This Weekend

 On Saturday Evan had 2 games in Franklin.

Dad (Papa) and I rode 25 miles for the Mamma Jamma Ride in Taylor.

Today, Morry and I went to the farmers market at Mueller.

Tonight I went to a challah baking event at Chabad.

Here are some pictures from the weekend.

Another Bike Ride

This morning I was planning on going for a run and asked Evan if he wanted to go with me.  He asked if we could ride bikes instead.

We rode to the Velloway, around twice, and back home.  That was 13 miles.  He did well.  It's pretty hilly.

For lunch, Noah had fried matzoh and Evan had challah with powdered sugar.

Morry and Evan left for baseball around 2:00.

At 3:00, Chewie and I walked Noah to Grandma's house to spend the afternoon and have dinner together.  They made fried rice.

Morry had a meeting downtown after baseball, so he took Evan with him.  On their way home, they picked up Noah.

For dinner we had turkey.

Here is a picture from today's bike ride.

Lizzy the Challah Thief

This morning we walked the boys to school.

Around lunch time we picked up Zayde/Jack and went to look at an independent living apartment.  We ate lunch there.  It seemed nice.

Morry and I walked to get the boys at school and then we had Noah's parent/teacher/student conference.  There were a few other kids there at the same time. There was stations set up around the room and the kids showed us what they were learning. Then, we could talk to the teacher if we had any questions.  Noah's doing very well and ahead of where he should be at this point.  He seems to be enjoying school.

When we got home I found a torn up plastic bag on the stairs.  I realized it was the challah bag from the challah I bought yesterday.  There was more than half the challah left on the counter, but it was all gone.  Lizzy must have had a great time with that. 

Morry and Evan went to basketball practice.  Noah and I had dinner at home and watched the Olympics. 

Both boys are in their rooms now ready for bed.

Target and Challah

The boys have been wanting to go to Target.  They saved up their money and wanted to buy some Legos.  I told them we could go today.  Evan got a big square mat piece to build Legos on and Noah got a surfer/shark kit.  They were both very good at Target and the Target employee was very nice when I handed bags of coins and bills that the boys have saved up.

When we got home I made challah. I found a recipe online and used that along with making some stuff up on my own.  It turned out really good.  I would make it again.

For dinner we picked up Pho Thai Son an ate at home.

After dinner we took a walk.  The boys are in bed now.

Here are some challah pics.

Survivor

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning I took Evan to school.  It was fairly uneventful.

Rachel had an appointment in Dallas with her oncologist.  Everything looks good.  She is supposed to have another appointment in 4 months and after that, she'll only need to go every 6 months.

Meanwhile, Lynn and Lenny took Noah to synagogue for Sukkot and he went inside a Sukkah and had grape juice and challah.

When I picked Evan up from school, he was in a good mood. He was generally pretty good while I finished working.

For dinner, we had pasta.

After dinner, Evan had his baseball practice.  His practice goes from 6:30 to 8:30.  The first hour is dedicated to hitting.  They are in the batting cages.  The second hour is dedicated to fielding.  At the end of the first hour, they normally have a game called survivor.  Each kid, in turn, gets in the cage and gets one pitch.  If they hit it, they're still in, if they miss it they are out.  They keep going until one kid is left.  Since there are 4 8-year-olds on the team, normally, it's one of those kids that win the game.  But today, Evan was able to win it.  It came down to Evan and one of the 8-year-olds.  They kept going around and around.  Finally the coach made it tougher.  He said they had to hit what appeared to be a fair ball.  If they hit it foul, they were out.  Evan came through.  He was very excited.  All-in-all he had a very good practice.

He was cranky on the way home.  It was late. He's asleep now.

Until next time...

Cultural Night

We got a real rain today. It was the first school day that is has rained. Morry had to drive Evan to school and park at the front of the school. He went around the back way and came from a different direction to get there. Morry said on the way home he saw cars lined up toward our house on Spruce Canyon.

Noah threw a fit this morning and didn't want to go to school. It was a struggle getting him downstairs and in the car, but once he was at school he was fine.

