Anyone want a cranky 2 year-old?

This morning I got up early and met some friends at the school at 7:15am. We ran 6.27 miles. Woohoo! That’s the longest I’ve run. Before that my farthest was 6.2 miles when we did the 10k a few years ago. It was a good run and I enjoyed having company. It went by faster. I had to walk just a little bit on a few of the hills.

I got home a little after 8:30 just as Noah was getting up. Morry and Evan left to take Lizzy to the vet for her yearly check up. Everything looked good for Lizzy, but I was left with the cranky kid. He cried most of the time.

Noah is usually pretty demanding and can be cranky, but for some reason the last few days have been really tough. Last time this went on for a while another mom suggested maybe he had an ear infection. Sure enough, he did. I’m hoping he doesn’t have one now. We may need to get him checked out if this continues.

When Morry , Evan, and Lizzy got back we went to the gym. We put the kids in the child care and Morry and I relaxed in the hot tub for a little bit.

Leaving the gym Noah threw a big fit. He was upset because he didn’t want to leave and wanted to eat lunch there. Morry had to carry Noah out the car.

We got home and ate lunch. Then we put Noah down for a nap. I was able to nap too.

Morry left the house around 5pm to go to the UT football game. That’s when Noah woke up from his nap.

He was cranky from the start, but then got really upset and threw a full out tantrum. Noah didn’t want to eat his bread and wanted me to put it back in the package. Instead of putting it back I gave it to Evan, who wanted more bread. This set Noah off for some reason. He calmed down a little later, but then got upset again when he saw me packing the diaper bag for dinner. He wanted the watermelon right then.

Before dinner, we went to Barnes and Noble for a little bit. I let the boys pick out cookies to have for dessert after dinner. Evan picked out a sugar cookie and Noah picked a chocolate chip cookie. Noah got upset again because he wanted his cookie right then. Then, leaving the bookstore and all the way to dinner Noah was throwing a fit in the back of the car.

We got to Galaxy Café and both boys were being kind of wild while I was trying to order. We sat down and then Evan got really upset because he didn’t want the juice I brought him. He wanted his own fountain drink. He kicked off his shoe and threw one at the table next to us. Luckily no one was sitting there. I finally got him to calm down by taking pomegranate out of the diaper bag. That kept both boys occupied for a while and then they finally calmed down and ended up eating well.

On the way home I let each boy have half a cookie.

We played for a while when we got home and then I put both kids to bed. It seems like Noah is asleep, but Evan just came down and is talking to me.

Whew!

Running, Swimming, Biking

This morning I went for a run with the boys in the stroller. I ran/walked about 3.5 miles.

We came home for just a little bit. I made a smoothie for all of us and then we went to the gym. I swam and then sat in the hot tub and steam room, cleaned up and then picked up the boys in the child care. Evan and Noah had a good time at the gym. They both colored pages from a coloring book. Evan was especially proud of his Scooby Doo coloring page.

After the gym we went over to the bike shop. I wanted to talk to someone about options for taking the kids with me bike riding. The guy wasn’t sure Evan was big enough for one of those kids trailer bikes (makes like a tandem bike on and adult bike). We put him on one on the lowest setting and he seemed comfortable. The guy recommended doing that and a bike trailer rather than getting seats on the back of the bike. I didn’t buy anything, we just looked around.

It was getting late and there was a McDonalds right next to the bike shop, so I picked up lunch for the boys there.

When we got home Evan and Noah finished eating and then I put Noah down for a nap. Noah wasn’t napping and was crying a lot. I’m not sure why.

Gabby came over at 3:45 and I tutored one student.

I got home around 6pm and we got dinner started. Morry and the boys had pasta. I had a sandwich and soup.

After dinner I gave Evan and Noah haircuts on the upstairs porch.

We gave them a quick bath and now they are both it bed, though both are still awake.

Peaches!

So, this morning went a lot better than the last time I took Evan to school. We didn’t have any major problems today. We took our time and were late to school, but at least Evan didn’t put up a fight.

After we dropped Evan off at school Noah and I went to the post office to mail some tax things.

We came home for a little bit and then went to the gym. We met Morry there to get all of our membership stuff. Morry had to go back to work, but I stayed and worked out. I ran on the treadmill and then sat in the steam room and hot tub for just a little bit. I was in the hot tub just a few minutes when someone from the childcare came through holding a sign with my name. I quickly got dressed and picked up Noah. They said he had been crying pretty much the whole time. He doesn’t do as well when Evan is not there. I’ll try again tomorrow, but this time Evan and Noah will be together in the childcare.

After the gym we went to pick up Evan. They were all outside on the playground during pickup. I had a little bit of a hard time getting Evan and Noah to leave the playground.

When we got home it was nap time. Noah went to sleep pretty easily. Evan ended up falling asleep in the game room.

When Morry got home we made dinner. We had hamburgers and potatoes.

After dinner we went outside and the boys rode their bikes and the scooter. Noah still doesn’t have the hang of pedaling. He just likes to scoot around using his feet on the ground. Evan is getting a little bit better at his big bike with training wheels. He still has a hard time when it’s uphill.

While we were outside we noticed there are peaches starting to grow on Evan’s tree! There are quite a few little peaches starting to grow. This is the first year we have had any peaches. I hope they are good.

Evan and Noah are in the rooms now, but both are still awake. They aren’t complaining or anything, just playing.

Here’s a video from the other day. I was giving the boys haircuts out on the upstairs porch and Evan got a hold of the camera. Here’s some video he took.