Cars 2

The boys were pretty good this morning playing on their own in the game room.

Morry took Evan and Noah to see Cars 2. I stayed at home to get some rest and relax.

Morry and the boys had a good time. Morry said Noah got really excited before the movie. They had a Toy Story short.

As they were coming home I got lunch ready. I made blueberry muffins.

Noah took a long nap this afternoon.

For dinner, we made pasta at home.

After dinner we went to Wendy's to get Frosties for dessert.

We are about to put the boys to bed.

Unpleasant

Today was not very pleasant.

Noah was especially whiny and crying today. It took me about 2 hours to finally eat my breakfast. I kept trying to eat it, but would get interrupted, mostly by Noah.

I planned on taking the boys and Lizzy to the lake. I had everything packed and ready, but it took us a few hours to finally get out of the house. Noah was fighting getting dressed.

Once we were at the lake, the boys were pretty good until the end of the walk. Noah threw a major fit.

At home, during lunch Evan got in trouble and I had to put him in time out. He wore himself out. When I went to check on him he was asleep in bed.

Noah must have worn himself out today too with all his crankiness. He ended up napping too.

For dinner we had cornbread casserole. The boys didn't eat much of their dinner. Noah threw a fit about wanting a hot dog. Almost every time I make him a hot dog, he doesn't end up eating it and then Lizzy gets to it. That's what happened at lunch. When I took my eyes off the plate for a minute to take Evan upstairs for time out Lizzy ate Noah's hot dog. Anyway, somehow Noah convinced Morry to make him a hot dog, but guess what... he didn't eat it.

We had to run out to Red Box to drop off a rented movie. After dropping it off we went to Wendy's to get Frosties. Evan and Noah didn't eat much of theirs.

We just put the boys to bed. Let's hope tomorrow is a better day than today.

Poor Little Noah

Last night was a tough night again. Noah woke up around 4am and wouldn’t go back to sleep. Morry and Grandma/Lynn took turns holding him until the morning. Care now, a walk- in doctor’s office, opened at 9am. We made a web appointment and they were able to see Noah right when it opened. We were concerned because Noah wasn’t taking his medicine or eating or drinking anything. He was extremely fussy. Morry took him in and they gave Noah 2 shots- one antibiotic and one cortisone. The cortisone was to help his throat feel better. The doctor also said his ear was red and we needed to continue the antibiotics at home.

For lunch Papa/Lenny picked up deli sandwiches and soup for us. Then, we packed up the car and drove back to Austin.

The ride home was not fun. Noah was complaining and crying a lot of the way.

For dinner I picked up Little Caesars. Evan ate very well. Noah still wouldn’t eat anything, so after dinner we went to Wendy’s to get Frosty’s. Noah ate most of his Frosty. At least he ate something today.

We tried giving Noah is antibiotic before bed tonight, but he just spit it out. I’m not sure how to get him to take it. He keeps spitting it out. We can’t mix it with food or drink because he’s not eating or drinking anything.

It seems like Noah is asleep now, but Evan is still up.

Another Sunday

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, Evan got up around 7:10. I got him breakfast and set him up in the gameroom. Like yesterday, when the movie finished, he continued to play and didn't come in the room to get us up. It let us sleep a little more which was nice.

We got downstairs and played some. I made fried matzoh for the boys and me, while Rachel had hard-boiled eggs.

The Steelers were on after that. Rachel took Evan and Noah for a walk during the first half. Evan walked some of the way, but she ended up pushing both of them for most of the walk. She said it was tough but she was able to do it. She didn't take Lizzy as that would have been too hard.

After the game, everyone went down for a nap and Dmitriy came over. I have not been able to get my new work computer to connect to the VPN from home. I can connect to the VPN from elsewhere. It's a Mac and Dmitriy offered to come over and look into the situation. He was here for about 2 hours but we did get it working.

I made myself a hamburger for dinner and we had the twice-baked potatoes my friend Jeff had made for us as a side. Rachel was finally able to eat without being in too much pain. She said she has been really hungry.

After dinner, we went to Wendy's for Frosties. Noah and Evan each had their own. Noah could not sit still in the booth. He was standing or sitting or crawling behind Evan. But he did manage to eat a lot of his Frosty. Evan ate his entire Frosty.

