Lots of Meetings

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Rachel and I took Chewie on a long walk after dropping Noah off at school.  Chewie seems to be building up stamina.  We're going to need to take him for longer and longer walks.

When we got home, I immediately showered and left to go into the office. We were interviewing our last candidate before we made a decision.

I left the interview to leave a bit early to go to a client and have a meeting with them. It was a good meeting and I think we got things kicked off.

From there, I met Daniel for lunch at a place called Kerlin's BBQ.  We had a nice time.

I came home and had two phone meetings back-to-back.  Rachel came home from teaching and walked to get Noah.  She didn't bring Chewie.  He stayed with me.

Rachel took Noah to the book fair and got him the book, Ready Player One.

Cooper's mom picked Evan up from school and brought him directly to practice.  She dropped him off after practice.

We had tacos for dinner.

The boys will be getting ready for bed.

Until next time...

Noah in a Commercial

The last few days have been busy between school, work, baseball, etc.

We have been walking to and from school with Chewie.

Yesterday, while Evan was at baseball, Gabriela came over.  She was filming a Spanish language commercial for a local car dealership at her house. They needed a few kids to be in the commercial and she asked if our kids were available.   Noah jumped at the opportunity.   It was just a small part, running with kids to get into a car, but he loved it!  He took it very seriously.  When the commercial airs, Gabriela said she will share it with us.

Morry and I went to Wholy Bagel today with Chewie and then took him to the vet for booster shots.  He did well. 

Today, after school we went with Noah to his school book fair and he picked out a couple of books.

I got my license renewed today.  I had to go in person to get a new picture this time, so that was annoying, but I got on the waitlist ahead of time and didn't have to wait very long.

From there I tutored.

I got home around 7:30 and we had hamburgers for dinner.

Here are a few pictures from the last few days.

More Baseball

This morning we walk to school, like usual.

I went for a run.

Morry had a lunch meeting.

I did some work during the day and got some things done around the house.

We walked to pick up the kids from school.  Before heading home, we went in the school for the book fair.  The boys picked out a few books and Evan insisted on buying a book for one of his teachers.  He picked out a novel for his teacher to keep in the classroom.  The teacher was at the book fair so Evan handed him the book as we were leaving.  He seemed surprised and thanked Evan for the gift.

We walked home.

A little while later, I needed to leave for tutoring.  Since Evan had a baseball lesson with Chris, Noah had a choice to come with me or them.  He chose to come with me to tutoring.

We all got home around the same time and then made dinner - grilled chicken and couscous.

The boys are in bed now.

Halloween and the Last Few Days

Thursday, we walked to school and brought Evan's marble machine project.  From there, I walked with Lorena and Morry and Lizzy walked home.

After walking I went to HEB.

We walked to get the boys at school and then went to the Book Fair.

My tutoring got canceled.

Evan and Morry went to baseball practice.

Noah and I walked to the neighborhood farmer's market.

Later, we went to get Zayde at the airport.

Morry and Evan picked up Pho Thai Son for all of us on their way home from practice.

Friday, it rained really hard for most of the day.  We drove the boys and our neighbors Brody and Drew to school.  The 2nd graders' classrooms are in portables and they were not allowed in their portables all day.  They even had a tornado drill. Noah's class got to spend the day in the computer lab.

For lunch, Morry, Jack, and I went to Wholy Bagel.  There was a lot of water on the roads and we had to take a detour at one point to avoid a huge flooded area in the road.

We drove to pick up the kids from school.

For dinner, we went out to dinner with Grandma and Papa and Zayde to Evangeline Cafe.

Today, we took it easy in the morning and made waffles and pancakes for breakfast.

Morry, the boys, and Zayde went to Barnes and Noble while I went for a run.

Later in the afternoon Aaron's family came over and we all went to the block party in our cul-de-sac.  Grandma and Papa, Jack and John, and Mandy's parents joined us as well.  Aaron went to pick up pizza from Via 313.

Morry and I took the kids trick-or-treating with John, Jack, and Audrey.

