Baseball Cancelled

Evan was supposed to have baseball practice today, but it was canceled. It wasn't actually raining at the time, but I guess they cancel if the ground is wet. Evan was dissappointed.

We ate lunch at home. I made omlettes, blue eggs and ham (for the boys), cinnamon rolls, and fruit.

We went to the gym for a little bit. When we picked up Evan and Noah from the child care they were both red-faced from running around playing kickball outside. They had a good time.

Then, we went to Petco to get some food and treats for Lizzy. Noah threw a fit when it was time to leave and fell asleep in the car on the way home.

While Morry was getting dinner ready I gave the boys haircuts.

For dinner I had fish and Morry had steak.

We just gave the boys baths and put them to bed.

A Day About Nothing

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Noah slept through the night last night. Early on in the night we heard him cough some, but he was able to get through the rest of the night and we didn't hear him. He got up a bit before 8am. I put him in the gameroom and turned on Mickey Mouse for him. Evan was up a short time later and the two boys proceeded to play throughout the house.

Later Rachel and I got up and brought the boys downstairs. Noah was very cranky. We decided to go out in the backyard but Noah wouldn't put his shoes on. Rachel finally got him to come outside for a bit.

For lunch, Rachel made blue eggs and ham for the boys. Evan ate all of his and Noah ate some of his.

While we were eating lunch, Rachel saw an ad at Kohl's for Woody boots from Toy Story. We had gotten some for Noah a while ago but they didn't have Evan's size at the time. So Rachel took Evan, after lunch, to Kohl's. Unfortunately, they were unsuccessful again. After that they went to Old Navy to return some stuff and then to the bookstore so Evan could play with trains. He saw his friend Marissa there who was also playing trains. Evan said he didn't say hi to her. He said he was too tired to say hi. He's already coming up with excuses at the age of 4.

I stayed home with Noah and I put him down for a nap. He slept pretty well.

Rachel called up DirecTV and argued and was able to get them to reduce our bill, as well as get them to come out and replace our dish with a dish that will enable us to get one show and tape another. We fought with DirecTV about a year and a half ago for the same reason but were unsuccessful. Rachel was persistent this time and was on the phone for well over an hour. Maybe something magical happens if you're able to put up with them for an hour. At one point they told her they couldn't give us the new customer deal because we'd lose all the perks we're getting as long-time customers. I'm still trying to figure out what those perks are, because it sure seems like a much better deal to be a new customer.

For dinner, I went and picked up Little Caesar's. The boys did not eat though.

We just put them down for bed.

Until next time...

Playgroup at Our House

Yesterday no one had signed up for playgroup so I volunteered. I didn’t have time to go shopping, so I wanted to make something with stuff I already had in the house. I cut up some fruit and made a coffee cake.

We had 3 other kids over.

One of the moms wasn’t feeling well, so after playgroup I offered to watch her daughter for a little bit so she could go home and rest. Evan and Noah enjoyed playing with Avery. She was really easy and calm compared to the boys. They all ate lunch together at the red table. Avery wanted blue eggs and ham and Evan and Noah wanted red. So, I made 2 separate batches. After they ate lunch they had a popsicle.

Avery stayed until about 1:30. After she left I put Noah down for a nap.

A little while later Grandma and Papa got here. Papa/Lenny has his fraternity reunion this weekend so they came in for that.

For dinner, just Morry, Evan, Noah, and I went to Johnny Carinos.

After dinner we went to HEB to pick up a few things. While Morry put the groceries away I gave Evan and Noah a shower. The boys are in bed now, but Noah is still talking.

(Colored) Eggs and Ham

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning Evan came in our room later - around 8am. He went to the bathroom, then got himself some breakfast. I then turned on the tv for him and he very quietly watched and played for a long time.

When Noah got up, we all got up. We came downstairs and had some breakfast and left to go to Barnes and Noble. We had to run to HEB first to return some cat litter that Rachel had gotten that was the wrong kind.

The boys were pretty good at the bookstore. Rachel looked for some cooking books while I sat watching the boys play on the train table. Noah got in trouble one time, but Evan was very good at sharing. On the way out, we stopped and got cookies from the coffee shop in Barnes and Noble. We brought them home to eat for dessert after lunch.

