Catching Up

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Today was the first day in a while that I had no meetings scheduled.  I was looking forward to today so that I could catch up on work or even making phone calls or things I needed to take care of for the house.

Evan went with Rachel to school today.  He works with Dio on Tuesdays and Thursdays. He seems to be enjoying it.  Rachel buys bagels from Einstein Bros Bagels on the way to school.

I took Evan to his baseball practice late this afternoon.  On the way, we stopped and picked up his teammate Ethan.  Ethan's mom picked them up from practice and brought them home.

Noah, Rachel and I had ham for dinner tonight.  We had made it the other night for dinner but there was enough left over for another full dinner.

The boys are upstairs playing on the Playstation 5.  The latest version of the boys' favorite game, MLB the Show, is being released tonight at 11pm.  They are staying up to play it some.

Until next time...

Another Monday and Tuesday

 Yesterday, I was busy even though I didn't go to my school.   I usually use Mondays to catch up, do lesson plans, and get things ready for the week.  

I tutored in the afternoon.

We ate ham for dinner and then Evan and Morry went to Evan's baseball lesson.

Today I Zoom tutored and then went to school.  It was colder than is has been this morning and I needed to wear a sweatshirt to teach outside.

When I got home I went for a walk.

I Zoom tutored again this afternoon and Noah had his Hebrew lesson with Grandma.

For dinner Morry and the kids had steak and I had fish.

Then Morry and I took a walk.

Now we will relax some before going to bed. 

Trees Trimmed

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

On Wednesdays, Rachel tutors online early in the morning.  So she is up and ready to tutor by 8am.  In addition to that, on this particular Wednesday, she had to get to school a bit early to help one of her students, so she left immediately after finishing her tutoring.

My morning was busy but I didn't have meetings until the afternoon.

During one of my meetings, the doorbell rang.  Rachel had called a tree service to come trim the trees around the sidewalk.  With Halloween this weekend, we wanted to make sure the sidewalks were clear.  He was able to trim the trees today which was nice.  I thought we'd just get an estimate, but he came prepared.

Rachel got home before the trees were finished so she could approve.  After that, Rachel laid down before more tutoring.

Evan and Rachel left shortly before 6 so Evan could go to bullpens and Rachel could tutor a student near the baseball facility.  Noah and I stayed home and we watched a movie.

For dinner, we had leftover ham.

The boys are upstairs playing on the Playstation.

Until next time...

Feels Like Winter

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

A cold front came through recently and it brought rain and cold temperatures.  The high today was 50 degrees.  It was in the 40s this morning when we got up and drizzling so we drove Noah to the trail.

I worked from home for a while.  Rachel wanted to run so she ran on the treadmill.

I went into HomeAway later in the morning for a meeting in the morning and then one in the afternoon.

Rachel left later to go teach.

I wasn't home in time to get Noah so Rachel drove to the trail with Chewie to pick Noah up.  I got home just after Evan got home.

Rachel tutored in the afternoon.  Minutes after she came back, Evan and I left to go to his catching practice.

For dinner, we had ham and baked potatoes.

The boys are about to get ready for bed.

Until next time...

Quite Busy

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Tuesday and Thursdays are Rachel's early days going to school, so just Noah and I walked to school (and Chewie of course).  Rachel was gone by the time I got back home.

I was home for a little while before I went into Touch To.  At lunch time, I went and looked at a car for a long time friend who lives out of state.  She's interested in a used car here in Austin and is willing to fly in to get it but asked if I could help out.  The car was nice.  I took pictures and gave her a report.  I don't know what she'll do.

I stopped by HEB on my way home and got some things for dinner.  Rachel got home shortly before me.

Rachel had to go to tutoring so just Chewie and I walked to school to get Noah.

I had a couple phone meetings in the afternoon.

For dinner we had ham and I grilled corn on the cob.

The boys are upstairs.  They'll get ready for bed soon.

Until next time...

Mid Week

This morning we walked to school.  Our neighbors, the Marquarts, were walking at the same time, we we walked with them.  They have a cute little puppy that walked too and it was very interested in Lizzy.  Lizzy seemed really happy the whole walk.

I took it easy at home and did some work.  Morry went into Aaron's.

We walked to pick up the kids from school.

Morry and Evan left for baseball practice around 4:45.  The plan was for Noah and I to go get him a haircut.  He didn't want to go. He threw a fit and insisted we not go today.  I just didn't feel like fighting any more.  I tried to convince him and gave him reasons on why we should go today, but he just didn't want to go.  Obviously, I'm not very happy about that.

