Bucky, Thanksgiving Week, Emory

 Here's everything that's been going on the last few weeks.

We had a very sweet foster dog named Bucky.  He had some complications after a nutering and had a rough recovery.  We felt so bad for him.

Luckily, a very nice family adopted him and we've been getting updates about how well he doing.

Here are a few pictures of Bucky.

We had a nice Thanksgiving week.  Michael's family came in town and we had Thankgiving at Uncle Marvin's and Aunt Sandy's house.  Noah did the neighborhood Turkey Trot with his friend Jackson on Thanksgiving.

Here are some pictures from ice skating and Thanksgiving.

On Friday, we got a new foster dog, Emory.  He's a 6-month old happy puppy.  He's been great so far.  We took him on a 3 mile walk around the lake today.  Here's a picture of Emory.

Tomorrow, it's back to work and school for everyone. 

Sunny Weekend

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

The sun has finally emerged in Austin.  And today, they were even able to remove the boil water notice!

Yesterday, Noah had a flag football game in the morning.  It was cold at the start of the game, but warmed up quickly.  Noah has developed a specialty of blitzing the quarterback.  Last week, the quarterback did not complete a single pass when Noah blitzed.  Yesterday, Noah was even more successful.  While he didn't get a "sack", the QB just threw the ball up twice when Noah blitzed and it was intercepted and run back for a touchdown.  His team won easily.  It was really nice seeing Noah have that success.

Noah had a birthday party to go to in the afternoon.

While Noah was at the birthday party, I took Evan to his baseball games.  His arm was still hurting so he couldn't play a position where had to throw.  He batted only in the first game.  In the second game, he played first base.  He's a pretty good first baseman so I think he enjoyed being out there playing.  They lost both games.

Evan's friend and teammate, Josh, came home with us and stayed over night.

Evan, Josh and I left early in the morning for today's baseball game.  We stopped at Donut Taco Palace on the way.

Evan's arm felt somewhat better, so he played in the left and right fields.  He got the ball three or four times and they limited the distance he had to throw.  Unfortunately, they lost the game.

After the game, we met Evan's friend and teammate, Angelo and his family at Popeye's.  It was a nice time.

Rachel took Noah to another birthday party.  This party was ice skating.  Rachel stayed at the party.  Then they went to a Wonders & Worries Halloween party.  Finally, Rachel dropped Noah off at Sunday School.

For dinner, Rachel and I picked Noah up at Sunday School.  Then we went to a restaurant called Bamboo Bistro.

We had to stop at Target on the way home to get some stuff for a blog post for Rachel's blog.

The boys are upstairs playing now.

Until next time...

Attempted Ice Skating

We planned on going ice skating today. We got a coupon deal a few weeks ago and chose today to use it. The Oasis (the restaurant on the lake) has now expanded into a whole shopping center. They put in an outdoor ice skating rink for the holidays.

We decided to go close to 11, when it was opening. Noah gets cranky in the afternoon and we figured that was our best bet. As we were getting ready to leave the house Noah said he didn't want to go. He said he'd rather stay at home with Blanca. I tried getting a hold of Blanca, but she wasn't available right then. We gave Noah the choice of Clubhouse for Kids or ice skating and he decided to come with us.

When we got there the small rink had a lot of people on it. It was pretty crowded. Both boys were not in good moods. They went around the rink a few times and then started whining for hot chocolate (which neither of them drink). We did not get any right then because we would have to take off our skates to go to the restaurant next door. Noah sat on the bench while we skated then he decided he was ready to skate some more. The boys did a little better toward the end, but still weren't in great moods. We took off our skates and picked up a hot chocolate for Morry and Evan to share. I'm not sure Evan drank his.

I packed a lunch for the boys because I thought maybe we would eat there. We decided just to leave after ice skating and Evan and Noah ate their lunch in the car.

When we got home Morry and I ate lunch and the boys had nap time. I did some cleaning/organizing.

Morry met Dimitry at 4:30 and then picked up food for us on his way home. Morry got Freddy's and I got Panera.

Tonight was clean up night. I heard a lot of screaming and whining upstairs. I was getting the cookie dough ready for tomorrow.

Time to get the boys to bed. It's been a long day.

Wearing Evan Out

This morning we went to Borders to pick up a few gifts.

Gabby came over at 12pm. Barton Creek Resort and Spa/ Country Club was having free ice skating today. Evan has been begging me to take him ice skating again. I asked Gabby to come over and watch Noah so I could take Evan.

The whole club is very nice and in the hills of Westlake. I had only been there one other time.

Luckily it wasn't too crowded when we got there. For a little while Evan and I were the only ones on the rink. Evan did very well and was actually doing some spins. We took a break and got some hot chocolate and s'mores. They had a s'mores package and you could roast the marshmallows in the fireplace. Evan did not want his marshmallow burned or smooshed. He enjoyed just making graham cracker sandwiches with chocolate and marshmallows. The people working at the ice rink said you don't have to be a guest to take advantage of some of the stuff they have there. She said we could come back and eat at their restaurants any time (who knows how much that costs) or do any of the spa services.

After skating we walked around the resort a little bit. They actually have a miniature golf course there. I asked how much it was to play and the woman wasn't sure since normally it's for guests play, so she said we could sign in as a guest and play for free. Evan was super excited. We played all 18 holes and Evan did very well.

After playing golf we came back home. I was only at home for about 30 minutes and then had to leave to go tutor.

When I got home we ate dinner. I had fish and Morry had chicken. Evan wasn't feeling well and he actually has a fever now. Poor guy. He just lied down on the couch during dinner and didn't want to eat.

We just put the boys to bed. Evan fell asleep right away. Noah is still talking and asking for things.

Here are the pictures and video from today.

Ice Skating

This morning Evan, Noah, and I went to the gym. I ran for 3 miles on the treadmill. Evan and Noah did well in the childcare. The didn’t fight going in and they seemed happy when I picked them. Evan wanted to spend more time there playing on the computers.

We came home at 11:30 to meet Gabby. I asked Gabby to come over to watch Noah so that I could take Evan out and do something fun. When Gabby got here, Evan wanted to play with her so I let him play outside for a while before we got going.

On the way out we stopped to pick up some clothes. I posted an ad on Freecycle that I was looking for some smaller clothes since many of mine don’t fit anymore. A few people said they might have some clothes for me. Anyway, this one lady put together a whole bag full for me. I met her husband at his work and he gave me the bag. There were some really nice dresses, jeans, and other clothes in there.

I asked Evan if he would like to go to the ice skating rink. He got really excited. He has not been ice skating before. He thought it was so cool when I put on his ice skates. He seemed pretty comfortable walking around in them on the floor. Then we got to the ice… he was very whiny at first and didn’t seem to like it. We came back to the seating area and I let him pick out candy from the vending machine to share. He picked the package of red skittles. When we finished the candy he said he wanted to go ice skating again. He would not let go of the rail. He held the rail with one hand and my hand with the other. As time went on he seemed more comfortable. He didn’t want to leave and threw a mini-fit as we were leaving. I asked him what he wanted for lunch, but he was so involved in his tantrum he said he didn’t want lunch so we just came home.

When we got home Gabby left and I put the boys down for naps. Evan started out in the game room, but ended up sleeping in his bed. I think the ice skating really wore him out. It wore me out. Evan after Morry got home, Evan did not want to get up from his nap.

For dinner we had couscous and burritos we made and froze a few weeks ago.

After dinner we went to HEB. We saw a woman from the Pink Ribbon Cowgirls there with her husband and little girl.

We just put Evan and Noah to bed, but since Evan napped he’s not sleeping yet. He keeps coming out of his room.