We gave the boys baths when we got home and they are now in bed.

Until next time...

Tutoring and Wendy’s

This morning Evan was crying for Daddy when he heard the garage door open. I tried to get him to go back to sleep, but was not successful.

For breakfast I cut up fruit and we ate outside in the backyard. Evan and Noah seemed to enjoy that. Noah liked sitting in the big chair by himself.

Later in the morning I took Evan and Noah with me to send back our broken Blue Ray player.

We ate lunch and then Blanca came over. I tutored this afternoon and got home around 5.

When Morry got home, we didn’t feel like making dinner so we went to Wendy’s. Evan and Noah were very well behaved there. Evan ate all of his nuggets. Noah ate mostly fruit. Since Evan had a good dinner we let him get a small kid’s frosty.

We just put the boys to bed, but both are still making noises.

Last Day of School

Evan woke up early again and Morry got him set up in the game room before he left for work.

We were late getting to school this morning. Noah slept until about 9:30. I didn’t want to wake him up. I let him sleep until 9:30 and finally I woke him up so I could get Evan to school.

Riley came over from 10-12. Noah cried for about the first 30 minutes, but then he eventually calmed down. I did a lot of cleaning while Riley was here. It had been a while since the house was really cleaned. I cleaned the bathrooms, vacuumed and mopped the whole house, dusted, … I did that all in about the 2 hours Riley was here. I was really exhausted by the time she left. Right after Riley left, Noah and I went to Evan’s school. It was Evan’s last day of school (until September), so they had a little pizza party. Noah had a great time with all the big kids. He even sat at the table with them for lunch. After lunch the kids had cupcakes and cookies. Both Evan and Noah loved the cookies. Who knows how many Evan ate.

When we got home I put Evan and Noah down for naps. Noah fell asleep pretty much right away. It started raining (finally) pretty hard and we had some thunder and lightening. Evan got scared and didn’t want to take a nap, so I let him watch TV for a little bit. Then, I tried again to put him down for a nap, but he refused. I was really tired and needed a nap so, I let him watch tv in the game room while I tried to lie down. A few minutes later Evan was in our room because he heard thunder. I asked if he wanted to come in bed, but he said no. He ended up falling asleep on the floor in our room. As soon as Evan fell asleep Noah woke up.

I brought Noah downstairs and tried to fold laundry. It took me about 4 times as long as usual because Noah kept grabbing clothes I had already folded.

Evan got up and while Evan and Noah played I got dinner ready.

Morry came home and we had corned beef and potatoes for dinner.

For dessert we went to Wendy’s for Frosties. We had 2 $1 off coupons and a $5 gift card I had won a while ago, but just got in the mail a few days ago. So, we had free dessert and still have $1something left on the card.

We just put Evan and Noah to bed and it seems to be quiet.

Park and Wii Baseball

This morning Evan was in a bad mood. He only wanted Daddy. Grandma, Papa, and I all tried to get him dressed. I was letting Morry sleep in, and finally I just went in and got Evan dressed whether he liked it or not. At that point he was crying for Daddy because Morry was in the shower. After I got Evan dressed I let him go in our room and see Morry.

Papa made us breakfast this morning and then he and Grandma drove back to Dallas.

We went to the Circle C Park for a little bit. It was hot out, but not too bad in the shade. When we pulled up there were only 2 other cars there. I guess most people wanted to be indoors today. Evan and Noah had fun at the park.

We came home and the boys took really good naps.

While we were getting the pasta ready for dinner, I helped Evan play baseball on the wii. He was really doing well. He was able to watch the screen and hit the baseball in the video game. I was pretty impressed that he had the eye-hand coordination for that. He wasn’t hitting all of them, but I’d say about 30% or so.

We had spaghetti for dinner and then went to Wendy’s for dessert. Morry, Evan, and I got Frosties. Noah ate about half of mine.

We just put the boys to bed. Last night Evan was up really late because people were shooting off fireworks in our neighborhood and he was scared. We just heard more fireworks going off. I went outside, but couldn’t tell who was doing it. It wasn’t anyone on our street. I hope it ends soon and I hope it doesn’t bother Evan again.

