Rachel's Conference and Haircuts

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Rachel and I took Chewie for a walk this morning after taking Noah to school.  It was decent-sized walk at about 2 miles.  It's good to walk Chewie for a while in the morning to tire him out.

I went into the office after coming home.

Rachel was home for a while.  In the early afternoon, she went downtown for a conference for bloggers.  It's a 3 day conference.

The big speaker today was Randi Zuckerberg, Mark Zuckerberg's sister.  She developed Facebook Live.  Rachel got to meet her and they talked for a bit.  Rachel liked her.

I picked Noah up from school and then had a conference call with HomeAway.

When Evan got home, I took them to Sport Clips for haircuts.  After their haircuts, we went to Craig O's for dinner.

When we got home, Evan went in the cul-de-sac to play basketball.

Rachel is on her way home now.

Until next time...

One Down, Thirty-Seven To Go

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

The boys have finished up their first week of school.  Evan, Rachel and I walked Noah to school.  As we walked back, we saw Evan's friend Luke again.  He walked back with us to the bus stop.

I went to HomeAway for meetings in the morning.

Rachel had coffee with Lorena.  Then she went to Costco which was so packed she could barely get in the door.  With the news of the hurricane, everyone is freaking out.  She quickly gave up and went to Randall's which is never crowded.  Today, though, Rachel said it was pretty crowded.

We met at Wholy Bagel for lunch.

There was a brief shower before we walked to get Noah.  Evan got home on the bus not too long afterward.

For dinner, we got Pizza Hut.

After dinner there was an impromptu wiffleball game in the cul-de-sac with our neighbors.

The boys will be getting ready for bed soon.

Until next time...

Noah Back to School

This morning Noah was feeling better and was able to go to school. We all walked there.

I went for a run this morning and then made a ton of matzo balls for the Passover seder tomorrow.

Morry and I went to Wholy Bagel for lunch and stopped at HEB on the way home.

We walked to pick up the kids from school and Wade came home with us.

Evan, Wade, and Nathan played in the cul-de-sac for most of the afternoon.

Wade was picked up around 5:30.

We ate dinner at Cypress Grill.  Evan ate very well.  Noah didn't eat very much.

In a little bit the boys will get ready for bed.

Die Hard

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

After walking the boys to school this morning, Rachel made a run to HEB.  She needed to get stuff for the week.

Aaron and I worked together on a project later in the morning at his office.

Rachel tutored in the afternoon and couldn't get the boys.  There was no Math Pentathalon this week so the boys and I came straight home from school.

Evan went out to play in the cul-de-sac and Noah joined him a bit later.

I made pasta for us and the three of us sat down and watched Die Hard.  The boys enjoyed the movie.  Rachel came home right at the end of the movie.  After tutoring, she went to a fundraiser for the Breast Cancer Resource Center.

The boys are asleep now.

Until next time...

No Tutoring and Nice Day

This morning we walked to school and we walked to pick up the boys.

This afternoon the weather was really nice.

Jack walked home with us for tutoring, but since the 4th graders has writing benchmarks today, Jack ended up not doing tutoring so that he could have a break.  Audrey ended up not coming as well.

Morry and the boys played football outside for a little bit.

While we were getting ready the boys played in the cul-de-sac with Nathan.

For dinner we had a frozen Asian meal.

We Facetimed with Artie since today is his first birthday.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Noah Wins

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

After walking the boys to school, I came home and had a phone meeting.  Then I went into Aaron's to work on a project.  From there I stopped at another client before heading home.

Rachel went for a short run this morning.

Tuesday is Rachel's long tutoring day so she left before I left to get the boys.

I walked to school and then met Evan and we went into the school for Math Pentathalon.  I worked with Noah as he played a game that I hadn't seen against two different girls.  He played two games against each girl and won both of them.  This game was different than the other games that I helped with as it was more strategy and there really wasn't any luck involved.  The other game you had to know math, but there was luck involved with what dominoes you were dealt.

