Rain boots

This morning Evan insisted on wearing his firefighter rain boots to school today since it was raining. He looked cute in his boots.

After dropping Evan off at school Noah and I went to HEB. Noah was good at HEB and enjoyed eating his apple and samples.

We came home for a little bit and then it was time to get Evan.

When we got home I made myself a sandwich for lunch out of some Hawaiian rolls I bought. Evan saw the picture of the sandwich on the bag of the rolls and wanted one himself. He doesn’t normally eat sandwiches. He told me he wanted one like the picture with ham and salad (lettuce). So I made him one and he actually ate it.

Noah napped and Evan watched TV. I taped an old Batman movie (from the 60s) on tv for him and he enjoyed watching it.

For dinner we made pizza and had salad. Evan ate a lot pizza, but Noah just had pepperoni.

In a few minutes we’ll go upstairs and give the boys baths and put them to bed. Noah’s been staying in bed better now that we put the gate up in his doorway.

New Playgroup

This morning we tried out a new playgroup. The one for Evan’s age is getting smaller and smaller. I thought I’d try the one for Noah’s age group. It was a good turnout. There were mostly girls there, but Evan and Noah didn’t seem to mind. They had a golf set that Evan and Noah continuously fought over.

After playgroup we went to the gym. Evan was very excited to see Allen (from his class) there. Evan and Noah did really well and seemed to have a good time. Noah definitely does a lot better when Evan is there with him.

After the gym we came home and ate lunch. I made sandwiches for the boys, but they didn’t eat very much.

For naptime, Noah slept and Evan played in the game room.

For dinner we went to Frank and Angie’s. Even though it was raining we were able to eat outside on their screened in porch. It was nice and the boys ate well. Evan ate almost all of the spaghetti. Noah had a little spaghetti and some pizza. There were a bunch of kids playing outside next to the porch. When Evan was done he asked if he could play with the kids. Evan loves playing with older kids, especially boys. He was following this one boy, but he didn’t seem to mind. As we were ready to leave the rain started to come down harder to we stayed a few more minutes to wait for the rain to calm down.

We just put the boys to bed. I hope they both fall asleep quickly.

Tests and Scans

This morning Michael and Jen watched the boys.

I met with the Austin oncologist. She said she was comfortable doing the CT chemo and we could start on Thursday as planned.

Then, I went to have all the tests and scans done. I had my ovaries checked, got a cat scan, and a full bone scan. I had to have the barium drink for the cat scan. Woah, was that nasty! That was the worst thing I have ever tasted. They offered flavor options. I picked berry, but couldn’t taste any berry. It tasted like I was drinking Tums.

I had a break for lunch and went to eat at Einstein Bros Bagels. That was the first time I ate lunch alone in a long, long time. I can’t remember the last time. It was nice and relaxing.

After I was done with the tests, I stopped at Target on my home and got some Halloween stuff and thank you cards.

When I got home, Blanca was there and the boys were just getting up from their naps.

For dinner we made egg drop soup. I had a sandwich with it and Morry had pasta.

We gave the boys baths and they finally fell asleep.

Mc Donalds

This morning, after Morry got ready for work he went to check on Evan, who he thought was sleeping in his room. When Morry walked in the hallway he saw Evan lying there by the gate. Morry was going to quietly walk by and go downstairs, but Evan saw him and asked for a movie. Morry got Evan set up with a movie and breakfast and then went to work. Evan didn’t come in our room until about 9:30am. Noah woke up around that time.

For lunch, we met Morry at work and then ate at McDonalds. There is a McDonalds right across the street from Morry’s office. After we ate, the boys played on thee playground there for a little bit. Evan climbed to the top all by himself. Noah enjoyed playing on the first level.

After lunch, we dropped Morry off and went home for naps. Neither kid napped. I tried putting them both down. Evan started making so much noise in his room I had to let him out so he wouldn’t distract Noah. Noah just would not go to sleep.

For dinner we went to a sandwich place called Southside Subs. While we were eating two constables (who Evan called policemen) came in to eat. Evan waved at them while they walked by us. On the way out, one of them stopped to talk to Evan. He went to his car and then came back in again. The constable came over to the table to give the boys badge stickers.

