Lots of Crying

Evan and Noah were very fussy today. This morning was tough. Evan was in a terrible mood. He fought everything and threw tantrums. Evan opened the fridge and wanted yogurt while I was feeding Noah, but I couldn’t help him and he got upset. Then, he wanted lunchables, but I told him I already packed his lunch and he could have that another time. He got upset about that too. We were an hour late to school. It took me forever to get out the door with them. Noah was crying and Evan wouldn’t cooperate. He didn’t want to put his shoes on. Then, I couldn’t get him to come to the car. I had to put Noah in the car first, and then come back in and carry Evan, kicking and screaming, into the car. Evan screamed the whole way to school. Then, I couldn’t even get him out of the car. I had to carry Noah in his carrier and pull Evan out of the car with all of his school stuff (lunch box, jacket, water bottle). I managed to get to the door of the school, but you have to punch a code in for the door to open. I had to put Evan down to enter the code, but then he wouldn’t come through the door. There was no way to hold the door open, carry Noah, Evan’s stuff, and get Evan through the door. I was in the process of dragging Evan through the door, when Natasha (one of Evan’s teachers) was coming out of the classroom. Evan’s class is right next to the outside door. I asked her for help and she carried Evan into the room.

Then, I took Noah with me to run a couple of errands. Everything was super crowded.

My plan was to come home and get dinner in the crock-pot started and clean up the house. Noah was so fussy. He screamed every time I put him down. I had to let him scream for a few minutes while I got the corned beef ready for the crock-pot. I was not able to get any cleaning done. The most I could do was get a few loads of laundry going, but nothing is folded yet. I fed Noah, but he didn’t eat that much. I was barely able to eat lunch. I just made a sandwich with leftover ham from last night. Then, it was time to pick up Evan.

They said Evan did well in school today. He was just quiet for a little bit, but then once they played the Polar Express CD he was up and dancing. Wendy said she read a Hanukkah book to Evan. She asked how many candles we have used so far and he said, "two". I told her he says "two" for everything no matter what you ask him.

Morry and I talked about going to the Trail of Lights tonight, but decided against it. With the boys being sick and so cranky today it was not a good idea. We’ll have to wait until next year to go.

Back to School

It was Evan’s first day back at school after Thanksgiving. It had been a while since he was at school. For some reason he was really cranky this morning. I had to wake him up to get ready for school and he was very slow moving and whiny. It took forever to get him dressed and in the car. We were late to school. When we got to school he didn’t want to get out of the car for some reason. The only way I got him out was to tell him he could press the buttons for the door. The door at school has a keypad next to it that you have to press before you can come in. I let Evan press the keys. I told him what numbers to press and pointed to them, but he pressed them on his own.

After dropping Evan off, Noah and I ran some errands. On of the stops was Kohls. I got a lot of Hanukkah gifts for the boys and was able to use two coupons. I had one for $5 off and another for 20% they total.

Noah and I came home and I did laundry and cleaned the house. Then, we ate lunch and picked up Evan.

Wendy said she brought in the Polar Express CD and Evan loved dancing to the music. He was pretending to make hot chocolate during the hot chocolate song.

Noah slept for just a little bit and Evan did not nap at all. Blanca came at 4:00 and I tutored from 4:30-6:00.

Morry made pasta for dinner and it was ready when I got home.

We put the boys to bed early, around 8:00 since both were a little cranky.