When we got home, Noah did his homework and then both boys went out and played with the neighborhood kids in the cul-de-sac.

For dinner, I grilled a steak for the boys and me and Rachel cooked fish.  Noah ate both the steak and the fish.

The boys are about to get ready for bed.

Until next time...

Monopoly

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

We had another nice morning walking to school.  Lizzy got a lot of attention today - the most since school started back.  She really liked that.

Rachel and Grandma then took Lizzy to Lady Bird Lake and went for a walk.

I went into Aaron's to work on some things.  On my way home, Rachel asked if I could get stuff for Evan's science fair project.  Target was out of the tri-fold board, but I was able to get a wooden bat at Play It Again Sports for the project.

We walked to get the boys.  Evan ran home with his friend Ethan who was on a bike.  Then Ethan and Evan and Ethan's sister rode around in the cul-de-sac for 15 minutes.

When Evan was done, the boys did their homework and then walked to Grandma's.  They played Monopoly with her.  Apparently, the boys ganged up on Grandma.  If the boys landed on each other's property, they didn't charge each other, but they always charged Grandma.  At one point, Evan bought a property from Grandma, only to turn around and give it for free to Noah, who needed it to be able to build houses on it.  They enjoyed it.

Rachel picked up Grandma and the boys up on the way home from tutoring and we all ate together.  We had hamburgers and corn on the cob made on our grill.

We just walked Grandma home and the boys are about to go to bed.

Until next time...

3rd of July

This morning we hung out at home and then went to Wholy Bagel for lunch.

Around 1:00 Uncle Marvin, Leah, and John came over.  Leah and John are in town for a few days. They all hung out at our house for a little while.

We ate dinner at home and then went to the potluck block party in our cul-de-sac.  We brought an American flag cookie cake that I made along with some other cookies and drinks.  We had a nice time hanging out with neighbors.  At 9:30 we were able to see the fireworks from the nearby golf course.   We stayed out until about 10:30.

The boys are in their rooms now ready for bed.

Dumb and Dumber To

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Evan came home with Jack around 11am today.  He had a good time over at Jack's house last night.  Evan and Jack rode their bicycles in the cul-de-sac for a while then they came in and had lunch. Evan and Jack watched the Steelers game with me until Jack had to go.

The boys had cleaned up their rooms in the afternoon as well as the game room.  Noah gave us a hard time during this process.

We had a surprise for the boys at dinner.  We took them to see Dumb and Dumber To at the Alamo Drafthouse for dinner.  The boys were really excited.  Evan has been begging me to go see it.

The boys are getting ready for bed now...

Our Wednesday

This morning we drove the boys to school.

Morry also drove to pick them up and I left to tutor.

When I got back Morry and boys were playing in the cul-de-sac.

For dinner we had burgers.

The boys are finishing their homework now and then we'll get them ready for bed.

Running around

This morning it was in the 60s so we walked to school.

I went for a run and then shopping at HEB.

I left to tutor and Morry picked up the boys at school.

Gabby came over.

When I got home Morry and the kids were in the cul-de-sac with Nathan and his dad playing street hockey.

For dinner we had orange soda chicken.  We were out of Sprite, but it still came out good.

The boys are playing on Evan's computer.  In a little bit we'll get them ready for bed.

Basketball and Zayde

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Evan had an early basketball game today at 8am.  We stopped at Donut Taco Palace I before the game and got donuts.  That seemed to perk Evan up.  He still is not feeling 100%.  Evan seemed to play better as the game went on.  He and his team played really great defense the whole game and won again.  Evan grabbed a great rebound and somehow ended up on his back. Then he made a pass while laying on the ground.  It was a very athletic play.

From there, we came home and Evan played more basketball with Nathan in the cul-de-sac.  He started getting tired and we agreed to go home and take it easy.  I put a movie on while the boys ate lunch.  Evan developed a cough at the end of his stomach bug.

