Lots of Fits

This morning the boys got up early again.

I dropped them off at school all sunscreened up and in their bathing suits. Today was a water day at school.

I ran 3 miles and got some stuff done around the house.

Both boys were happy at pick-up.

At nap time, Noah wasn't napping so I asked Evan to open Noah's gate. For some reason Noah started to throw a fit. I still needed to lie down so I just let him throw his fit. It got quiet and he fell asleep on the floor at his gate. He only slept about 30 minutes because we had to leave the house at 5pm.

Noah got upset getting in the car because he wanted to get in from Evan's side, but Evan was already in the car. Then, he wouldn't let me buckle him. From there, it just got worse. The whole car ride he was screaming and crying that he wanted to go home.

Morry met us at Wonders and Worries. We had a meeting at 5:30 at Wonders and Worries to talk with a counselor there about options for us. Noah's fit continued in Wonders and Worries for a little while. The counselor finally got him to calm down and then he was ok the rest of the time. The kids played with toys during our meeting.

For dinner we went to BJ's. Evan started complaining his stomach hurt and was whining all throughout dinner. Morry couldn't take it anymore and took Evan home. Noah and I finished our meals and then brought the leftovers home for Evan to eat. He started feeling better once they got home.

It's now almost 9pm. These boys need to get to bed.

Hiking and Picnic

Once everyone got up and dressed we went out to Emma Long, the 3 mile leashless hiking trail. The weather was nice and everyone, especially Lizzy, had a nice time. Evan did really well and walked almost the whole way.

At the end of the hike we found a picnic table and ate mostly Thanksgiving leftovers.

For dinner we all met Aaron and Mandy at BJs. We had to wait a long time to get our food, but the kids were pretty good.

We came home and put the kids to bed.

Busy Keeps On Coming

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Today was another busy day. I went to work around 7am. Evan got up around 7:30 and Noah got up around 9. Rachel continued to try to get the house ready for her cousin, Lauren's bridal shower at our house.

At 11:30, Gabby came over as Rachel needed to run out to get her hair fixed up a bit. She also had to drop something off at Evan and Noah's school for admission. Yes, in just 3 weeks, Noah will be going to school too and we had to drop his paperwork off.

Before Rachel left, she set up a slip-n-slide for the boys. Rachel got it at Target yesterday for two dollars. Here are some pictures:





Around mid-afternoon, Papa, Grandma and Bubbe came to the house. They are in for the shower.

When I got home, the boys were having a good time playing Superman with Grandma and having a pillow fight with Papa.

Rachel and her mom started planning out appetizers for the party tomorrow. Rachel had to talk on the phone with Sherah to do more planning.

For dinner, we went out to BJ's. The boys did well there. Evan ate his entire pizza and had two cups of strawberry lemonade. Noah ate some spaghetti and some of Bubbe's chicken. Bubbe entertained Noah by just giving him attention. Noah is such an attention hog.

When we got home, Grandma and Papa gave the boys baths while Rachel and I packed the boys. Then we put them to bed.

Since then Rachel and her family have been getting things set up. I continued to pack all of us.

Oh and here is a picture of Evan from Wednesday as we were driving to Matt and Rachael's. He had borrowed a Batman mask from Nolan, but decided to wear sunglasses over it:



Until next time..

Sunday at Home

This morning I slept in while Morry took care of the boys. I’ve been extremely tired lately. I think having this cold makes things worse. My cold is getting better, but I still have a little bit of a headache and then I still have the issue with my hands as well.

The Steelers game was on at noon. Evan and Noah watched some of it with Morry and then we put them down for naps.

We met Melissa and Mike for dinner at BJs. On the way there Evan said he wanted a pizza with olives. We ordered that for him, but then he only wanted to eat Morry’s plain pizza. Morry ended up picking off the olives of Evan pizza and then Evan ate a slice of his own pizza. Noah ate a lot of Mike’s French fries.

We just put Evan and Noah to bed. I just had to go upstairs to help Evan wipe. Hopefully, he stays in bed now. We’ll see.

Guitar Hero

Hello everyone, this is Morry. It's my weekly post.

After the blog post last night, Rachel and I decided to play Guitar Hero. Not only did she buy Guitar Hero, but she bought a microphone to go with it so two people could play at the same time. We ended up staying up until 2:30 playing it. We definitely didn't realize it was that late.

This morning, however, Evan got up at 6:54am. Rachel got up and let him go play in the game room. Thankfully, he played very well by himself until 9:30. He's really a good boy and he can easily entertain himself.

When Evan came in our room, I got up and got him dressed and got Noah dressed as well. I got breakfast for both of them. Then I had to go to the airport to pick Matt, Ben and Molly up from their trip. They drove me home and came inside for a bit. Molly and Evan played well together.

We ate lunch and put the boys down for naps.

