Day off with Teacher Conferences

This morning the kids did not have school.  We still got up early and went to Camp Gladiator.

We had to be at the school at noon for parent-teacher-student conferences.  We walked there.

First, we had Evan's conference with 3 of his teachers.  All had great things to say about him.  He took some type of benchmark test for reading and scored 90%, either the highest or one of the highest in his grade.  His teacher was very impressed.  Apparently this test was over material that they will learn later in the year.

Noah's teacher also had great things to say about him.  He's doing well with his classwork and has some good friends in the class.

This afternoon we took it easy.  The kids played outside with the neighbors.

Noah had football practice from 5:30-6:30.  Morry and Evan went with him.

After that we all went to HEB to pick up a few things.

Then, we had hamburgers at home.

The kids are in bed now.

My Haircut, Baseball Practice, Neighborhood Kids

This morning we did our usual walk to school. There were no mud incidents today.

I went for a run later in the morning.

I had a hair appointment at 1:15, so Morry picked up the kids since I wasn't back in time.

Evan had baseball practice this afternoon.  While they were gone Noah played outside for a little while with the neighbors.

For dinner we had tacos.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

First Day of School 2016

The kids were in good moods this morning.

We walked to school and stopped to pick up Jack on the way.

As we were walking we saw Grandma coming back from her walk.  Noah insisted she come with us to take the boys to school.

Since it was the first day of school, parents could drop off kids in their classrooms.  First, we went to Evan's room and then Noah's.

We walked again to pick them up from school.  They seemed to enjoy their day.  Today, they didn't have any homework. Of course, they were happy about that.

The kids played outside with some of the neighborhood kids while we were making dinner.

For dinner we had various food. Morry had fried matzoh.  Noah had shrimp.  Evan had leftover pizza, and I had an omelette.

We took a walk after dinner.

Now, the boys are getting ready for bed.

Here are some pictures.

Lots of Steps

This morning we walked the boys to school.

Later,  I met a friend for a long run.

We walked again to pick up the boys from school.  I have gotten quite a lot of steps today!

I tutored two students this afternoon and got home around 7pm.   While I was gone Evan and Noah played outside with some of the kids from the neighborhood.

We had leftover pot roast. The boys had pasta.

The boys are in the shower now.

First Day of Summer Break

Early this morning the electrician came to fix our lights.

For lunch we went to Wholy Bagel.  We got there before noon and they were pretty much all sold out of bagels.  I think we got the last of the bagels.  Shortly after we ordered they put in a sign in the window saying they were all sold out.

In the afternoon Noah played with some of the neighborhood kids while Evan stayed at home.  Evan said his stomach was bothering him.

At 3pm Noah's friend Owen came over and stayed until 5pm.

We ate dinner at home and then got Sweet Caroline's shaved ice for dessert.

Better Day for Noah

This morning Noah was pretty good. He started to throw a fit when I wanted to get him dressed. He said he wanted Morry to get him dressed. Morry got him dressed and we went to school with no other problems.

Noah seemed to have a good day at school. He stayed at home while I left to get Evan. Evan was in a pretty good mood.

Blanca came at 3:45 and I tutored.

While we were getting dinner ready Evan played out side with some of the neighborhood kids. For dinner we had pasta.

The boys are playing Wii and soon we'll get them ready for bed.

Early Morning

Morry left for the airport early this morning, around 6am. About 6:20am Evan came in my room and was upset that Daddy was already gone. He wanted to go to the airport to drop him off. We had talked about that, but Noah didn't want to wake up that early. If we woke him up early anyway he would have been very cranky today.

I had to bring both boys to school this morning. Noah gave me a hard time because he didn't walk from the car to the school. I had to carry him both ways on the path.

Before sports class we stopped at the bank. After sports class we went to Target. Noah was good.

At Target I bought 2 bags of popped popcorn for the boys for snacks.

We picked up Evan at school and then brought him to Ben's house. I picked Evan up at 5pm.

When we got home the neighborhood kids were playing in our yard so Evan went out there to play with them.

Around 6pm all the kids went home and Evan came inside. I started getting dinner ready.

I realized Evan wasn't downstairs with us and when I called for him he didn't answer. I got a little nervous that he wasn't answering me. I went upstairs to his room. He had put his music on and was asleep in his bed. I had a hard time waking him up. I was worried that something was wrong at first. He was extremely cranky and was crying the whole time Noah and I were eating dinner. Finally, towards the end of dinner Evan started feeling better and then ate his dinner.

I just got the boys ready for bed and they are both in their rooms now. Evan read a book to us. It was called "Who am I", for beginning readers.