On the way home we stopped at HEB to get some food for tomorrow. We are having Barry, Lisa, and Lincoln over for dinner tomorrow.

We just put the boys to bed, but Evan is still up in the hallway or bathroom.

Stay at Home Day

We stayed at home today and took it easy. I still wasn’t feeling well and both boys were kind of cranky.

Evan asked to sit on the potty this morning and he actually peed, so we did the dance and put on underwear.

He wouldn’t sit on the potty throughout the morning so we went through 2 underwear. Yuck.

For lunch I made peanut butter and jelly. Evan ate 1 ½ sandwiches and Noah ate ½.

Before naps I asked Evan again if he would sit on the potty. He refused, so I put a diaper back on him.

Evan and Noah took good naps.

For dinner we met Morry at BJs. On the way there Evan told me he wanted a pizza for dinner. We got him a kids pizza and he ate ½ of it. Noah was really cranky at dinner for some reason.

We just put the boys to bed. We have no plans tomorrow. Hopefully, we can all sleep well and start feeling better.

The Park

Today we went to the park and met Yenis and Kevin there. We went to the park that has the old school type equipment. There is a merry-go-round and see-saws. I put Noah in the backpack and followed Evan around the small park. Evan loved the merry-go-round and see-saw. There was also a spring rocking horse that he spent a lot of time playing. I called him a cowboy and Woody (from Toy Story). He loved that. Evan wanted me to keep saying, “Hi Cowboy” or “Hi Woody.”

After the park Yenis and Kevin came to our house for lunch. Yenis and I had sandwiches and the boys had pizza.

Noah took a good nap, but Evan didn’t sleep that long.

Jeremy, Morry's friend from work, is in town this week. We invited him over for dinner. We had corned beef, veggies, and corn bread for dinner.

After we put the boys to bed I’m going out with Alissa. Morry and Jeremy are going to watch a movie at home.

Zilker Park, Train ride, Rachel’s on TV again

Grandma/Lynn/Mom came over to the house this morning to hang out with Noah, Evan, and me. We decided to go out to lunch and then to Zilker park. We drove over to Austin Java Company on Barton Springs, but there was no parking out front. Luckily they have a parking down the street and a free shuttle that will take you to the restaurant. It worked out well and Evan loved riding on the “bus”. It looked like one of those over-sized golf cart things. Lunch was fun. We were able to sit in the enclosed patio that overlooked Barton Springs road. We got a high chair for Noah and Evan sat in a regular seat. I ordered a turkey sandwich with cranberry sauce on it. Evan ate most of my turkey and cranberries so we ordered him his own sandwich. He ate quite a bit of it.

After lunch we went across the street to Zilker park. They have a small train that goes around the park. Luckily it was leaving within the next 10 minutes so we were able to get tickets and not wait too long. Both Evan and Noah love train rides. Noah was talking and jumping up and down in my lap. Evan and Grandma shared a seat, but Evan insisted on sitting on Grandma’s lap. Evan enjoyed waving to the other kids in the park.

When we got off the train we went to the concession stand and got snow cones. We gave Evan his own and let him choose the flavor. He got Banana/Strawberry. Noah had a little of my snow cone and seemed to really like it. We sat at a picnic table overlooking Barton Springs Pool. There was no one there at the pool for us to watch. We later found out why.

As we were eating our snow cones Evan noticed some men with large video cameras. We thought maybe they were shooting a movie or something. One of the guys keep looking at over at us and I jokingly thought maybe they are looking over here because they want me in their movie. One guy who was holding a notebook came over to talk to us. He asked if we knew that the pool was leaking. He told us the pool was closed because it was leaking about 4 inches of water an hour. Then, he asked if I would like to be on TV and talk about it. He said they were there with KVUE news. So, I got interviewed for the news. Those of you that know me well know that I always seem to get on TV somehow. Unfortunately, I didn’t have an opportunity to say “It tastes like chicken.” (from when I was interviewed eating alligator a few years ago). We’ll watch the news tonight and see if I really got on TV.

So, yes, we got on TV. Here's the link to the video of the news story. http://www.kvue.com/video/index.html?nvid=289346&shu=1

Poor Noah got Mike Wazowski’d (Monsters, Inc). Every time they showed him, his faced was covered by something.