On the way home, the boys said they wanted blue eggs and ham. I made two eggs scrambled with the some blue food coloring in it and some ham. I gave 1/3 to Noah and 2/3 to Evan. They both ate it up. Then Noah had 1 1/2 pieces of ham and Evan had 2 1/2. Then they wanted more eggs. This time I made two eggs with red food coloring. I split it up and they both ate it all. Then Noah wanted more eggs. Rachel made him another egg with pepperoni. He ended up eating just the pepperoni out. Evan wanted some waffles so we made him an Eggo waffle. They both ate their cookies after that.

Noah went down for a nap, while Evan played upstairs. I had to run out to Sam's Club and Rachel worked on the Cha Ching Queen blog.

For dinner, we had spaghetti. The boys did not eat dinner that well, but I think they had eaten so much at lunch that they weren't that hungry.

After dinner, we went for a walk. Evan walked the whole way. He insisted on helping me hold Lizzy's leash for much of the way.

Rachel gave the boys showers when we got home. Evan let Rachel bathe him. I talked to him before about it.

They are in bed now.

Until next time...

Outside Day

This morning I had planned on taking the boys to the Wildflower Center. Evan started throwing a fit that he didn’t want to go. I didn’t feel like fighting. I didn’t want to go badly enough to fight for it.

Evan and Noah had an early lunch of eggs and ham. The first batch was blue eggs and ham. Then, Evan wanted more and wanted me to make red eggs and ham. Hey, if he’ll eat it I’ll make them any color.

We spent a lot of the afternoon outside. The boys played while I finished planting the rest of the plants. Evan and Noah liked looking at the different bugs I found. First, I found a little earthworm. Then, I found this other weird looking worm. I think maybe it was some kind of centipede. It was about an inch and a half long, thick, and slimy looking. Evan really enjoyed looking at that one. I was looking down planting and he told me he petted it. He said it felt funny. I told him he just look at it, not touch it. I wasn’t sure exactly what it was. Oh, we also saw some rolly pollys. Evan and Noah each held one in their hand. Noah thought it was funny when it was crawling up his arm.

We came in for naps. Noah slept and Evan played in the game room.

For dinner we had spaghetti outside. Evan and Noah played more while Morry and I cleaned up.

Morry just left to get pick up Marilyn from the airport. She’ll be here until Monday.

Morry Helps Move

Morry left the house around 9:30am and got back around 4:30pm today. He was helping his cousin Matt move, so it was mostly just the boys and me today.

It was really cold out today so we just stayed in the house. For lunch I made Evan and Noah blue eggs and ham. Evan ate a lot. Noah just made a mess with his. The boys were good today. They played well and didn’t give me any problems. They took good naps.

While they were napping I got dinner ready. I got the coke ham ready in the crock pot.

I was able to nap a little bit too.

We ate the ham and biscuits for dinner tonight. We tried giving Evan his leftover pizza but he didn’t want it. He ended up eating a lunchable for dinner. I’m not sure what Noah ate. We gave him a lot of different things on his tray. The only thing I saw him eat was popcorn, the rest seemed to be just spread around his tray.

We just gave the boys baths and now they are in bed. I hear Noah calling for Daddy.

Pool Day and Lunch with Morry

Evan woke up before 7:30am crying for Daddy. Noah got up around the same time.

For breakfast, Evan requested Blue eggs and ham. Evan and Noah ate together at the red table.

This morning I gave Evan a list of a few things we could do and he chose to go to the pool.

We have a nice neighborhood pool with a kids area. It was pretty crowded and there weren’t any chairs left so we had to put our stuff on the ground. Evan and Noah had a great time playing in the baby pool. Noah tried to wander some, but it wasn’t too hard with the two kids. We took a break and got a popsicle for Evan. He shared a little with Noah. I also brought some snacks with us.

We came home, got changed and then went to meet Morry for lunch. We ate at Zuzu, right across the street from Morry’s office. Evan and Noah didn’t eat that well there.

We got a call from the vet. They got the test results back. Good news! Mottel does not have cancer, but he does have some inflammation. The vet wants to put him on steroids for a short time period and hope that does the trick. We had to pick up his medicine at HEB on the way home. They didn’t have enough, but were able to give us enough medication until Monday.

I put the boys down for naps. Evan did not sleep at all. Noah only slept a little.

For dinner we went to Fish City Grill at the Galleria (outdoor mall). We had a $5 off coupon. Evan asked for shrimp and ate very well there. We were able to sit outside on the patio. It was warm, but not too hot.

After dinner we walked around the Galleria, listened to music, and let the boys run around some.

We just gave Evan and Noah baths and put them to bed.