Shopping with Noah

This morning Noah woke up early. Our neighbor's dog was barking and I'm guessing that woke him up.

Noah and I went to both Target and Walmart today. We got some Halloween clearance items, but also some other things for the house. While we were at Target I bought Noah popcorn and a hot dog at the little cafe they have there. He ate while we shopped.

We went straight from there to the Little Gym for Noah's sports class. Noah really had fun today. At the end of class they called the parents in for a game called "Smash the Cheese". Noah was very excited during the game.

We came home for just a little bit and then it was time to pick up Evan.

After school we went to the park with Evan's friend Ben, his mom, and his sister. We stayed there for about an hour.

When we got home it was rest time. Evan had a baseball game tonight and I wanted to make sure they got some downtime. They maybe had about 45 minutes or so.

Tonight was the first baseball playoff game. Evan's team won because the other team had to forfeit. They didn't have enough players. They still ended up playing a game, but it was just for fun. So now, Evan has another game tomorrow night. We weren't planning on that. That was a surprise.

I took the boys home and Morry picked up food for us from Blue Bamboo.

After dinner we had clean up night. The boys cleaned their rooms and the game room. I cleaned all of the floors both upstairs and downstairs. I mopped and vacuumed.

It was another long day.

The boys are in bed and it's pretty quiet upstairs.

Happy 4th!

This morning the boys were good. Noah slept in and Evan played quietly in the game room.

We went to Target and bought a few things. Then we went to the gym again.

I packed a lunch for all of us. When we first got there the boys had about 5 minute to play in the water before the safety break. At that time, we ate lunch. After lunch the boys had a great time playing the pool. Evan went down the slide multiple times. Noah loved jumping into the water like yesterday.

At home, Noah took a good, long nap.

We got dinner ready as the boys played outside. Morry grilled hot dogs for Noah and him. I had fish. Evan had shrimp. We also had corn on the cob and I made watermelon juice. We sat outside and used the fan we bought at Target. It seemed to mostly keep the bugs away.

While we cleaned up and got dessert ready, they boys cleaned up upstairs.

We sat outside again for dessert and ate our watermelon and meringue cookies.

Morry is reading to the boys now. They both kept saying how much fun they had today. They like July 4th now.

Farmer's Market

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Noah woke up in the middle of the night last night. At first he was crying that he had to pee and then he was crying that he wanted his door opened. His door wasn't full closed and he can open it himself, there's nothing stopping him. His gate was open already. And he can leave his room and get us if he needs help going to the bathroom. Rachel and I have decided he needs we will not give into these demands. If he wants to come in our room and ask us without whining or crying, we will help him. This went on for an hour or so. I do think he eventually went to the bathroom, or at least opened the door himself. His pull-up was dry this morning.

The boys got up and played in the game room some. Then Rachel got up and went for a run while I continued cleaning up the office upstairs and getting all my computer equipment set up. I'm just about finished.

Then we went to the Sunset Valley Farmer's Market. It didn't seem to be as big as it has been other times we went. It could have something to do with the high being around 103 degrees. We walked around and looked at the produce. We saw a demonstration of a screen printing (using all natural ink) on a t-shirt. Then we got water ice for the boys. Noah and I each got an all natural grass fed beef hot dog. It was pretty good. It was kind of spicy but Noah ate all of his. Then each boy picked out their own sweet bell pepper.

We got home and Rachel made lunch for herself and cut up the peppers for the boys. Evan ate his entire pepper.

After lunch, Evan and I went to a birthday party for a boy from his tee ball team. It was at the Little Gym where Evan used to have his sports class. He seemed to have a really good time. I had a good time talking to the dads.

When we got home, Noah not napping. Noah ended up playing in the game room with GeoTrax and Evan watched TV downstairs.

Gabby came over at 6:30 to babysit for the boys. Rachel and I drove up to the Domain and ate at a restaurant called Gloria's. We walked around a bit there and listened to a live band.

When we got home, Evan was still up. He wanted me to read a book to him. We finished the second Harry Potter book last night. I found my old copy of Mr. Popper's Penguins. I told Evan I would read that to him next. He has wanted to go see the movie. The funny thing about that book is I wrote my name in it - in first grade. So my handwriting was very child-like. It's amazing because Evan is almost that same age. It's kind of crazy.

Noah is sleeping. Let's hope he sleeps through the whole night.

Until next time...

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.

Swimming after Dinner

This morning the boys were good. I had planned on going to the gym, but it was taking a while to get everyone dressed and fed. We had plans to meet Morry for lunch and to get an oil change for my car. Instead of going to the gym we met Morry around 11:30am at Groovy Lube to drop off my car. Then, we went to lunch at Steak n Shake.