After picking Noah up we went to the post office and HEB.

We drove to pick up Evan. We parked in front of the school about a block away from the entrance. It was raining at the time, but I decided it was better to get wet than sit in the long line of cars for pick up.

At home, I baked the chocolate chip cookies. They were yummy!

Tonight there was a cultural celebration event at Evan's school. They asked people to bring food from their culture. We weren't really sure what our culture is. We couldn't think of any easy Russian or eastern European foods to bring in. So, we went the Israeli route and brought pita and humus.

It was packed at the school. They had various cultural shows with kids dancing, singing, martial arts, etc. The kids got passports and had to go around and get them stamped at the various country's booths. They also had activities at the booths as well. Evan had a good time hanging out with some of his buddies from his class. Noah walked around with me and loved doing all the art projects and other activities.

When we got home, we did Shabbat. I had picked up a challah at HEB.

We just got the boys ready for bed.

Night Out

Evan and Noah had good days at school.

For lunch I met the Pink Ribbon Cowgirls at Central Market. Central Market was really busy today for some reason. It was hard to find parking and I had to wait a while in line. While I was there I got a challah.

We did Shabbat at home tonight and then dropped the kids off at Clubhouse for Kids. Morry and I went to Phara's for dinner and Mozart's for dessert. We sat outside at both places. It was a nice night.

We are home now and got the boys ready for bed. Morry is reading to them now.

Hanging out

This morning we took it easy at home. Papa made challah French toast for everyone. We had a nice brunch here at the house.

Morry had a meeting to go to.

We went to Deep Eddie Pool. They have a very large shallow section that the boys enjoyed. Both Evan and Noah did very well. They were swimming a little and jumping in off the side.

On our way back home Grandma, Papa, and Uncle Mike stopped at Rudy's to get barbeque for everyone.

Noah actually took a nap today. He fell asleep on the couch in the game room.

Mandy and Aaron's rehearsal dinner was tonight. The plan was for Morry to stay home with the boys and the rest of us would go to the dinner. As I was trying to leave the house Noah threw a fit that he didn't want me to leave. If I left without him Morry would have had a hard time dealing with Noah and his tantrum. So, I ended up taking Noah with me. He did very well and was entertained by the cat.

Morry and Evan had a boys night at home. They got pizza and watched a movie.

We got home a little after 10. The boys are in bed now, but not yet asleep.

Gym and Central Market

This morning we went to the gym and then the Pink Ribbon Cowgirl lunch at Central Market.

Last time I went to the CM lunch the boys were not very well behaved. I thought I'd see how they were doing this morning and them make my decision about going. They were pretty good this morning and played in the child care at the gym so I thought they would be ok.

I don't know what it is about Central Market, but something there makes them have to go to the bathroom multiple times.

The boys were fighting at the table and then when I was trying to talk to someone Noah kept interrupting saying, "Mommy, I'm talking to you."

We were sitting inside by a window. On the other other side of the window was a fenced in balcony with more seating. I asked the boys if they wanted to sit outside. So, I sat them at a table near the window where I could see them and they ate their lunch outside while I tried to eat mine and talk to people inside. It worked a little. They still came in multiple times for various things.

After lunch Evan and Noah played on the playground and then went back in Central Market to pick up a few groceries. A few days ago Evan said he wanted to do Shabbat. We were talking about it and the fact that there is a Jewish holiday every Friday. While we were at CM we picked up a challah.

At home, they were both hyper. Neither one took a nap.

For dinner we picked up Blue Bamboo and we did the candles, wine, and challah. We let the boys have a sip of wine and Evan said it tickled his throat. After dinner I made chocolate chip cookies.

Morry is reading to the boys now and then they will hopefully go to sleep.

JCC, Boats, and Spaghetti

Evan got up early again. He was up around 6:30am.

This morning I took Evan and Noah to the JCC. Noah seemed to really like the music during Tot Shabbat. Evan like the challah.

