Downtown

This morning Morry let me sleep since I wasn’t feeling well. I think the boys got up around 8:00. By 11:00 Noah was tired again so we put him down for a short nap. When Noah woke up we drove downtown.

We drove around the 2nd Street district and then ate lunch on South Congress at Home Slice Pizza. Usually you have to wait awhile, but we were able to get seated right away. It was crowded in there, but I guess it just happened that a booth opened up when we got there.

After pizza we went home since Evan and Noah needed naps.

After naps we took Evan out front for just a little bit. He said he wanted to ride his bike, but when we first got outside he wanted to play with the chalk. Yesterday I drew a train track for him on the driveway and wanted to play with the train track again. I added more to the track and then he asked Morry to add “ding dong things.” We realized he meant the railroad crossing arms. Evan pushed his trains along the track some and then he rode his bike to end of the cul-de-sac and back.

For dinner, we went to Suzy’s. Evan had some edamame and then wanted us to teach him how to use chopsticks. I would show him how and pick up some rice. He wanted me to then put the rice in his mouth from the chopstick. He was able to pick up a few pieces of rice on his own, but then he just wanted to play with the chopsticks.

We just gave Evan and Noah baths and now they are in bed.

Evan the Better

Evan did better today. He still had the occasional bad moods, but he was much better.

Last night, Noah got up again around 5am. I don’t know why he’s been doing that.

This morning Alissa, Ben, and Molly came over for a little bit on their way to Houston. The kids enjoyed playing together. Even Noah looked like he fit in playing in the middle of the floor with all the kids.

Marilyn/Grandmom insisted on buying GeoTrax for Evan. We called around the whole city trying to find stores that still had GeoTrax stuff in stock. One of the Walmarts in the city said they had some GeoTrax stuff left. We went to Subway for lunch and then went over to Walmart. Marilyn bought a ton of GeoTrax for Evan. Evan was very happy.

We let Evan open one of the boxes when we got home, but saved the rest for after nap.

When Morry got home, Evan was napping and Morry set up the GeoTrax at that time. When Evan came downstairs and saw the tracks all set up he was so excited. In fact, he didn’t want to leave for dinner because he was busy playing.

We went to Benihana (hibachi style where they cook food in front of you). Matt joined us and we all drove together in our car. Both Evan and Noah did really well. Evan really liked watching the guy cook the food and light the big fires. I opened a pair of chopsticks for Evan and showed him how to use them. He was actually able to pick up 2 pieces of shrimp and eat them all on his own.