Back to the Dentist

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Golf camp ended yesterday so we didn't have to get the boys ready for camp this morning.

At 11am, Evan had to go back to the dentist.  On our trip, two fillings fell out.  These fillings were fillings Evan received just before our trip.  We were not happy and ensured that the dentist would not charge us for having to go back.

I had to go to a meeting around lunch.  Then I had a meeting at the house at 1:30.

Rachel and the boys stopped at Wholy Bagel on the way home and picked up bagels.

Later in the afternoon, I took the boys to GameStop.  One of the games they had for the Wii U had stopped working.  I was able to trade the broken one in for a replacement so I didn't have to pay full price.  The woman was very nice and gave us a great deal.

We stopped at Yaghi's on the way home and picked up dinner.

After dinner, I went to a Rosary for the father of a boy that Evan played against in baseball.  This boy also filled in several times with the Marauders.  His father was killed in a car accident on Tuesday.  The funeral is tomorrow.  Evan will come with me to the funeral.

The boys are now in bed.

Until next time...

Chores

Hello everyone this is Morry.

When I woke up the boys and Rachel were already up which is unusual.  The boys were downstairs with the Wii.

I did a bit of work while the boys played and Rachel got brunch ready.

Rachel found an app that could keep track of chores/tasks that the boys do.  You can assigned monetary amounts for each thing.  So we came up with a set of tasks that the boys can do - some weekly, some daily, etc...  When they complete them they go to Rachel's iPad and check them off.  If we approve then that amount of money is registered with them.  If they misbehave we can go in and assess a penalty to them which would deduct some money from what they've earned.  At our discretion, they can cash out what they have earned and we can mark that they've cashed out.  The boys really liked this idea and have been super helpful today. We'll see how well that works long term.

In the afternoon, the boys and I went down to the cul-de-sac.  Evan skated around using Rachel's rollerblades and shot a ball into a makeshift hockey goal.

Later in the afternoon, we watched Jurassic Park.  The boys really enjoyed that.

Before dinner, we went to HEB and the boys picked out some things they'd like to bring to lunch.  This week the boys have golf camp.

We had dinner and then went for a walk.

The boys are upstairs now.

Until next time...