Blanca came over at 6pm so Rachel and I could go out to dinner by ourselves. We went to a place called Buenos Aires Cafe. It was very good. Rachel got an empanada and gnocchis and I got a pork tenderloin. Then we went to BJs for dessert. BJs had the Pirates game on (yes, I am shocked as you) so I had to resist the urge to pay attention to it.

We got home around 8:30 and put the boys to bed. Both of them are quiet now.

Until next time...

Stay at Home Day

We stayed at home today and took it easy. I still wasn’t feeling well and both boys were kind of cranky.

Evan asked to sit on the potty this morning and he actually peed, so we did the dance and put on underwear.

He wouldn’t sit on the potty throughout the morning so we went through 2 underwear. Yuck.

For lunch I made peanut butter and jelly. Evan ate 1 ½ sandwiches and Noah ate ½.

Before naps I asked Evan again if he would sit on the potty. He refused, so I put a diaper back on him.

Evan and Noah took good naps.

For dinner we met Morry at BJs. On the way there Evan told me he wanted a pizza for dinner. We got him a kids pizza and he ate ½ of it. Noah was really cranky at dinner for some reason.

We just put the boys to bed. We have no plans tomorrow. Hopefully, we can all sleep well and start feeling better.

Playgroup at the Park

This morning we met the playgroup at the “old school” park. We got there at 10:30am and we were the first of the group to get there. Evan went right to the see-saws and wanted me to see-saw with him. I had Noah in the backpack when we first got there. After a little while I took Noah out of the backpack and let him crawl around, but he kept putting rocks in his mouth. It was too hard for me to watch what Noah was putting in his mouth and keep an eye on Evan, so I put Noah back in the backpack. One of the kids from Evan’s class came. He has an older 5 year-old brother and Evan wanted to play with the brother a lot. Evan loves playing with big kids. He followed the brother around and asked him to see-saw. We left the park around 12. I needed to get home since I was tutoring later.

At home I made lunch for the boys and quickly ate a sandwich. Blanca came over at 12:45. I tutored a home school student this afternoon. He’s taking an online Algebra II class and needed some help. I’ll be helping him a few more days to help him finish his course.

For dinner we went to BJs. We picked it thinking it would be fast and easy to find food for Evan to eat. We called ahead, but still had to wait awhile. I’m not sure how much the call-ahead really helps. Evan was in a really cranky mood at first. He wouldn’t eat anything. Also, right after the waiter brought our drinks over somehow Noah grabbed Morry’s drink and knocked the whole thing over. It was a mess. It got all over Noah’s pants, the highchair, and floor. I quickly pulled Noah’s pants off and he spent the rest of dinner with his pants off. Toward the end of dinner Evan finally decided to start eating. He had pizza and apples.

After dinner we went to HEB. It had been a while since we had gone grocery shopping and really needed food for the house. Evan and Noah were very good. We were there a while. Evan ate an apple and a few slices of a loaf of bread we were buying.

We got home late and the boys didn’t go to bed until about 10:00. It seems quiet now. I hope they sleep well. We have a birthday party to go to in the morning.

Day of Errands

We didn’t do anything too exciting today. We just ran some errands. The boys slept late and then we went to CVS and the bank.

As we were leaving CVS there was a mom and two little boys (maybe around 4 and 5) coming in. Evan was very excited to see the boys. He said, “Look, there’s a boy!” One of the boys noticed Evan, and Evan was very excited that they acknowledged him.

On the way to the bank Evan asked me if he could have a lollypop at the bank. I said he could and he told me he wanted a strawberry one. At the bank the teller gave Evan the box of lolly pops and let him choose which one he wanted. Evan picked the orange lolly pop. Before I got the wrapper off Evan told me he wanted to bite the lollypop. He ate the lollypop very quickly with just a few bites.

Both Evan and Noah were very good at CVS and the bank. I still have Noah in the infant car seat because it is so much easier to get in and out of the car, but it was pretty hard walking around CVS holding the car seat. I’m not sure how much longer I can do that.

For lunch Evan told me he wanted peanut butter and jelly. He helped spread the peanut butter and jelly on the bread. Evan enjoys doing that. I think it helps encourage him to eat his food as well. He finished the whole sandwich.

Evan and Noah took good naps and woke up around the time Morry got home.

We went to BJ’s for dinner and ran into Kennison, Nem, and their boys. They are the ones that bought our old house and who opened up the baby clothes store. We sat and talked to them for a little bit while we waited for our table. We ordered Evan a kids pizza and he actually ate a few slices of it. A lot of the time, when we order Evan something off a kid’s menu he ends up not touching it or hardly eating any. We have found that he has the greatest chance of eating restaurant food if they have pizza.

Evan and Noah just went to bed and so far, so good.

We have to get up somewhat early tomorrow. We are going to the University of Texas football game in the morning. We have season tickets and we decided this will be a good game to take the boys. They are playing Baylor and it shouldn’t be too rowdy.