Round Mountain + Hanukkah

 On Friday, we went to Round Mountain to get together with the Krasnow side of the family.  We had a nice time seeing everyone.  Here's a picture.

Yesterday, Morry and I ran some errands.  We went to Dick's Sporting Goods to get Wiffle balls for the boys for Hanukkah.   Then, we went to HEB to do our weekly shopping.

Yesterday afternoon Morry and I clean out his side of the garage and then took a lot of stuff over to Goodwill to donate.

Today, we dropped off Morry's car for an inspection.  

Then, we took a long walk from our house to Summer Moon coffee and back.    After that, we went back out to pick up Morry's car.

This afternoon Evan and some friends went to the mall to see a movie and shop for holiday gifts. 

For dinner, we ate at Kerbey Lane.

When we got home we celebrated the first night of Hanukkah.

Bruce Ruffin

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Chewie woke up about an hour before our alarms.  Rachel took him out and then fed the animals.

After walking Noah to school, Rachel laid back down before leaving for school.

I worked from home for a while and then took the van in to get an oil change and inspection.

When Rachel and I picked Noah up from school, the kids were really giving Chewie attention.  Two girls didn't want to leave Chewie.  One girl was saying that she's told her mom about Chewie.

Evan had baseball practice today.  TRPD got a new pitching coach.  The coach is a guy named Bruce Ruffin.  He played 11 years in the majors 6 years with the Phillies.  I remember when he got called up to the majors when I was a kid.  I know I saw him pitch many times in person.  It was surreal watching him work with Evan.

The boys are getting ready for bed.

Until next time...

TRPD Party = Date Night

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

It was a nice this morning on the walk to school.  A cold front was going to be coming in, but it hadn't come during our walk.

When we got home, I took my car in for an inspection.  It went fairly quickly.  The place I took it had a nice waiting area and Wifi, so I did work.

Rachel left for a meeting with a client shortly after I got home.  I met her over at that same place to get her car inspected.  She left her car there and then we went to Wholy Bagel for lunch.

Deborah came with us to walk to get the boys.  She and Rachel worked from the kitchen in the afternoon.

TRPD had an end-of-season party at the facilities tonight.  It was not for the parents, but Noah was invited to join.  We dropped the boys off and then went to Lucy's Fried Chicken for dinner.  I had had it once before but today was not nearly as good as last time.  After that we went to the fancy HEB in Lakeway as well as Randall's to get everything we'd need to make stuff for Thanksgiving.

The boys said they had fun when we picked them up.  They didn't want to leave when we got there.

The boys are now asleep in bed.

Until next time...

Busy Afternoon

We walked the boys to school.  Evan wanted to walk Lizzy on his own and he did a good job.  Lizzy seemed happy.

For lunch, I met the Pink Ribbon Cowgirls at Whole Foods.

After that I got the car inspected.

We walked to pick up the boys from school.

I tutored Audrey after school.

Morry and Evan went to baseball practice.

After tutoring Audrey, Noah came with me to tutoring at another house.

Noah and I got home around 7:15 and Morry and Evan just got home now (8:20pm).

Time to eat some dinner.

Busy Day

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, all of us took Evan to LEGO camp and then we dropped Noah off at his school.  Both boys were in good moods.  Evan was, of course, excited to see Jack and barely grunted goodbye to us. Noah was find during his drop off.

Rachel went for a run when we got home.

Around lunch time, I took my car out to get a state inspection.  I then drove over to the movie theater to get Noah's hat that we left on Sunday.

Rachel took Evan to go get Noah.  From there, they went to the doctor's office so that Rachel could get a Tetanus/Whooping Cough shot.  Jen and Mike asked that we get that before visiting Seattle.  It took a long time there as the office asked if Rachel could verify when her last vaccine was.  So she had to call over to the other doctor's office that we used to go to.

Then Rachel and the boys went to Target.  Rachel wanted to get school supplies for Evan.  She said it was very crowded and they were out of most of the things on the list that they were supposed to get for Evan.

When they came home, Evan went over Jack's house.

For dinner, Rachel had leftovers.  I made something small for the boys and me.

The boys are in bed now.

Morry’s Night Out

This morning I went for a 3 mile run with the boys in the stroller. At one point a woman jogging with a dog passed us going the other direction. She looked at me pushing the double stroller and said, “Now that’s a workout. Kudos!”

When we got home, I quickly showered and then we left again to go meet Morry. Morry met us at Groovy Lube to get my car inspected. We dropped off the car and then ate lunch at Steak N Shake. The food is just decent, but it’s a great place for the boys. It’s very kid friendly. Evan and Noah did really well there.

After lunch we picked up the car and came home. I put Noah down for a nap.

Blanca came at 4:30 and I went to tutor.

Morry came home for a little bit after work, but then left again to go see a movie with some of his work friends. They were meeting up at the Alamo Drafthouse.

When I came home it was 7:30 and the boys and I hadn’t eaten dinner yet. I took them to McDonalds. They say a commercial that McDonalds now has Batman toys, so they have been asking us to go there.

Morry just got home and he said he had a nice time. It’s 10pm and both Evan and Noah are still awake. Hopefully they fall asleep soon. They have another day of school tomorrow.

Another Busy One

This morning Evan got up early while Morry was getting ready for work.

At 10:30 we went to the JCC for Tot Shabbat. They were having a clothing swap. You bring in clothes your kid/s no longer wears and maybe get some other clothes they can wear now. I brought a big bag of stuff. Most the stuff there was for babies or small toddlers, but I did get a few size 3 and 4 stuff for Evan.

After the JCC we went to get an oil change and inspection. Morry met us there and then we went out to lunch. We ate at Zuzu’s across from Morry’s work. After lunch Morry dropped us off at the car place and we had to wait a while. Evan and Noah were good considering we were there for a long time.

Then, we went to Evan’s school. There was an open house from 2-3 for the kids to come see their new classrooms. School starts next week. Both Evan and Noah had a great time playing in Evan’s new room.

We came home and I put the boys down for naps. They both slept.

While they were napping a tv repairman came by. Our tv will occasionally freeze. Luckily, it froze while he was here. That never happens. Whenever you have a problem and someone comes to fix it, it always seems fine. Anyway, he took some notes, and will hopefully come back next week to fix the tv.

I packed food for the boys and we left the house around 6pm to meet Morry, Matt, Ben, and Molly for dinner at Phil’s Icehouse. Evan and Noah had a great time playing on the playground, but they didn’t eat much.

We just put the boys to bed. Evan is still up.