For dinner we had leftover ham and couscous.

The boys will be getting ready for bed soon.

Everyone Is Tired

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Everyone was tired when we got up this morning.  I actually let Evan sleep about 20 minutes longer than I normally do trying to let him get as much sleep as possible.

We had Camp Gladiator this morning.  It is Endurance week which was particularly difficult after a busy weekend.  Both Rachel and I did reasonably well though.

Both Rachel and I had phone meetings when we got home.

It was warmer than I expected on our walk to get the boys this afternoon.

The boys played outside in the afternoon.

We had ham for dinner and baked potatoes for dinner.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...

Costco

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning the boys watched the end of Harry Potter.

After that, we decided to make a quick run to Costco.  Well as quick you can possibly go at Costco on a Sunday.  The boys and I split up from Rachel to make it go faster.  I think, all-in-all, we did well.  We bought the boys food for lunch there.  Evan had pizza and Noah had a 1/4 LB hot dog.  Noah ate the whole thing.

In the afternoon, I did some work and Rachel cleaned up.  She threw out a bunch of stuff in the game room and boxed up a bunch of stuff that we'll put in the attic.  We pulled out the big old 36" TV and we'll either give it away or for the next bulk trash pick up put it out on the curb.  We moved the TV from our bedroom into the game room and moved the Wii U up to the game room.  Now the boys don't have to fight over the TV.

The boys also had clean up day.  There wasn't too much fighting although the clean up took forever.

For dinner we had ham and rice.

The boys are ready for bed and in their room.

Until next time...

Foggy Day

I was planning on taking the boys to the lake today, but it was foggy and drizzly this morning. We went over to Lamb’s to get my windshield wipers fixed. The other day one of the wiper blades just fell off. Since it was rainy today I had to go over there and get it fixed. After Lamb’s we went to the bank. As soon as we walked in Evan started asking for a lollipop. The teller asked him what color he wanted and he said red. By the time I finished depositing my checks and cash Evan had finished his lollipop.

When we got home Noah was really tired so I put him down for a nap. He slept for about an hour while Evan watched Toy Story. For lunch I made Evan sports mac and cheese. While I was getting it ready he ate a ton of pistachio nuts. He kept asking for more. Noah ate well at lunch, but just ate some mac and cheese. That was about it.

I put them down for naps, but didn’t get to take a nap myself since it seemed like one of them was always up. Once Evan fell asleep Noah started making noise. I had to go in his room, change him, and feed him to get Noah back to sleep.

Pretty soon after Morry got home the boys woke up from the naps. We took them outside and I gave them haircuts.

Then, we had dinner. I made crock pot Coke Ham. It was pretty good. We had some dinner rolls with it. Usually Evan eats ham, but for some reason he wouldn’t eat it tonight. He ended up just eating some Lunchables.

Noah went from a crawling position to sitting today all on his own. When I got him from his nap I watched him sit all by himself.

Evan and Noah are in bed now. It seems quiet.

More Antibiotics

I took Evan and Noah to the doctor today. Both have had runny noses and coughs since last week. We were worried about Noah since he had pneumonia before and we wanted to make sure he didn’t have it again. With Evan, we wanted to make sure he didn’t have a sinus infection again.

We had to wait a while to see the doctor, but both Evan and Noah did well in the waiting room. First they weighed the boys. Evan weighed 35 lbs and Noah was 23 lbs. The doctor examined Noah first. She listed to his chest and thought it sounded fine. Then she looked in his ear and right away said, “He’s got an ear infection.” She checked Noah’s other ear and that ear also had an infection. So, Noah has a double ear infection. She said she didn’t want to do a chest x-ray unless absolutely necessary, but she doubted he had pneumonia. She said if he did happen to have a light case the antibiotics from the ear infection would clear it up.

Then, the doctor checked Evan. She believes he still has the same sinus infection that never went away from before. So, Evan is on antibiotics too.

I’m so ready for us all to be healthy again. We have been sick since the end of October. It has been one thing after another.

We didn’t do much today besides the trip to the doctor.

Evan and Noah took good naps and woke up right before Morry got home. For dinner we had ham and also chicken noodle soup. We got a pre-cooked and sliced ham from HEB that just needed to be heat up. Evan ate a ton. He loved it.

For Hanukkah tonight Evan got his Toy Story present from us. We gave him Toy Story figures and a Toy Story shirt. Noah got a piano like toy from us. Evan and Noah liked their gifts from Mike and Jen. Evan got a soft Wall-E doll and Noah got a soft Cars doll.