits in the cart. Since I just had a basket with me, Noah got to walk around. He enjoyed the freedom. After HEB we went back home. It was about a 7 mile bike ride. The way there was very easy and mostly downhill, but on the way back it took me about twice the amount of time. I was pretty worn out once we got home.

Evan and Noah had a little bit to eat and then Noah went down for a nap.

When Morry got home we made mozzarella meatballs and egg drop soup. We made extra meatballs to freeze for later.

After dinner we went in the front yard. We have a motorized Spiderman bike that I charged up earlier today. Evan hasn’t ridden it in a while. He got on it today and was definitely too big for it. It went too slow for him. It was a good size for Noah, but Noah didn’t quite understand how to hold down the button to make it go constantly. He was doing a lot of starting and stopping. Evan and I played baseball for just a little bit. He hit me with the waffle ball twice and it actually caused a red mark. He hits the balls hard.

We just put them to bed. They both seem to be doing a lot better. Noah is still cranky, but he seems to be feeling and acting a little bit better.

Evan and Noah are both out of their rooms right now. ugh

Bike ride and Playdate

Instead of going to the gym today I decided to take Evan and Noah on a bike ride. We have a trailer attachment for the bike that both boys can sit in. It took me a while to get the bike and trailer set up. Both needed air in the tires. I also had to pack stuff to take with us. I made a picnic lunch for us and brought some additional drinks.

I rode to the Wildflower Park, in the neighborhood across from the Wildflower Center. It was a good workout. The hills were tough. Evan and Noah played on the playground, we ate lunch, and then they played a little more. I rode back home and somewhere along the way Noah had thrown his shoe out of the trailer. All together, the ride was about 6.5 miles. Normally, that’s not much, but pulling 2 boys (33lbs + 43lbs) and the stuff in the trailer was hard. It was a good workout.

When we got home I put Noah down for a nap.

Around 3pm, Evan’s friend from class, Cayden, came over with him mom and sister (11 months). Evan and Cayden played in Evan’s room and then we went in the backyard for a little bit. Noah slept through the whole thing. Blanca came over at 4:00 and Cayden left. I went to tutor. On the way to tutoring I drove the bike route and found Noah’s shoe on the street. It seemed ok. I also stopped at Postmark’d to mail a few things.

I tutored 2 students.

Evan’s sports class was tonight. Morry and Noah went with him.

I got home a little before the boys and started dinner. We had spaghetti. Evan and Noah ate a ton!

We just put Evan and Noah to bed. Noah insisted on sleeping in his Cars bed, rather than the crib. We’ll see how it goes tonight. He’s never slept overnight in the bed, just 2 naps.

Bike Ride with the Boys

So, last night, Evan did not have a pull up on and we kept his gate open. Around 1am I heard knocking. I thought Evan was at his door. When I came in the hallway I saw Evan knocking on Noah’s door. Evan seemed kind of disoriented and told me he needed to go to the bathroom. He went and I put him back to bed. He slept until about 8am.

After I got Evan and Noah dressed and fed I took them on a bike ride, for the first time. When we first got the bike trailer I took them around the block, but this time we really went for a ride. I only rode about 4 miles. I know that doesn’t sound like much, but when you are pulling a trailer with 2 boys weighing around 62lbs, and on hills, that’s quite a workout. We stopped at a playground at a school. The boys played on the equipment, we had an apple break, and then we got back on the bike and came home. Evan and Noah did pretty well in the trailer. Noah cried some of the way because he didn’t like wearing a helmet.

When we got home all of us were pretty hot. It was overcast today and slightly cooler than normal, but we were all pretty sweaty. I made smoothies and then we ate lunch.

After lunch, Evan and Noah took really good naps.

When, Evan got up from his nap, his sheets were all wet. This is the first accident he has had since potty training week. Maybe he forgot he had underwear on?

For dinner we had taco pasta.

After dinner, Morry and I took turns playing Wii Sports Active (an exercise game) while the boys played.

We just gave Evan and Noah baths and put them to bed. Evan is wearing Pull ups tonight, and we are leaving his gate open. We’ll see what happens tonight.

Everybody's Sick...Again

Hello everyone, this is Morry. Rachel is not feeling well and has gone to bed, along with the boys. The boys, too, are sick. Both have runny noses.

The morning began, for everyone but me (I left earlier to go to work), with the boys getting up around 8am. Both boys had pretty bad runny noses and Rachel hadn't slept well because she didn't feel well. Rachel decided they were too sick to go to the playgroup.

Zayde/Jack fed Noah and then played catch with a football with Evan. Evan scored many touchdowns.

At 11:30, everyone came and met me for lunch. We went over to Hyde Park Bar & Grill. Both boys were well behaved. Evan ate OK. He had some macaroni, crackers, cheese, dried fruit among other stuff. Noah also ate well, as usual. They didn't have a soup and half-sandwich so Rachel only got soup.

