Long Bike Ride

Late morning, Evan and I went for a bike ride.   He wanted to go for a long ride and ride to Wholy Bagel.   We ended up riding for 17.2 miles.  We went to the bagel shop, around the trail at the park, to see the old house, and back home.  We had a nice time.

We took it easy this afternoon.

Around 5:00 we dropped Evan off at Grandma and Papa's house and then went to HEB.

Morry, Noah, and I ate dinner at home and then walked to pick up Evan.

Now the boys are playing video games. 

It's their last week to relax some before school starts on Monday.

Here are some pictures from today.

Group Bike Ride

This morning, at 7 am Evan and I met Papa at Dick Nichols park for the Mamma Jamma training ride.  You could choose the 20-mile or 37-mile bike ride.  We went with the 20-mile ride.  Evan did very well, but since we were going slower than most of the other people, we did one less loop and only went 16.5 miles, still a good distance.  It was a nice time.

We mostly took it easy at home today.  The kids knew they needed to clean up today, but still put up a big fight about it.

For dinner, we ordered pizza from Pizza Hut and watched the Sixth Sense.  The kids had not seen it before.  They said they liked it.

Now the boys are getting ready for bed.

Grandma and Papa Arrive

This morning we all went to the park for a little while.  After that, we ate lunch outside at Santa Rita.

In the afternoon we sat/played in the backyard.

Grandma and Papa got here around 3pm.

We had a pizza party at the house tonight.  Uncle Marvin, Aunt Sandy, Joel, and Jacob came over and we had Home Slice for dinner.

All of the kids are getting ready for bed now.

Noah Picks the Park

This morning I asked Noah what he wanted to do today before Cole came over.  He said he wanted to go to the park.  I gave him a few choices of parks and he chose Dick Nichols. 

We played on the playground and then walked the path around the park for a little bit.

I gave Noah lunch at home and then Cole came over.  Today, they played GeoTrax most of the time.  They made a huge track in Noah's room that extended out to the hallway.  They thought that was pretty funny.

Noah stayed at home while I got Evan from school.  Evan and Morry drove this morning because Evan wanted to be able to walk the "shortcut" with Jack after school.  There's a path that's not a shortcut that goes around the pond in the back of the school and comes out where you park in the neighborhood.  They call it a shortcut for some reason.  Anyway, I drove to get Evan and was happy to take the "shortcut" with Jack to where we parked the car.

Blanca came over and I tutored.

Morry gave the boys dinner and then we ate crockpot chicken when I got home.

Morry's reading to the boys now.

Parents' Getaway

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

For Hanukkah, Grandma and Papa paid for a Parents' Getaway deal that through Plum District for the Horseshoe Bay Resort.  The deal included two nights at the hotel, dinner for two one night, breakfast both mornings, a massage for each of us, and dessert delivered to the room each night.  So Grandma and Papa came on Friday afternoon when Rachel was picking Noah up from school.  Noah was very happy to see them when he got back.  Then everyone except for me walked to pick Evan up from school.  When they returned, Rachel and I packed up the car and left.

Grandma and Papa took Evan and Noah to Mangieri's for dinner.  They had tried to go to Waterloo Ice House but there was an hour wait.  The boys ate well.  Evan informed Grandma and Papa that there was an ice cream place next to Waterloo.  So they went there afterwards.  The boys got bubblegum ice cream but then decided they didn't like it.

On Saturday morning, they went to Dick Nichols Park.  They walked around the trail there which is about a mile. Noah and Evan each walked.  Then they went to Circle C Park for a picnic lunch.  The boys played on the playground there.

For dinner they went to Cheddar's.  They were seated fairly quickly.  The waiter came and took their order.  When the food was delivered, Grandma's food was wrong.  They took it back to get her the right meal.  Unfortunately, everyone finished their food and she never got her meal.  The manager, apparently, took a while to handle the situation right.  At first she wanted to "comp" the meal - which made no sense considering the meal had yet to be delivered.  Eventually they got the food to go.

Today, Gabby came to take care of Evan and Noah while Grandma and Papa went to Hillel.  Everyone got home around the same time - about 3pm today.

I made pasta for dinner for the boys and me.  We called the boys down for dinner and only Evan came.  Noah threw a fit and didn't want to come down.  Eventually it go quiet upstairs.  Noah feel asleep in the game room.  After dinner, we tried to move Noah to his bed but he woke up in a terrible mood.  Evan is in bed now, but Noah is downstairs eating his dinner.

Until next time...

Evan and Mommy

This morning we went to the gym. We got a late start so I only had enough time to run/walk on the treadmill for about 30 minutes. Gabby was coming over to the house at 11:30 and I wanted to make sure we were back in time.

We got home a few minutes before Gabby. Evan and Noah played with Gabby for a few minutes while I got Noah’s lunch ready. Then, Evan and left and Gabby took care of Noah. I thought it would be good for Evan and I to spend some time together.

First I had a few things to get at CVS. Then, we went to the park. I brought Evan’s bike in the car. I wanted him to practice riding his bike and feel more comfortable on it. The park we went to has a nice paved path that’s maybe a mile long. At first Evan needed help with the littlest hills. I had to push his back to get him going. By the end he hardly needed any help. He rode his bike around the whole path. We had to stop at each of those exercise areas so he could do flips on the bars.

Here’s a video…

When we got home I made smoothies for us and then put Noah down for a nap.

For dinner we had Fix and Freeze bbq chicken and couscous.

We gave the boys baths and got them ready for bed. They are supposed to be sleeping now, but they are both still awake. Evan just went in Noah’s room to him his water.