Noah the Cranky

This morning Noah was cranky. I had planned on maybe going to Evan's school for lunch. I wanted to see how Noah was doing. I thought if I suggested we meet Evan for lunch, that would cheer up Noah. He was very excited and we hurried to get out and get the lunches (for Noah and I) packed. Evan's class eats really early at 10:30am.

When we got to the cafeteria Evan's class had just sat down at their table. Sometimes there is extra room at the table for visitors, but today there were just 2 extra spots at the end of the table. We sat at the visitors table in the back of the cafeteria. That's when Noah's tantrum began. It lasted for most of the lunch. He was throwing a fit because we couldn't sit at the end of the table. I tried reasoning with him and explaining why. I offered to let him sit there with the class. Nothing worked. The lunch was miserable. I couldn't really talk to Evan. Noah was hitting me and trying to pinch me. He finally calmed down with about 5 minutes of lunch left. Evan and Noah didn't end up eating much of their lunch. That's the last time I take Noah to school for a while.

We needed to go to HEB, so we went there after lunch. Noah was pretty good at HEB. We ended up seeing a few people we knew while we were shopping there.

At home, Noah and I worked on reading. I have these reading/writing workbooks from when I helped in a kindergarten class while getting certified. Noah really liked doing those. It was mostly circling pictures that started with certain letters, and other alphabet activities.

Noah wanted to stay at home while I picked up Evan.

For the kids' snack I made shaved ice.

During naps I worked on some MB Squared stuff.

I tutored at 6:15.

Morry gave the kids dinner and got them ready for bed. We ate when I got home. I put a pork tenderloin in the crock pot and we had baked and sweet potatoes with it.

There were a lot of stars visible in the sky tonight. We tried taking the boys outside to look at them, but they got super hyper outside and didn't really seem interested in the stars.

The boys have been put to bed, but Evan just came downstairs to show me a Lego creation.

Downtown and the Capitol

So, we were supposed to go to Little Buckaroo Ranch today with the MOMs group. I was getting ready this morning, but hadn’t yet looked out side. I got a call from the president of the group telling me the trip had been canceled due to rain. Sure enough, I looked outside and it was raining. We weren’t supposed to get rain until Tuesday or Wednesday.

Alissa, Ben, and Molly had planned on coming with us but now that it was cancelled we had a hard time trying to figure out what do instead. Both Alissa and I did some searching online. We were trying to find free or cheap things to do with the kids. We decided to go to the IMAX theater for an 11am show. I had a hard time getting out of the house in time. I got both kids dressed and got all the stuff together we would need for the day then had to wipe Lizzy completely off after she came in from the rain. She and Simon (the dog behind us – not the next door dog) had been playing and she was covered with mud. By the time we got to the ticket counter at the museum where the IMAX is it was 11:20. They wouldn’t even let us in since the movie starts right on time. There are no previews.

When we came out of the museum there was a ‘Dillo bus stopped outside. I thought the dillo buses were free and I stepped up onto the bus to ask the driver about the route and how much it cost. The driver said it was 50 cents and it wasn’t really a route we wanted to go. While I was on the bus talking to the driver Evan walked up the steps of the bus, went right to a seat and sat down. He seemed disappointed when I told him weren’t riding the bus.

We decided to walk a few blocks down to the Capitol building. They offer free tours, but each tour is 45 minutes and we thought that might be too long for the kids. So, we just walked around on our own around the Capitol. We brought our lunches and ate in the cafeteria there.

After lunch we walked to the grassy area in front of the Capitol and let the kids play a little while I fed Noah on a bench.

Then, we went to the visitor’s center where they had a few kid friendly exhibits. We stayed there only a few minutes because we needed to get back to the meter which had a 3 hour limit.

When we got home Evan was so tired I put him right to bed, and he stayed in his bed his whole 3 hour nap. Noah took a good, long nap as well.