We got home around 8:30.  It was fun night.

The kids are in bed now.

Last Football Practice

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

It was just a normal morning.  Not too much went on.

Around lunch time, Rachel went back to the dentist to fix a minor problem with her bite that they discovered last week.  I went to Smoothie King because I hadn't been in two weeks.  I was having withdrawal.

When we picked the boys up from school we went into the school and got some books at the Book Fair.  We told the boys they could spend $18.  The $18 included the tax so I told them they had about $16.62 to spend.  Evan wound up finding several books on "sale" and got 4 books that totaled $16.50.  Noah got several books as well.

Evan had his last football practice today.  He seemed to enjoy it.  The boys would keep playing until it was well past dark if we let them.

The boys are now asleep.

Until next time...

Short Trip to Dallas

I drove back home today from Dallas and got in around lunch time.  I ate lunch and then Morry and I walked to pick up the boys from school.

We went to the school's Book Fair and the boys picked out a book each.

I was home for a little bit and then I left to tutor.

I stopped at HEB on the way home.

We had hamburgers for dinner at ate outside.

The boys are in their rooms ready for bed.

Maya, Maya!

This morning Noah was happy to go to school because they were going to have an Easter egg hunt. 

While he was at school I got stuff done around the house.

I picked up Noah and was home for just a little bit before it was time for me to go tutor.

Morry and Noah picked up Evan and then went to the Book Fair at school.

I got home around 4:30 and Morry and the boys left for Noah's game.

Grandma and Papa arrived and then we went to Noah's game.

While we were at the game, Michael, Jen, and Maya got to our house.

Noah had a good game.

On they way home we stopped and picked up Torchy's for dinner.

The boys (and Grandma and Papa) were very excited to see Maya.  They really enjoyed playing with her and making her laugh.

Soon, we'll put the boys to bed.

Here are some videos and a picture.

Videos:

Noah's 4th Birthday

Noah was in a good mood today.

We kept asking him what he wanted to do today and he would just say, "I don't know." We gave him a few suggestions. He finally decided he wanted to have lunch at McDonalds.

We had an appointment at Wonders and Worries at 10am, which Noah was looking forward to. He enjoyed it there and then we met Morry at McDonalds. Morry and I didn't want to eat there so we just ordered food for Noah. Noah ate some there and then we went to Brugger's Bagels nearby so Morry and I could eat lunch. We sat outside to eat and Noah finished his food there.

After lunch we went to Rita's Italian Ice and all got water ice (as Morry calls it). It happened to be free as a First Day of Spring promotion they were having.

We went home and Noah was happy just sitting and watching tv. His stomach was bothering him and I think that's part of why he didn't want to do anything.

I got Evan from school and we went to the book fair. Evan picked out two books. He got Pete the Cat and some other book about space.

At home the boys were happy playing wii and Leapster and just hanging out.

Noah said he wanted to eat at home for dinner. Morry picked up Little Caesars for the boys and Blue Bamboo for us.

After dinner we played in the cul-de-sac for a little bit.

The boys are finishing up their baths now and then we'll put them to bed.

Here's video from Noah's birthday today.

Book Fair

This morning at the school they had a special dads event. They are starting this new group for dads and their kids. Morry got roped into going. Evan heard about the donuts and insisted on going. The event was right before school started. They asked the kids questions to see how much they knew about their dad.

I met Evan during his lunch. I brought Icees for both us. There were a few other parents there as well.

For my lunch, I met the Mom's club at Satellite for lunch.

From there, I picked up Noah and we went to Target. Then, we got Evan at school.

The book fair is going on now at Evan's school. Yesterday, during school Evan made a list of the books he wanted to get. I told him we would go after school today. I let Evan and Noah each pick out a book. Noah choose a 3D Star Wars book and Evan chose a Lego book. They both got a little eraser too.

Gabby came over at 4pm and I tutored.

When I got home we ate dinner. Morry and I had leftover pizza.

We just gave the boys baths and got them ready for bed. Morry is reading to them now.