The Lake and Smoothies

**** Morry wanted me to add... This is the year anniversary of the blog!

This morning I took the boys and Lizzy to walk around the lake. It was pretty hot outside. We stopped at one point to feed the ducks and let Lizzy swim. Evan walked some of the trail. Both boys were well behaved. I brought a lot of snacks to keep them occupied, which helped.

On the way home we stopped at Jamba Juice for smoothies. I asked Evan what kind he wanted and he said orange. We picked out an orange smoothie for him and Noah to share. Both boys finished theirs by the time we got home –maybe a 10 minute drive.

By the time we got home it was about 2:00 and time for naps. Both boys took good naps.

Morry woke Evan up around 6pm so he would be able to sleep tonight.

For dinner we had coke ham and baked potatoes.

After dinner, Morry had a phone call to make so I took the boys outside. Evan rode his scooter and I pushed Noah on the tricycle.

The boys are ready for bed and in Noah’s room, but neither one is sleeping yet.

Lake and Smoothies

Noah woke up at 7:09am this morning and Evan got up around 8:00, which is early for them.

I took Evan, Noah, and Lizzy to the lake. I wanted to run, so I told Evan if he was good and stayed in the stroller we could get smoothies afterward. I ran most the way around the 3 mile loop. We stopped at one point and let Lizzy swim a little. Evan enjoyed throwing the ball to her.

After the lake we went to the shopping center with Babies R Us and Jamba Juice. We went into Babies R Us first to get some diapers. We only had 2 more of Evan’s diapers in the house. Then, we walked over to Jamba Juice. I bought the largest size and had them split it among 3 cups (2 kids, one regular). Evan and Noah drank their own smoothies. That was the first time I gave Noah his own Jamba Juice cup. He was very happy.

We came home and ate lunch outside. I made peanut butter and jelly for the boys. Evan ate well. Noah just smashed it in his hands.

Evan and Noah took good, long naps.

Blanca came over at 4:00. I tutored and came home at 6:00.

We had tacos for diner and sat outside. Evan ate his own taco with just cheese in it. Noah ate quesadilla.

We gave the boys baths and put them to bed. It seems to be quiet.

Sleepless in Austin

I don’t know what Noah’s problem is. He kept us up all last night. He woke up just about every hour crying. We tried everything. He had a 101 temperature during the middle of the night, but this morning had no fever. So, we’ve been pretty tired today. It was a hard night.

We decided to walk around the Barton Creek greenbelt. Morry and I had never brought the kids there and it had been a while since either of us had been. The weather is beautiful today and we wanted to do something outside. By the time we left the house it was about 12:30.

We took Lizzy and the boys to the hiking trail. Evan walked and Morry had Noah in the baby backpack. Evan had a great time and wanted to stop and touch everything. Noah liked being outside and slept some of the time in the backpack. Evan walked almost the whole time except for the very end when I carried him to the car. On the way home we stopped at go smoothies at Jamba Juice. Normally what I do at Jamba Juice is get a medium sized smoothie and have them put some of mine in a kid’s size cup for Evan. This time, I guess they misunderstood and they split the smoothie evenly in 2 small cups. We thought that was a lot for Evan, but he had no problem finishing it.

For dinner we went to Alborz (Persian). We go pretty often since Evan usually does well there and likes the food. Morry and I got the buffet and when Morry was up getting his food Evan asked me where he was. I pointed to Morry and Evan yelled, “Hi Daddy. Daddy, Hi.” Evan ate lots of tabouli. At one point we noticed Evan was wiping his nose on the bottom of the table cloth that was hanging down near him. We told him not to do that. Then he lifted up the tablecloth and said, “Look at the booger.” It was hard for Morry and me not to laugh.

After dinner we stopped at Target to get a present for Ben’s birthday party tomorrow. Evan loves Target. Morry thinks Evan touched every single item they had at target. We got a few things for Noah like formula and pacifiers. Noah’s pacifiers seem to disappear around the house. The problem is that they are rubbery and bounce really far whenever dropped. We also got some candy (Morry’s idea) since all the Halloween candy was 50% off.









Last night Morry sorted Evan's candy (something Morry does every Halloween). He says that way you can see what you got better. Evan did pretty well. :)

Nice day at the lake

In case you didn’t notice, at the bottom of the page are the most recent YouTube videos. I added one yesterday of Evan at school.

Evan loves to use nicknames. He called Mottel “Mottlenose” and Lizzy “Lizzygrowls”. Noah is “Noahknees”. Evan even sings “A, B, C, D, Noahknees.”

Today we met Yenis and Kevin (almost 3 yrs old and in Evan’s class) at Town Lake. We walked around the 3 mile loop. Evan and Kevin walked about half of the trail. They were very good and stayed with us most of the time. They both did a lot of running. I brought some bread with us to feed the ducks. We had some leftover white bread from Rudy’s a few months ago that was still in the freezer. When we were getting close to that part Evan asked for the bread. He ate one of the pieces before we Evan got to the duck part. Then when we got to the part where the ducks usually are, there were no ducks, but lots of birds around. Evan enjoyed eating the bread and giving a little to the birds. We asked him to share with Kevin so he would rip little tiny pieces off and give them to Kevin one at a time. Evan loved being so close to the birds. He even touched at least one before I could stop him. Toward the end 2 big swans swam up as well. Noah seemed to like looking around as well. Normally the walk takes about an hour, but this time it took almost 2 hours, but that’s ok. We had no where to really be.

We stopped at Jamba Juice on the way home. I usually get a medium sized drink and they pour some of it in a little cup for Evan. He loves having his own smoothie.

We had a Mediterranean dinner tonight. We made Kofta Kabobs, Saffron Rice, and Tabouli. It was all pretty good. We decided we’d definitely make it again some time. Evan really liked the tabouli. Here are the recipes we used. http://www.recipezaar.com/170045 http://www.recipezaar.com/113983 and http://www.recipezaar.com/8758

We use recipezaar a lot.