Rachel's Busy Day

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Rachel set her alarm and got up earlier than she would on a Saturday morning.  She and Evan went for a three mile run together.  They saw Miles' mom and sisters and stopped and talked to them for a little while.  As they were getting close to home, they bumped into Grandma and Papa who were on a walk and walked with them as well.

Rachel showered and then left to tutor.

Evan and I picked up Popeye's for lunch.  Noah didn't want to eat that so he ate a hot dog at home.

Rachel got home and took Noah to a birthday party.

When she got home, she and Evan joined Grandma and Papa and went to a South Austin Jewish Group for a Hanukkah party.  I think everyone concluded it was not very fun.

For dinner we went to Phonatic - a Vietnamese restaurant.  It also was underwhelming.

We are home now and about to light the menorah.

Until next time...

Mike Lupica

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

We found out last night that Evan's football game today was cancelled.  We knew we'd get to sleep in.  This was the first weekend day in three weeks that we could sleep in some.  It was very nice.

We relaxed at home all morning.  In the early afternoon, we went to Max's birthday party at Chuck E Cheese.  The boy stuck together mostly while they played video games.  Max seemed to have a good time.

From there, we went to Half Price Books.  Evan's teacher had emailed us and said she knew Evan was into sports and sports books and that Mike Lupica was going to be there signing his books that he writes for young adults.  Mike Lupica is a famous sports columnist.  He's also got a radio show I believe.  Rachel's cousin Leah had given the boys two of Mike Lupica's books over the summer.  So we went and he spoke for about 20-30 minutes.  He was very funny and charming.  The boys really seemed to be enjoying the stories he was telling.  Then he started signing books.  Noah went first and Mike Lupica was amazed.  Normally his readers are older (technically Noah hasn't read the books).  He talked to Noah for awhile and told him that he was happy that Noah came to see him.  Then he looked at Rachel and commented on Noah's eyes.  He talked to Evan a bit but Evan was pretty shy.  It was a really good experience for the boys though.  I think they enjoyed it.  We stayed a bit longer and bought some other books for the boys.

We grabbed dinner at a Vietnamese place called PhoNatic.  The boys each had charcoal beef.  Noah ate his with rice and Evan had his with vermicelli.  It was good that they ate Vietnamese food.

From there we went to Rachel's friend Melissa's house.  She was having a little house party.  We stayed there for a bit.

Now the boys are in their rooms and getting ready for bed.

Until next time...