4th Night

This morning we walked Noah to school.

On the way to my school, I stopped to get my thyroid blood test for my appointment tomorrow.

I got home from school around 2pm.

I drove with Chewie to pick up Noah from school and then dropped him off at Grandma's house.

Shortly after, I left to tutor.

After school, Evan walked with his friend Henry to Henry's house.   They played basketball with another friend and Morry picked up Evan around 5:30.

I got home around7:30.  Morry had picked up Noah from Grandma and Papa's.

We ate dinner and then lit the menorah.

Now Evan is finishing his homework.

Star Wars!

This morning we walked Noah to school and then I left for school.

From school, I went to the car dealership to get the 5,000-mile service and sign paperwork for the next month.

Morry met me there and we went to lunch at MezzeMe.

After lunch, I picked up my car and went home.

Tonight, the new Star Wars movie started showing in theaters.  Morry bought our tickets months ago.  Deborah met us at our house around 4:30.  We lit the menorahs and then went over to Alamo Drafthouse.

It was a fun movie.  Everyone liked it.

Now we are home and the kids are getting ready for bed.

First Time Ever

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Lizzy was able to see Brody again this morning.  Both dogs were equally happy to see each other and everyone.

I went into the office for a meeting with Your Trainer.  I had a lunch meeting after that.

Rachel stayed home today.

We walked to pick up the boys.  Noah came out first.  He handed me his backpack and played on the playground.  Evan came out a bit later and was excited to tell us something.  He first asked if Noah told us what happened today.  We told him that Noah hadn't.  He said that because of the Benchmark tests that Evan was having, his recess time was moved.  He went out for recess while the second graders were out there.  So Noah played football with Evan and his friends today.  Evan said that Noah caught a few passes.  Evan was so excited that Noah played football with him at recess for the first time ever.   We asked Noah about it and he smiled, but he kind of downplayed it.

Evan and I played football outside for a little while later in the afternoon.  Then we lit the menorah.  Rachel left to go tutor.

I made pasta for the boys and they ate and watched Rocky II.

Rachel is on her way home now.

Until next time...

Frozen

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

No, it didn't get cold again here.  The boys and I went to see the movie Frozen.  We went to see it at the Alamo Drafthouse.  The boys both got a pizza while we were there as well as some popcorn.  The movie was pretty good.  It was no Despicable Me, but it entertained while we we were watching.

When we got home, I ran out to a meeting.

Later in the afternoon, the boys, Rachel and I played football outside.  Then the boys came in and made up some sort of sports game to play.

We had a small dinner and then lit the menorahs and opened some presents.  Following that we gave the boys showers and now they are in their rooms.

Until next time..

Jumpy Birthday

This morning Morry worked and later went to get smoothies.  The boys and I had lunch while Morry put on the Steelers game.

This afternoon I took the boys to a birthday party at one of those jumpy places.  It was the party of a kid on Noah's baseball team.  Evan and Noah had fun there, but it was a little bit of a drive.  It was in Kyle which is about a 30 minute drive, but it took 45 minutes to get home for some reason.

Morry made pasta for dinner and we ate when we got home.

We lit the menorah and the boys opened their gifts from Michael, Jen, and Maya.

Evan and Noah just had showers and now they are brushing their teeth.

Children's Museum with Evan

Today Evan didn't have school. We dropped Noah off at school and came home for a little bit.

We had plans to meet Morry downtown for lunch at noon. I was trying to think of something fun to do with Evan and then I remembered the Children's Museum is right near where we were going to meet Morry.

We went for about an hour. Evan had fun, but I think he's at the top age range for the some the stuff they had. Most of the kids there were preschool age. Noah would enjoy it.

We met Morry for lunch at Which Wich and then went to pick up Noah from school. We got to Noah's school a little early so we were there for some of their party. Yes, they had another party.

At home we took it easy this afternoon. I gave Evan a haircut.

We lit the menorahs and opened presents. For dinner I had some leftovers and Morry had a hamburger.

In a little bit we'll get the boys ready for bed.

Hanukkah at Central Market

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Rachel and I slept in until around 10.  The boys played well in the game room, though Noah did come in several times to talk to Rachel.

Rachel met her friend Melissa for lunch at 11am at the Omelettry.  We had never eaten there.  She said it was pretty good.

Meanwhile, I gave the boys lunch.  They behaved fairly well for me.

Close to 1pm I met Rachel at Central Market.  They had advertised they were having a Hanukkah celebration with face painting, arts and crafts, music, dreidel games, etc...  When we got there, one hour after the scheduled start, there was barely anything going on.  There was a band playing with a large Menorah behind them but not one was watching them.  We let the boys play on the playground for a while and finally we saw a lady setting up an arts and crafts table.  The boys made a dreidel and a menorah.  Eventually some girls from some dance team performed and then another band and choir played.  They said there was no face painting and the dreidel games amounted to each child getting a dreidel and two pieces of chocolate gelt.  All in all it was pretty lame and pretty disappointing.

We came home and the boys rested for awhile.

For dinner I made oven-baked fried chicken.

We gave the kids baths and they are in bed now.

Until next time...