Feast

Today at Noah's school they had a Thanksgiving feast. We brought oranges for a fruit salad. They had turkey, sweet potatoes, and more. Noah came home with a cute vest made out of a paper grocery bag.

For the little bit of time between when Noah came home and when we needed to leave to get Evan, Noah called Grandma. He's very cute when he's on the phone. He walks around and paces.

We got Evan from school and came back home.

For dinner we went to Austin Pizza Garden. We had a Groupon that was expiring soon.

We asked the boys if they wanted baths tonight or tomorrow. Noah said tonight and Evan said tomorrow. So, I gave Noah a bath while Morry got Evan ready for bed.

Evan is in bed now. It sounds like Noah is still up and about.

Evan's Tummy

Last night Evan didn't eat much for dinner. Around 2am he came in our room and told me he was hungry. I got him an orange and sat in the game room with him while he ate it. He said he wanted more to eat, but I asked him to wait until the morning.

Morry left the house around 5:30am and Evan got up again at that time too. Morry gave Evan some food to eat in the game room. A little while later Evan came in our room crying that his stomach was hurting. I felt so bad for him. I offered him some Sprite or to rub his stomach but he didn't want either.

We ended up staying at home today. We had plans to go to a lunch for the Pink Ribbon Cowgirls, but Evan still wasn't feeling well. He did end up eating a little bit of lunch today.

At nap time, I tried to put Noah down, but he wouldn't nap. He was screaming and crying at his door, unplugged the monitor and night light, pulled the sheets and comforter off his bed. Eventually, I just gave up and let him go in the game room.

For dinner we all went out to eat at Mongolian Barbecue. Noah ate very well. Evan hardly had anything and was complaining a lot at dinner. He said he was cold, but wouldn't put on his sweatshirt.

When we got home Morry took Evan's temperature and he had a slight fever.

Both boys are in bed now, but not asleep.

HEB

Last night, I was awoken twice. The first time, Noah was crying and I had to go in there to give him his pacifier. Then, a little before 6am our smoke detector went off. It went off for just a few seconds. We keep having problems with our smoke detectors going off in the middle of the night. It really, really annoying.

Evan woke up at 7:30am. That’s late compared to when he has been getting up. Maybe he’ll continue sleeping later, and later. We’ll see.

I took the boys and Lizzy for a run.

Then, we went to HEB. We had a lot of groceries to buy. I saved $20 in coupons, but I spent a lot too. Evan and Noah ate a lot of samples of HEB.

When we got home they had cereal straws and oranges. I put them down for naps after that.

Evan and Noah took good naps and woke up around the time Morry got home.

For dinner we had chicken and shrimp tacos. Morry called it shrimpy shrimp. I bought salad shrimp at HEB for Evan and I. It was already pretty small, but we when heated it up it got even smaller. Evan and Noah both ate well at dinner. Evan had a lot of vegetables and shrimp. Noah ate cheese and tortilla.

After dinner, Morry played a few songs on Guitar Hero and then Evan played Wii Baseball.

The boys are in bed now. Hopefully, we can sleep the whole night without interruptions.

Small Playgroup

No one volunteered to host playgroup today, so last night I sent out an email saying I could have people over at our house. Since it was last minute only a few people replied. It turned out only one kid ended up coming. Marissa (and Bodar and baby brother, Espen) came over this morning. We had a very nice time. The kids had fun playing with each other. Noah was very curious about the baby. I made blueberry/cranberry oatmeal muffins for the playgroup. Since it was last minute, I hadn’t gone shopping so I just made muffins using what we had in the house. They turned out pretty good. Evan ate a ton of them. I also cut up oranges and Bodar brought clementines. Evan ate a lot of the oranges and clementines as well. Noah didn’t seem to like the muffin, but he did eat quite a few animal crackers.

After playgroup I let Evan and Noah play for a little while and then I put them down for naps.

Right around the time Morry got home Evan woke up. We spent some time upstairs. I was getting some things together to get rid of (baby toys, etc) while Morry hooked up the tv and components upstairs in our old entertainment center we moved upstairs.

For dinner we went to Mimi’s Café. We ate for free. Yes, you heard me. Evan, Morry, and I had free dinners. A little while ago we ate at Mimi’s and were disappointed with the service. We had to wait a really long time for everything and they didn’t give the kids a snack plate. I wrote a little message through their website saying although the food was good, we were disappointed with the service. I got a call from the manager and he invited us to come back and dine on them. The service was a lot better this time. All we paid was $9 for the tip.

The boys are playing now and we are about to put them to bed.