It seemed to get bad this afternoon.  I'm not sure why.  We had him sit in the shower for a while.

For dinner, we were going to pick Zayde up and go to a Colombian restaurant, but due to a kitchen fire it was closed.  We went to Texas Roadhouse again.  Evan was acting ok, but the moment we got to the restaurant, he started to complain about not feeling well and refused to eat.  He wanted to go home.  The food was very good tonight.

When taking Zayde home, we saw a 7-Eleven.  Evan wanted a Slurpee.  So we stopped and got he and Noah Slurpees.  After that we dropped Zayde off at his house.

It seems that the Slurpee did wonders for Evan.  He was in a good mood by the time we got home.  I think in general he's not feeling well, but I think he actually needed food to eat as well.  He can get cranky when he's hungry.

The boys are in bed now.

Until next time...

Breakfast for Dinner

This morning we stayed at home.  I got some things done around the house. 

Late morning, Evan and I went to play in the cul-de-sac and invited his friend Nathan out to play too.  I talked with Nathan's mom while the boys played and then they went inside to play.  I went back home and Evan ended up spending most of the day at Nathan's house.  It sounds like they had a great time together.

For dinner, we had bagels (that I made), fruit, and breakfast tacos.

Calvin has been coming out a lot more today.  He got some leftover scrambled eggs and was out long enough to eat a few in the kitchen before Lizzy got to them.

Now, the boys are getting ready for bed.

Coaching

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

I have decided to make the leap into coaching little league.  I am going to be coaching Noah's tee ball team in the fall.  As part of the responsibility for coaching, I had to volunteer at the registration today.  Evan wanted to come with me but Noah didn't.  We drove to the location and I did all the manual data entry for the kids signing up.  I talked to the parents as they did it and for some of the ones who seemed to know baseball, I tried to get them to put me down as their request for coach.  Evan and Noah's old coach Mario gave me this tip.

Registration was nice as I got to see a lot of people I hadn't seen since the spring.  We saw Evan's coach from last year as well as Mario.  Mario knew I was coaching - and he ended up giving me all the old bats he had and a huge bucket of tee balls.  It was really nice of him to do that.

Evan saw some of his friends and then he met some more. He went out to the playground with two boys and they played for a while.

After the registration, I came home and Noah was playing Wii.  I played with him for a bit.

We stopped by someone's house in the neighborhood who has a covered porch and looked at that for some ideas.

When we got home, we went in the cul-de-sac.  At the registration, they sell used baseball equipment as part of a fundraiser.  Evan wanted a catcher's glove for $10.  So I got it for him.  Noah rode his scooter while Evan and I had a catch with it.  He wanted me to pitch to him while he caught.

We went to dinner at Trudy's though Noah only ate a bit of his food and Evan decided he didn't want anything.  Of course when we got home, they both were hungry.

They already has baths and they are brushing their teeth.

Until next time...

Many Activities

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Evan was not sore this morning.  In fact, he was in a great mood and was very playful before school.

Noah got up and played Wii for a while.  Rachel eventually got him to go outside with her and play some baseball.

At 12:30, Cole came over.  They played Wii for a while and then went into the cul-de-sac and rode their scooters.

Rachel picked Evan up with Noah and they got ice cream.  We had a gift certificate that was going to expire today.

When Evan came home, he played baseball for a bit and then did his homework.

Noah had a game at 5:45 and Evan had practice at 6pm.  Rachel was tutoring.  One parent could take Evan if we dropped him off at their place, but the boy on Evan's team had swimming before that.  So Rachel dropped Evan off at their place on her way to tutoring.

Around 5, I took Noah to his baseball game.  He really did well in the field.  In left field he stopped a ball and threw it to second.  They almost got the boy out.  It would have been Noah's first assist.  He also ran really well on a ball hit to the outfield when he was on first.  He didn't hesitate at second.  He picked up the third base coach and kept going and ended up scoring.  It was one of his best games of the season.

