My Spring Break + Kayak

 This week and next is my Spring Break.

The boys have off next week.

Today, I went to Walmart to buy a kayak.  Last summer we wanted to buy a kayak but they were impossible to find.  They were either sold out or incredibly expensive.

I saw  Walmart had one on sale and went to get it.  Luckily, I was able to fit it in the car to bring it home.

Even though it's my Spring Break from my school, I still have tutoring.

I had a long afternoon/evening of tutoring.  I went from 4-7 and then again from 8:30-9:30.

During my tutoring break, we ate dinner.  Morry made flank steak and air fried french fries.  Everything was very good.

Now, I'm done working for the night and Morry and I will watch a TV show.

Really, Really Cold...No, Really

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

A cold spell the likes of which I have not seen since I moved to Austin in 1998 has hit.  The temperature really dropped starting on Wednesday night.  School on Friday was completely virtual for everyone, even those that had chosen to be in school. Evan had a scrimmage scheduled for Friday and Saturday and both were cancelled.  He also had his practice cancelled for tomorrow and his game on Tuesday cancelled. As i type this post, it is 17 degrees and it feels like 1 degree.

Friday, we stayed home mostly.  We had planned to take Rachel's car in for an oil change. There were accidents all over as overpasses and bridges had frozen.  So we decided not to go.  Just before dinner, Rachel and I did go to HEB to try to get essentials knowing it may be several days before we could go out.  HEB was a zoo.  It was a perfect storm, so to speak. People were there for Valentine's Day shopping.  People were picking up flowers and candy.  But then people were trying to stock up.  It was a mess.

Yesterday, we did nothing really.  Rachel and I did take Chewie for a walk.  There were some slick spots on the roads and even the sidewalks had some ice.  For dinner, I made ribs and we made fries in the air fryer.  Rachel then made a cookie cake.

The boys insisted on going outside this morning to play wiffleball.  In fact, they went out several times despite it being below freezing.  Rachel and I took Chewie for a walk, but the sidewalks were sheets of ice.  We ended up walking on the grass as much as we possible could.  Chewie didn't seem to have problems on the ice though.

By late afternoon it started to snow and since the ground was so cold, it started to accumulate.  We probably have a 1/2 inch to an inch now.  We don't have big flakes coming down but it's definitely snowing.  As it started to snow, Evan decided to make himself hot chocolate and sit outside watching it.  There is a picture of it below.  He also went on a mile run.  Why? I don't know.

For dinner, I made an orange chicken in the crock pot and some rice.

I can hear some ice hitting the windows right now.  I guess it's sleeting.

Until next time...

Another School Day

Morry took Evan to school and then went to some meetings.

After I took Noah to school I took Lizzy for a short walk. It was pretty cold out this morning. I got some things done around the house including getting dinner ready in the crockpot.

Noah had a good day at school.

We drove to pick Evan up from school since the path was probably muddy. It was misting at the time of pick up and there were a long line of cars waiting in the pick up line. I parked and Noah and I walked a little bit.

Blanca came over at 3:45 and I tutored.

For dinner we had Buffalo chicken and fries.

Morry is reading to the boys now and then they will hopefully go to sleep soon.

Sunday at Home

This morning I slept in while Morry took care of the boys. I’ve been extremely tired lately. I think having this cold makes things worse. My cold is getting better, but I still have a little bit of a headache and then I still have the issue with my hands as well.

The Steelers game was on at noon. Evan and Noah watched some of it with Morry and then we put them down for naps.

We met Melissa and Mike for dinner at BJs. On the way there Evan said he wanted a pizza with olives. We ordered that for him, but then he only wanted to eat Morry’s plain pizza. Morry ended up picking off the olives of Evan pizza and then Evan ate a slice of his own pizza. Noah ate a lot of Mike’s French fries.

We just put Evan and Noah to bed. I just had to go upstairs to help Evan wipe. Hopefully, he stays in bed now. We’ll see.

McDonalds

This morning Evan came in our room at 6:45am. Morry got Evan set up and went back to sleep for a little bit. I was able to sleep in this morning. Morry took care of the boys and let me rest some.

For lunch, we took the boys to McDonalds. Morry said they had been really good this morning. Also, we didn’t feel like making lunch.

Evan and Noah did really well at McDonalds. Evan ate his nuggets, the apples, cookies, and apple juice. Noah just ate a few French fries and some apples. After we ate we went outside on the playground. Every time Evan disappeared in one of the tunnels, Noah would call out for him. There was another boy there a few years older than Evan. Evan followed the boy around everywhere.

When we got home we put they boys down for naps. They both slept well.

For dinner we had Asian pasta. Evan ate some macaroni and cheese. Noah ate a little bit of mac and cheese.

After dinner Morry took Evan and Noah outside in the backyard while I cleaned up. While they were out there Evan hit the baseball over the fence into our neighbor’s yard (Dingo’s family). Morry took the boys over to their house to get the ball back. Morry said when they went in their backyard Evan ran over and started playing on their playscape. And when they walked through the house Evan wanted to touch and see everything.

Evan and Noah are upstairs in their rooms, but neither one is asleep yet.