Passover

I spent a lot of the day getting ready for Passover.

Gabby came at 3:45. I tutored one student and then came back home.

We had seder here with Matt, Rachael, Tristan, Maddee, Aunt Susan, Aaron, and Mandy. We did a very short seder using pieces from the Maxwell House haggadah. It was nice and I feel like everyone had a good time. We had a good variety of food. Everyone brought something. Aunt Susan's charoset was really good. For the afikomen we put teams of Evan and Maddee together and Tristan and Noah. Tristan ended up finding the afikomen that Morry hid under an end table. We gave all the kids money as a prize. During the seder Evan ate a lot of parsley with salt water. Noah liked his matzoh ball. Of course the kids liked the fruit and meringue cookies for dessert. We also had a chocolate seder plate and chocolate matzoh that Rachael and Matt brought.

We are wiped out now. The boys are still awake in their rooms.

Here are some pictures from tonight.

Happy Passover!

Clean Up

Evan woke up early again, but at least he knocked and didn’t cry.

When I dropped Evan off at school, I put Noah down so I could put Evan’s lunch and water with the others. There was a class of small kids (maybe 2 years old?) coming through the room to go outside. Noah started following them and almost got out to the playground. I had to run over there to catch him before he followed the class outside. He looked really cute walking behind all those other little kids.

After dropping off Evan at school Noah and I picked up Riley. She watched Noah at our house from about 9:30-12. I had a whole bunch of cleaning I needed to do. The house was a disaster. Even though, Riley was here I didn’t get as much done as I hoped. Noah cried almost the whole entire time she was here. He started crying when she got in the car. The last few times he did great with her. I don’t think the crying has anything to do with her. She’s a very nice girl and she gets down on the floor and plays with the kids. I think Noah just knew that I wasn’t going to be able to be with him and he didn’t like that. I spent a lot of time trying to calm Noah down. He was finally happy and playing for about the last 30 minutes. What a stinker!

Noah ate lunch. Then, I ate quickly. It has become very hard for me to eat while Noah is eating (or trying to eat). He screams, whines, etc almost the whole meal. The only time he stops is if I give him fruit. So, I fed him and then took him out of his high chair and ate my lunch in about 10 minutes before it was time to get Evan.

Right when we got home from picking up Evan I put the boys down for naps. I was exhausted from the morning. Evan and Noah both took really good naps.

For dinner we made grilled chicken and rice.

After dinner I wanted to run, but it was just too hot outside. They said the high today would be 106. I’m not sure if got up to that or more, but it was really hot out. We were also under a heat advisory today. So, instead of running we made ice cream. I made chocolate ice cream this time in the bag and it turned out well. We didn’t have any vanilla in the house, so I just added some Nesquick to the mix and it worked well.

Morry put up curtains in Evan’s room tonight. We are hoping they will block out some light and maybe Evan will sleep later? We’ll see.

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

Whew, long day

Evan and Noah woke up early this morning. They started making noise around the time Morry left for work.

I started the laundry, got the boys dressed and fed, and finished getting Evan’s school stuff together.

After dropping Evan off at school I went to HEB. I had a lot of stuff to buy and was there a while. Noah was pretty good in the shopping cart. He just got fussy at the end. At one point we passed some samples. I let Noah have a few bites of chocolate cupcake. Somehow he managed to get just those few small bites everywhere. He had chocolate on his chin, a glob of icing on his sock.

Noah fell asleep on the way home. I put him down for a nap. I quickly put the groceries away, straightened up the house downstairs, and got dinner ready. I made another crock pot dish – Crock Pot Turkey. It was really good and juicy.

Yenis came over for lunch at 12:00. By the time we ate and I fed Noah it was time to get Evan. I was sort of in a hurry because I needed to be back at home by 1:30 for tutoring. I had planned on picking Evan up right at 1:15, but got there a few minutes late. When I walked in Wendy was changing Evan’s diaper so we weren’t able to leave right away. Then, Evan wanted to take his artwork home. They had painted cutouts of cars. I asked Wendy if we could take Evan’s home. She said that was fine, since she already had one for his folder. He made about 6 of them! I guess they figured out how to get Evan to do art. When we were pulling out of the parking lot we had to wait forever to get out. It seemed like everyone was leaving at the same time.

We got home about two minutes late and I quickly cleared off the dishes on the table for tutoring. I tutored the homeschool Algebra II student from 1:30 – 3:00. He took his online final exam with me and made a 100. He didn’t end up leaving until about 3:30 since we had to wait for his mom to pick him up.

While the boys were napping I did more laundry and cleaned.

For dinner, Evan and Noah didn’t eat much. Evan had a few veggie sticks and fruit and a Popsicle. Not real healthy. I think Evan’s throat may still be bothering him. He still sounds hoarse.

The boys are playing as I’m writing the blog. In a few minutes we’ll get them ready for bed.

Monday... last night at Oasis, walk, ...

We had a nice time last night at Oasis. We got a great table overlooking the lake and could also hear the band from where we were sitting. The Podbers also met us there. Evan loved dancing. He was jumping around and spinning. When the music would stop he would yell “More!”

This morning we took a run/walk. Evan walked a little of the way. As we walked by the elementary school we saw Amy and Abby (from our original Starbucks playgroup). They had just had lunch with Amy’s other daughter who’s birthday is today. Abby was eating a cookie and Amy asked me if it was alright if Evan had one. Evan was very excited to get a chocolate chip cookie. Somehow he managed to get chocolate all over his face though. I never understand how you can give this kid the littlest amount of chocolate, but somehow he manages to get it everywhere.

We forgot to add the other day that Noah is getting another tooth! He now has 2 teeth coming in on the bottom. It doesn’t seem to bother him too much.

I had a busy tutoring schedule tonight. Since a few of my students have a band performance tomorrow I had to move them to today. I was gone from 5-10 this evening. Morry had to take care of the boys on a football night. He’s watching the Steelers game now. Evan is still up making noise in his room. Hopefully he falls asleep soon.