We didn’t really know what Steak n Shake was, but it was close to Groovy Lube. It turned out to be a great place for the kids. It’s kind of like a fast food diner. You sit down and are served at the table. They had cars made out of paper that you have to fold up and chef hats for the kids to wear. Evan and Noah ate well. Noah had hot dog and Evan had peanut butter and jelly.

After lunch we picked up my car and everything worked out well.

I thought maybe we’d go to the gym afterwards, but both boys were getting a little cranky. It was already 1:00, so I decided just to go home.

It took Noah a while to nap and he didn’t nap that long.

For dinner we made pasta and then went to the gym so the boys could go swimming. Evan and Noah had a great time. We were hoping it would wear them out. They are in their rooms now, but Noah is still making noise at his gate.

More Rain

This morning we hung out at home for a little bit and then I took Evan and Noah to Alena’s so I could get some stuff done.

Alena said they were good and had a nice time. Noah ate hotdogs at her house for lunch, but all Evan wanted was a banana. When we got home both boys had a little to eat and then I put Noah down for nap.

During nap time it started raining hard again. Evan wanted to turn all the lights on downstairs. It got really dark out and I think he was a little afraid. Noah slept though most of it.

When Morry got home it had stopped raining so he grilled a flank steak and we had couscous with it for dinner.

Evan and Noah are running around playing right now. In a few minutes we’ll get them ready for bed.

Playgroup

This morning we had playgroup at our house.  I made muffins and Evan helped put the cups in the muffin pan.

Morry was home again today and it was nice having his help with the boys.

After lunch Evan and Noah took good naps.  I was able to take a nap as well.

For dinner we went to Texas Land and Cattle.  Evan and Noah were very well behaved and ate well.  Evan ate all of his shrimp and Noah ate all of his hotdog, minus the  bun.

The boys are in bed now, but still up talking/playing.

Quick Swim

Evan woke up early and Morry got him fed and set up in the gameroom.

Noah woke up a little before 9am.

Evan told me he wanted to go to the pool today. Now that school has started the pool is only open in the morning for rec swim between 9am and 10am. I told him if we wanted to go we’d have to hurry up and get dressed. We managed to get to the pool around 9:30am. Evan and Noah were the other kids there at the baby pool. They turned on the spray things for us. About 15 minutes later another 3 year old boy showed up. We got out of the pool at 10 and sat at a picnic table and had some snacks. Then, we drove back home.

For lunch Noah ate a lot of hot dog, but Evan just had some yogurt with fruit mixed in.

Evan and Noah took good naps. Evan really needed it. He slept for about 4 hours!

I got dinner ready and in the oven so we could eat as soon as Morry got home. Morry was taking the boys to the school meeting and I had tutoring. We ate the cornbread casserole quickly and then left the house.

On my way home from tutoring I saw I had a voicemail. It was from the alarm company saying our alarm went off. Soon after Morry got home with the boys 2 police officers stopped by to make sure everything was ok. Morry said Evan just stood there staring at them.

I got home as the police were driving away.

We got the boys ready for bed. Noah is sleeping. Evan is throwing a fit about not going to bed. Morry is busy with Fantasy Football and Evan won’t let me put him to bed. He’s just sitting on the floor next to me with his pants around his ankles. He won’t let me pull up his pants either.

Freezing

So, this morning it was in the 60s when I dropped of Evan, and when I went to pick him up from school a few hours later it was already in the 40s. Now, at almost 9pm it’s 32 degrees outside.

Yenis told me when she brought Kevin in the classroom this morning Evan ran up to them and said he was a firefighter. He had a hat on and was pretending to be a firefighter. When I picked Evan up he was a doctor. He came up to me with a thermometer and wanted to check my ear.

While Evan was at school Noah took a short morning nap and cleaned upstairs. We ate lunch and that was pretty much the end of the morning. Then, it was time to pick up Evan.

Blanca came at 3:00. I was supposed to tutor until 7:30 tonight, but ended up just going until 6:30. One of my students didn’t have homework and therefore, didn’t need my help. That was good since I was worried about driving home in bad weather. I wanted to get home before it got below freezing.

For dinner we had pasta and green beans. Evan didn’t eat much for dinner. All he ate was 2 cups of applesauce. Noah ate well though. He had cereal mixed with applesauce, baby food veggies, regular veggies, hot dog, a little bit of pasta, and cheese.

They are saying we may get some sleet and ice tonight. We’ll see what happens.