Long Oil Change

It was another rainy and cold day. We stayed inside this morning. Yenis, her mom, and Kevin came over for about 30 minutes to play until it was time for us to leave.

We met Morry at Lambs to get my oil changed. When it’s time for oil changes, we normally meet Morry and go to lunch while we wait for the car. This time we went over to Chick-Fil-A and ate a quick lunch. At Chick-Fil-A Evan asked for ice cream. We told him if he was good the rest of the day we’d get ice cream after dinner.

Morry had to be back at work for a meeting. We got back to Lambs after about an hour and the car still hadn’t been serviced. Since Morry had to go to work, I just sat at Lambs with the boys. They told us it would be about another 30 minutes. Well, an hour later my car was finally ready. That was the worst hour ever. Since it was rainy we couldn’t even go outside. They just have a small area with chairs to sit on inside. Evan was very well behaved, but Noah was horrible. He screamed and cried almost the whole time. I tried everything – food, juice, pacifier, diaper change (on the floor since there was no changing station). I don’t know what took so long. I’m sure the crying was driving other people nuts as well. They shouldn’t have made us wait so long. When the car was finally ready I asked if something was wrong with the car because it took so long. They said the car was fine and that it was in the middle of the line and they were waiting on another car to finish, or something like that. When I finally got the boys in the car Noah fell asleep right away. We didn’t get home until about 2:45.

I put Evan and Noah down for naps and they both slept well.

For dinner we went to Hula Hut. Rainy days are the best times to go there. Sometimes you can end up waiting an hour or 2 on a nice day. Since it’s on the lake and most people go for the view, you don’t have to wait long on a rainy day. We got seated right away. Evan and Noah were very good at the restaurant. Both boys ate a ton. We ordered a fried shrimp kids meal for Evan. At first he wouldn’t eat the shrimp. I think he didn’t really realize it was shrimp, even though we told him. As soon as we took the breading off, he ate it up. Evan ate chips, cheese, tortillas, the shrimp, rice, and fruit. Noah had baby food, cheese, a leftover biscuit from last night, chips, and fruit.

After dinner we decided to go to TCBY for ice cream/yogurt since Evan was really good today. When we got there, the store was closed, for good. We felt bad since we told Evan he could have ice cream so we tried to think of other places we could go. We ended up a Wendy’s to get Frosties. In the car Evan kept saying he wanted cherry ice cream or cherries in his ice cream. At Wendy’s we asked if there was a way they could put a cherry on Evan’s kid’s frosty. The guy was very nice and put 2 cherries on top of Evan’s frosty. He was very excited and Evan thanked the guy. It was cute. We spent a long time at Wendy’s, but Evan did end up eating all of his Frosty. Noah ate a lot too. Noah would do the “more” sign before he even swallowed all the ice cream in his mouth.

We got home somewhat late and just put the boys to bed. I hope they sleep since they ate all that ice cream.

Day After the Super Bowl

Morry took Jack/Zayde to the airport early this morning. Morry wore his Steelers gear to work today. Do you think he was proud of his team?

Evan and Noah woke up around 8am. This morning I took the boys and Lizzy for a run. I ran about 3 miles (35min). It was tough, but I’m glad I did it.

When we got back I colored my hair brown (temporarily). I needed to do something since my roots were showing. So, I decided to try brown this time. I put a movie on in our room for the boys to watch while I did my hair and showered. They were both very good. Noah played in his exersaucer and Evan watched some of the Netflix Watch Instantly movies that you can watch on to the computer for free with a Netflix membership. They had some fire truck kid’s show and Polar Express Movie that Evan chose to watch.

After that we ate lunch. Well, I should say Noah and I ate lunch, but Evan wasn’t eating much. Blanca came at 1:30. At 2:00 I did a study for AT&T. They had me install some wireless router using the directions they provided and talk about how easy/hard I thought it was to install. I got paid $75 for 45 minutes.

When I got home around 3:15pm the boys were napping and I was able to nap a little bit too.

For dinner Morry made tacos and rice.

After dinner we went to Wendy’s for Frosties. It had been a while since we got ice cream. Evan got his own kid’s size Frosty. He did very well eating the frosty. Hardly any of it spilled. Noah had a little of mine and Evan’s. Evan enjoyed feeding Noah very tiny amounts of Frosty.