Rain + School Day 2 and 3

We have had a ton of rain the last few days.  It cooled off and we had a high in the 60s today.

I had to move my last class indoors yesterday because it started to thunder and lightning.

School is going well for everyone.  The boys aren't complaining too much.  Noah gets lots of long breaks, which is good.

Today I tutored in the morning and then again in the afternoon.

I'm considering selling my blog and got a preliminary valuation of my site.  Tonight I spoke on the phone with a friend who sold her site last year and she gave me some great advice as well as the agent she used.

After dinner, Morry and I took a short walk with Chewie.  We saw a couple of deer running around and then saw a car hit one of them!  It ran off, so I hope that was a good sign.  

Well.. not much else is happening around here.

Dark in the Mornings

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

It is quite dark in the mornings now as we walk to school.  By the time we get to the trail it has really gotten lighter though.  Next week, after the time change, it will be light as we walk to school.

This morning, Rachel stayed with Lizzy while I walked the boys into school.  As I was walking back up the hill, I heard rustling and a huge deer jumped out of the brush about 20 feet in front of me.  That deer was followed by a second deer who stumbled and started to roll down the hill towards me.  A third deer came flying out and jumped over the deer rolling.  I just tried to get out of the way as fast as I could.  Lizzy saw the deer and started pulling Rachel to go after them.

Both Rachel and I stayed home during the day.

It was pretty nice out with a nice wind when we walked to pick the boys up from school.

Rachel tutored this evening.  She got home a bit later so I made dinner for the boys.  Rachel and I ate when she got back.

Noah and Rachel are reading now.  Then the boys will go to bed.

Below is video of Evan pulling a flag from the very fast boy on the other team on Saturday.  For some reason Evan didn't like that boy and the game was very tense.  You can see Evan throw the flag to the ground as if he's dropping a microphone.  You can see his teammates very excited for him.

Until next time....

Nice Day – Lots of Treats

This morning, after getting the boys dressed and fed we all got in the car. I had to make a quick stop at the library and then we went to the zoo.

When we first got to the zoo the boys wanted to see the goats. We were able to go in the fenced in section and pet some of the goats. The boys thought it was funny when one of the goats started peeing. They both jumped back really quickly. We fed the goats and deer, then saw the pigs. About that time Evan and Noah said they were ready for lunch. We found a picnic table in the shade and ate our picnic lunch. The boys ate well and were well behaved so we all got shaved iced from the little stand. Evan and Noah shared a bubble gum flavored one. I had strawberry. By the time they were done with their shaved ices it was getting late so we left to go home. We have a membership to the zoo and it’s pretty close to our house, so it’s nice being able to go there for a little bit and not feel like we have to spend the whole day there.

It took Noah a while to fall asleep for his nap.

For dinner we went to Trattoria Lisina. It worked out really well. The boys ate a lot of pizza and then we all got gelato for dessert.

We just put the boys to bed, but Noah is still talking at his gate.

The Zoo

Last night it was very windy and Lizzy woke us up around 3am. She was whining and shaking. Something was really scaring her. She acted like this last time it was really windy out. There is a tree that was scraping the window when the wind blew and we believe it was making a noise that she didn’t like.

This morning we were woken by the dog next door. The barking was better for a while, but suddenly he has started barking more.

The weather was very nice today. I wanted to do something outside with Evan and Noah. I asked Evan where he wanted to go. I gave him a few choices and he chose the zoo.

At the zoo we bought a bag of animal food for $1. They have a few different cages where you can feed and/or go in with the animals. We stopped first at the goats and sheep. Evan fed some of them and we went in the fence with the goats. Noah liked petting the goat.

Then, we rode the train. They have a little 15 minute train ride that goes around the outside of the zoo. You don’t see many animals, but lots of nice scenery. Evan and Noah loved the train. There was a mom and two little girls sitting behind us and Noah kept turning around to smile at them.

Next, Evan said he wanted to see the pigs. We watched the pigs for a while and then went to other parts of the zoo. Evan found the monkeys most interesting. We sat there for a while. Evan also liked the parrot (or some kind of talking bird). He thought it was very funny when the parrot would say, “hello” or meow like a cat. After we saw all the animals we went back to the area where you can feed them. Evan fed the deer for a long time.

Evan was very well behaved the whole time at the zoo. When it was time to leave, he didn’t even throw a fit.

We came home for lunch and naps. Noah napped, but Evan didn’t.

I had a student come to the house from 5:00-6:30 and then we ate dinner.

Evan and Noah are playing with Morry now. We’ll put them to bed in a little bit.