Noah Bear is 5!

Today is Noah's 5th birthday.  Noah has been really exited about his birthday.  He was in a great mood this morning and couldn't wait to get to school.

After I dropped him off I went to a therapy massage, then to Walmart to get a pinata, and Sams Club to get cupcakes.

I came to Noah's class after lunch with cupcakes and little sherbet cups for the kids.

Noah and I came home for a little bit.  He enjoyed filling the pinata with candy.

Gabby came over and I left to tutor.

When Morry got home he shortly left with the boys to go to Noah's baseball game.

I met them at Noah's game after my tutoring.

Noah had a good game.  They won.  After the game we passed out baseball cupcakes to the kids and had them hit the pinata.

From there, we went Logan's Roadhouse for dinner.   That was Noah's choice.  The kids were good at dinner.

At home, Noah and Evan opened presents, since the ones we had were for both kids.  They loved all of their gifts.

They are now ready for  bed and in their rooms, but not asleep yet.

Not Much Sunday

We mostly took it easy today.

This morning we took a walk with the boys and Lizzy.  Evan and Noah rode their scooters.

I tutored for a little bit in the early afternoon.

Morry made the boys popcorn this afternoon and we took it easy.

For dinner we had burgers and soup.

After the boys finished cleaning up tonight they had sherbet for dessert.

Here are a few pictures.  There are before and after pictures of clean up and also a picture from yesterday's basketball game.

 

 

Refinancing

Today I took the boys to the gym and then picked up Morry at work. We had a 11:45am appointment with the title company to refinance our loan.

We brought the boys with us downtown. I packed their lunches and they ate and played at the end of the table while we signed all of the papers. They were pretty good.

We dropped Morry off at work and came back home.

I tried putting Noah down for a nap but he didn’t sleep.

We went to Sonya and Avery’s house for playgroup this afternoon. Evan and Noah had fun playing with the other kids. I enjoyed talking to the moms.

When we got home around 5:30 Morry was home.

We went to dinner at Red’s Porch. We sat outside on the upstairs porch overlooking the hills and sunset. Evan ate pretty well. He had a ton of black-eyed peas. Noah ate some of his hotdog.

We just got home. The boys are having sherbet for dessert and then we are going to put them to bed.

DirecTV finally got it right

This morning the boys slept somewhat late. They must have been worn out from last night. Oh, and Morry made it back safely from Dallas. He got in about 2:40am and said they had a good time at the baseball game.

We were supposed to have playgroup today, but it got cancelled.

Instead, I took Evan and Noah to Barnes and Noble. I was going to take them to the park or the Wildflower Center, but they both preferred to go to the bookstore.

As we were leaving Barnes and Noble I let Evan and Noah pick out a cookie to share. Of course they chose a sugar cookie with sprinkles on top.

When we got home I got lunch ready and then received the call from DirecTv that the guy was on his way.

I had little hope and didn’t want to get too excited about getting a new setup, but everything went as planned. We now have a whole home system where we can watch one thing and tape another. We just have one DVR but can access it from all TVs in the house.

While the system was being set up I gave Evan and Noah haircuts on the upstairs patio.

Once the guy left I put Noah down for a nap.

For dinner we went to Red Robin. Evan and Noah both ate well and were well behaved. It was a successful dinner.

We got home just a little bit ago. Evan just had sherbet and Noah had a popsicle. Now, we are going to put them to bed.

Grupo Fantasma

This morning we hung out at home. The boys played outside for a while and ate their oatmeal outside too.

Every Friday there is a free concert downtown. This week Grupo Fantasma was playing. They are latin rock/salsa/funk. I’m not sure what kind of music it technically is. I’ve known about the group for a while and even have one of their CDs. Evan teacher from his sports class is in the band, so I thought he’d really enjoy going.

We met Yenis and Kevin there. Evan and Noah had a good time. I brought lunch for them. Noah sat most of the time. Evan was running/dancing a lot. When the band finished Evan went to say hi to Mr. Jose.

When we got home I put Noah down for a nap and made smoothie for Evan and me. Noah ended up not sleeping for some reason. He was just singing, talking, and playing.

When Morry got home we went grocery shopping at HEB and then picked up dinner from Yaghi’s and brought it home. Morry and the boys had pizza. I had salad and ravioli. Evan ate very well. Noah didn’t eat much. We put Noah to bed first so that Evan could eat his dessert (sherbet). Morry is putting Evan to bed now and I still hear Noah playing in his room.

Yenis, Kevin, Evan, and Mr. Jose