From there, we went over and watched the last 30 minutes of Evan's practice.  He was being aggressive as usual.  He slid into home and got a scrape and a cut on his ankle.  The coach told Evan that he loved Evan's cut.   It showed he was playing hard.

On the way home we picked up McDonald's for the boys.  They finished their food on before we got home.

I put the boys to bed although they are not sleeping.

Until next time...

Weekend with Grandma and Papa

We forgot to write the blog yesterday.  We had a busy day with sports.  Evan had a basketball game.  Noah had baseball practice, and later in the day Evan had baseball practice.

At night Morry and I went out while the boys went with Grandma and Papa to meet Aunt Susan for dinner.

Today, I tutored late morning.

Morry did some work at home.

When I got home I took the boys to play in the cul-de-sac.  Nathan came out to play with Evan.

Grandma and Papa left to go back to Dallas.

For dinner we had fondue again with the leftovers.

For dessert we went to TCBY.

Morry is reading to the boys now and then we'll put them to bed.

Shmevan

This morning Noah was in a good mood and I had to problems taking him to school. He was happy to see me at pick up.  He and Cole made a dragon out of a box.  I'm guessing for the Chinese New Year?

Gabby came over and took Noah to get Evan. 

I tutored just one student today.

When I got home I took the kids in the cul-de-sac for a little bit.  Evan played basketball and Noah rode his scooter.  When we got home the boys played outside in the backyard.

Shmevan made an appearance today.  All of the sudden Evan got real cranky this afternoon and remained cranky the rest of the day.   He was complaining about everything.  That's really not like him.

For dinner we had grilled chicken.

After dinner we gave the boys showers and Noah insisted on giving Lizzy a shower too.  So, we washed Lizzy and then got the boys cleaned.

Both boys are in their rooms now. We are wiped out.

Noah's day with Cole

This morning Noah and I stayed at home.  He didn't want to go for a walk.  We just took it easy.  We read together.  He really liked the poems from Where the Sidewalk Ends and The New Kid on the Block. 

Cole came over and I took the boys in the cul-de-sac for a little while.  They both rode their scooters.  We came home and they played together some more until it was time to pick up the siblings from school.  Cole's mom came to pick him up and left to get Evan.  Noah was able to stay at home since Morry was working from home this afternoon.

Evan was happy at pick up.

For dinner we had leftovers and then I went to tutor.

Morry got the boys ready for bed.

I came home around 9:30.  The boys were all ready for bed, but greeted me at the door from the garage.  They didn't seem very tired.

Let's hope they get some sleep now.

Cul-de-sac afternoon

Noah was in a good mood this morning and seemed happy to be at school.  I got some thing done around the house.  I cleaned, organized. I also took Lizzy for a walk.

After I picked up Noah Gabby came over.  Noah and Gabby picked up Evan from school and I left to tutor.

I got home earlier than normal today since I had a cancellation. 

When I got home the boys and I went in the cul-de-sac to play some basketball and see if Nathan was home.

Nathan was not home, but we saw Gabriela, Sebastian, and Santiago.  They came in the cul-de-sac with us.  Nathan came home and then he joined the kids.  For a while Evan, Nathan, and Nathan's dad played some basketball.  The kids seemed to all have fun.  It was a nice day outside and it was fun talking to the neighbors too.

At home I gave the boys dinner.

Morry just got home from a meeting.  We'll put the boys to bed soon and then eat our dinner.

Hello Sun

After a couple days of rain we finally got some sun today.

Noah and I spent the morning at home and then went to his gym class.  I returned a few items to Walmart and Kohls during his class and still saw a little of the end of the class.  Noah had fun and was in a good mood.

When we got home I asked Noah if he wanted to take a walk, but he said no.  We stayed at home until it was time to get Evan.

Evan was happy to see us at pickup.  He said he had a good day.

This afternoon I took the kids the in the cul-de-sac.  Evan rode his bike and Noah rode a scooter.

For dinner we had leftovers.

Now we are getting the boys ready for bed.