After the JCC we met Morry for lunch since he works by there now. We ate at Kneaded Pleasures. I was able to find a coupon and we got a buy one get one free sandwich. Evan and Noah did well there and we had a nice lunch. During lunch Evan said he needed to go potty. Morry took him to the bathroom and Evan peed in the urinal! He was very excited to tell me about it.

Then, we went to Morry’s work to get the tour of the office. Noah must have liked what he saw because he was very loud there. He kept squealing and yelling.

Not too far from where Morry works there is a boat ramp to the lake and a neat bridge. I took the boys there. Evan and Noah liked going over the bridge and watching the boats.

At home, both boys took good naps. I put Evan in a diaper for nap time.

After naps, I went upstairs to get Evan. He had taken off his diaper, threw it away, put on underwear, and got dressed! His pants and underwear were backwards though.

Morry got home and we went out to dinner. We ate a Spaghetti Warehouse, which we also had a coupon. We had a buy one get one free dinner. Today was the day of coupons. We ate our dinner inside the trolley. Evan loved that. Evan and Noah were very well behaved. Evan went potty in the urinal twice while we were there.

As we were leaving the restaurant there were a ton of motorcycles outside. The Motorcycle Rally is going on this weekend here. We watched all the motorcycles for a little bit.

Morry’s watching the hockey game and Evan and Noah are playing with toys. In a few minutes we’ll put them to bed.

JCC and Haircut

We had a busy day today.

For some reason Evan woke up at 7:15am. That’s early for him. I let him play in the gameroom while I lied down in bed some more. I didn’t truly go back to sleep. I know he’ll be ok in the gameroom, but I kept checking on him. I closed the bathroom doors and the gate at the top of the stairs.

Noah woke up around 9:00.

Once I got everyone dressed and fed we went to the JCC. We hadn’t been there in a while. Our normal playgroup is normally on Friday mornings. No one volunteered to host today. The playgroup is kind of fizzling since many kids are in pre-school and busy. Anyway, I decided to try the Tot Shabbat at the JCC again. Evan and Noah seemed to have a good time. Evan ate a lot of challah and juice. Noah enjoyed exploring the toys in the room. There were a lot of people there. I didn’t know anyone except for the lady that leads it. I talked to a few people.

After the JCC we went to the Great Clips near there. Evan and Noah really needed haircuts again. Great Clips is having a promotion. All haircuts are $6.99 and the deal ended today. We normally go to Great Clips, so I thought I might as well try to go today. It was busy in there and they told us the wait would be around 30 minutes. I put our names down and we went a few doors down to have lunch. The boys were very good at lunch. Evan and Noah shared a raisin bagel as well as other stuff from the diaper bag. I had lox and bagel. As we were about to leave I thought Noah had pooped so I wanted to change him. We went in the bathroom there. Luckily they had a changing table. I put Noah on the changing table. There was only pee in his diaper. I had his diaper off and was reaching across the table for the clean diaper. Noah started peeing. It went all over his socks, a little on his shorts that were at the end of the table, and on the table itself. The paper towels were on the other side of the bathroom. I couldn’t reach them. They were high up and the kind you have to wave your hand in front of to get the paper to come out. I had to ask Evan to get toilet paper for me. I cleaned up what I could with the toilet paper and then carried Noah over to the paper towels. What a mess!

After that we walked back to Great Clips. We had to wait just a minute and they were ready for us. Evan and Noah got good hair cuts and Evan got a lollipop.

When we got home Evan and Noah took very good naps.

When they woke up we Skyped with Grandma/Lynn. Evan was being very silly. Noah was excited, but kept saying “Papa” for some reason.

Morry got home from work and then we went out to dinner. We ate at Carinos. This week they were having “Moms eat free”. We thought it would be a good place anyway since the boys like pasta. We had to wait about 30 minutes for a table. Evan and Noah were very good and ate well. They had stuff from the diaper bag, bread, and spaghetti.

After that we went to Petco. We needed to get more food for Lizzy. Evan and Noah love Petco. They had a great time there. Evan loves looking at the fish. They both liked the mice and birds too.

We just put Evan and Noah to bed. Let’s hope they sleep well tonight.