More Reid

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Rachel and Evan went with Papa on a bike ride this morning.  They left around 7:30 and got back at 8:30.  Rachel said it was cooler this morning than it had been in previous mornings.

Rachel cleaned up and then left to go to the Toyota dealership to talk about doing some work for them.

Reid's mom picked Evan up to bring him to the pool with Reid and some friends.  Evan stayed there all day.

Noah and I met Rachel at Wholy Bagel.

Jude came over in the afternoon.  Noah and Jude seemed to have a really good time together.

For dinner, we went to Reid's house and had pizza.  Noah and Reid's brother Mason joined Evan and Reid outside.

The boys are now in bed.

Until next time...

Mason Threw Up + Evan's Valentine's Party

This morning before school we stopped at the post office to send some Valentine's cards.

Evan was very upset when I dropped him off for some reason, but his teachers told me he calmed down very quickly.

Evan's Valentine's Day party was at school today. I came during their lunch to help set up. Morry came for the party. Evan's class did a book exchange. Evan got Star Wars books. They also exchanged cards and made ice cream sundaes.

When I picked Noah up the first thing he said to me was, "Mason threw up today." I guess that was a big deal for the kids? They had a "field trip" to the mailboxes (just outside the school property) to mail some Valentine's cards. Noah told me Mason threw up outside while they were walking to the mailboxes. When Noah came in Evan's room and saw Morry, Noah immediately told Morry about Mason as well.

Gabby came at 4pm and I tutored.

Before I got home Morry called Jack/Zayde and Noah wanted to talk to him. Guess what the first thing was he said to him... "Mason threw up."

For dinner we had pulled pork I made in the crock pot. I combined 2 recipes and it was really good. First you rub the pork roast with some spices, add an onion, and ginger ale. We didn't have ginger ale. Morry told me once that ginger ale is just Coke and Sprite combined. So, I added a can of each. You cook on low for many hours. I did 7 hours. Then you remove the liquid, pull the pork apart, and then pour barbecue sauce over every thing and cook for another few hours. It was good and really easy.

After dinner we cleaned up. The boys helped clean up their rooms. We are having some of Evan's friends and their moms over in the afternoon tomorrow.

The boys had baths and are now in bed.

here are some pictures and a video from today.

Mason

This morning I let Morry sleep in and took care of the boys.

Morry took Evan to soccer while I took Noah to HEB. Since we were going to Mason later and needed groceries, I used that time to get our shopping done. Morry said Evan did very well and soccer and played the whole time. He followed directions well and had a good time.

We left our house around 1:00pm and drove to Mason (about 1.5 hrs with no stops). Trent’s family and Lisa’s family were in town visiting JT and Helen. We stopped in Llano and got barbecue at a really good restaurant called Coopers. On the way into the restaurant you pass by the pitt and pick out the meat that you want. Our food was really good. Evan and Noah ate the food we brought for them. Most of Noah’s food ended up on the floor.

After lunch we drove about another 30 minutes to JT and Helen’s house. We had a really nice time. Evan and Noah enjoyed playing with the big kids. We mostly sat outside. They have a covered patio that gets a nice breeze. Helen also had lots of cats and kittens in the house that both Evan and Noah enjoyed.

We left the house around 7:30. They were going out to dinner at that time, but we weren’t sure how much longer Evan and Noah would make it. We decided to head home. We had to make quite a few stops, now that Evan is potty trained. We stopped at Sonic (that’s all that was really out there) to get dinner for Evan. Evan asked for hot dog. We ordered a kids meal for him, that Morry ended up eating. Evan did not want any of it once we got it. He did drink the slushie we got for him though.

We finally got home around 10pm. The boys are in bed now and quiet. It was a long and fun day.