Noah the Reader

This morning both boys slept late. Evan slept until about 9:30 and Noah slept until almost 10.  I let them both sleep because I knew they needed it. 

Evan and I dropped Noah off at school and then came back home.  I got some stuff done around the house.  Evan played with his water gun in the backyard. Somehow he soaked himself (on purpose) and had to come in and change clothes.

After we got Noah from school we went to my eye doctor to order my glasses.  On the way home we picked up the pottery Morry and I decorated for our anniversary.

Blanca came over at 3:45 so I could go to my hair appointment.

Morry came home and then Grandma and Papa arrived.

Morry and the boys went to a swim party at Jack's house.

I got home around 6:30 and the Morry and the boys came back around 7:00.

We all went to dinner at Trudy's.

While getting ready for bed tonight, Noah wanted to read to us.  He read most of the book Green Eggs and Ham with just a little bit of help.  He was really sounding out words and remembering words he had read before.  He did a great job.  He read 34 pages and then decided to finish the rest of the book tomorrow.

Late Sleepers

Last night Noah got up twice during the night and Evan was up once, but they slept until 11am this morning. That was really nice. They needed their sleep. We stayed at home today. I did a lot of cleaning.

For lunch Evan and Noah didn’t eat that much for some reason.

I put the boys down for late naps. Noah slept well. Evan slept a little.

For dinner, friends of mine from Dallas ordered food for us. Morry picked up our dinner at Carinos on his way home. Evan ate a really good dinner. He ate all of his spaghetti, vegetables, and peanuts. Noah only ate peanuts for dinner. That’s all he wanted. We tried giving him spaghetti, but he wouldn’t touch it.

After dinner we tried watching some of the Olympics opening ceremony, but the boys were being really wild and we could hardly hear anything. We ended up pausing the tv to put them to bed. We’ll try to sit down and watch more in a few minutes.

Evan and Noah are in bed now. I’m sure Evan will be out soon though.

Getting back to normal

Evan slept until 8:30 this morning! Let’s hope he can do that again.

This morning I took Evan to school for the first time in a while. We didn’t have any babysitters this morning so I took Noah too. Noah was excited to be at Evan’s school.

Noah and I came home for a little bit and then we went to a Pink Ribbon Cowgirls lunch at Cypress Grill. This is a group for young women with breast cancer. It was a nice lunch and there was another woman there with her 5 year-old son. Noah was very well behaved. When we left he said bye bye and blew kisses at everyone, even people not seated at our table.

We picked Evan up and then came home for naps. Evan and Noah fell asleep easily, Evan didn’t sleep for very long for some reason.

Blanca came at 3:30.

I went to Yoga and then tutored one student. It was nice getting back to tutoring. I enjoyed it.

When I got home Morry was making pasta. Morry and the boys had spaghetti for dinner and I had leftover tacos from last night.

We just gave Evan and Noah baths and put them to bed.

The Day After

Today the boys slept late. Well, Noah actually woke up around 7:20am, but I was able to get him back to sleep.

I invited Yenis and Kevin over for lunch. We have a lot of leftovers from the party. Lunch was easy. I just heated food up from Evan’s birthday party. We had pizza, breadsticks, and salad. Evan, Noah, and Kevin enjoyed playing together.

After they left I put the boys down for naps. They both slept for about 2 hours.

For dinner we had grilled chicken and salad.

After dinner we took a walk. We asked Evan if he wanted to walk, ride his old bike, or ride his new bike. He chose to ride the new bike. In the store and at home he has had a hard time figuring out how to petal. Morry walked along side the bike and showed Evan how to petal and brake by pedaling backwards. Evan was doing really well. He still needs to practice, but he was pedaling on his own. About the last ¼ of the walk Evan got of his bike and decided he wanted to walk. Morry pushed the bike while Evan ran ahead. Evan would stop multiple times in front of us, put his hand out, and say, “stop.” He’s make us stop until he said go again.

Both boys are kind of cranky. I think they need to go to bed soon. We’ll head upstairs in a minute and put them to bed.