After the boys took naps, Zayde and Rachel took them outside in the front. Evan rode his bike some and then insisted that he and Noah go in the bike trailer while Rachel rode the bike. Zayde took some pictures below. When I got home they were still outside. Evan wanted to "play football" with me which consisted of running back and forth across the front yard and then falling on the ground. I have to say, though, that falling-on-the-ground thing is exactly what I used to do. My mom will say that I was always on the ground while playing sports. Then Noah walked in his walker while Evan drew on the driveway with chalk.

For dinner we went to Red Brick Pizza. Evan had a piece and a half of black olive pizza. Noah didn't eat much and was a bit cranky, so Zayde held him the whole time.

Both boys are now in bed and quiet.

Until next time...

Goin' Bananas

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

Last night, at about 4:45 in the morning, Lizzy woke us up. She seemed really, really agitated and scared. Normally when she does this, it's either during fireworks or there is some electronic beeping - like the beep from the smoke detectors that tell you that you need to replace the batteries in it. So I walked around the house and listened and I didn't hear anything unusual - nothing electronic that would have scared Lizzy. When I went upstairs into our room, she was still going nuts. The wind was blowing very hard, that's the only thing unusual that we noticed. It took Lizzy another 45 minutes to calm down. But it took me longer to fall asleep. The whole time Lizzy was agitated she wanted to be as close to me as possible and wanted me to pet her. The only thing that Rachel and I figured was there was some sound that neither of us could hear, perhaps from the wind coming in through a door or window.

When we actually got up for real, it was closer to 9am. We had a party to go to this morning at Goin' Bananas. This place has all this blow-up stuff, like the moon bounce, but lots of things like that. When Rachel has taken the boys there previously, Evan doesn't want to go on anything. This time, he did get on a few things. Then we saw one of the bouncy things for kids ages 3 and under. There were blow up emergency vehicles on it. Evan really enjoyed playing on that. We also put Noah down on that and he played with it as well.

When they were serving pizza for lunch, Evan wanted to go play this football game arcade game. We didn't actually put any money in it, but he kept hitting the football and saying to me that he scored a touchdown. Then we'd high five. Then we went over to skee ball. I put some quarters in and we played skee ball. Evan did enjoy that. He was able to do it pretty much.

After Goin' Bananas, we went home and put the boys down for a nap. Rachel also napped. I watched a movie called Shooter with Mark Wahlberg.

After naps, we played in the game room some, and then I set up the bike trailer so it was hooked to one of our bikes. I rode around the block with Evan in it once and Rachel did too. It was TOUGH. I don't know how far we'll be able to go once we add nearly 25 pounds more in Noah.

Speaking of Noah, we put him in the walker outside. He actually walked! It was so cute. He really got it and was walking all over the driveway. It's amazing because he just started pulling up this week and he still doesn't crawl on his knees. Is he going to just go right to walking? We'll see. He still may be slow in walking.

For dinner we went to a restaurant called the Cypress Grill. We had a coupon. It was pretty good. It's a cajun restaurant. Noah ate the entire time. Of course he made a mess under his high chair. At one point the waiter came over to our table and he said, "How are thi...Oh dear Lord!" when he saw the mess under Noah's chair. It was pretty funny.

The boys are in bed now. It seems quiet upstairs. Let's hope it stays that way.

Until next time...

Bike Trailer

Morry had to go into the office this morning from 9-1. Evan and Noah woke up early this morning for some reason.

Since Noah wouldn’t let us go to the gym I thought I’d buy one of those trailers that goes on the back of your bike for the kids to ride in. I found one on Craigslist and picked it up today. I took Evan and Noah with me to meet the people at a shopping center parking lot. It looks like a good trailer. I hope the boys will like riding in it.

Evan said he was hungry but he didn’t want to eat any of the food I brought for him. He saw Wendys and said he wanted to eat there. I asked him if he would really eat nuggets if I bought them and he said yes. So, I went through the drive-through and as I was paying Evan said he didn’t want nuggets. He wanted ice cream. He threw a big fit. Then, I handed him the nuggets and he threw another fit because I didn’t get him a kids meal and there was no toy in the bag.

We drove over to Academy so I could get Evan and Noah bike helmets. As we were walking in the store Morry called and said he was done working. I told Morry where we were and he came and met us. We picked out helmets while Evan played with the bikes. When it was time to leave Evan threw another fit. He didn’t want to leave and he wanted a bike.

When we got home Evan wanted to ride his bike and wear his new helmet. So, we walked and Evan rode his bike around the block.

Tonight, Morry was watching the Steelers game. It just finished. Morry’s very excited about the Steelers going to the Super Bowl.

Here are some pictures from last night and today: