The Pool

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning the boys played in the gameroom for a while and let us sleep a bit, though they were very loud. They only fought once with Noah coming in to tell us that Evan called him "poop names".

When Rachel and I got up, we tried to decide what to do today. Rachel said the boys wanted to go to the pool at the gym. I was hesitant because I think that since it was 4th of July weekend, it would be packed. Since I couldn't think of anything better to do, we decided to go.

When we got there, it wasn't crowded at all. At first the kids played in the very shallow end where they could walk around. Then we went where it was a bit deeper. Noah was very confident and would just jump into the water for us to catch them. It was great seeing him be so confident about it. Evan was jumping into the water too. He'd then swim several feet to get to one of us. He was doing well swimming.

Eventually, Evan said he wanted to go down the big water slide. There's a rope that blocks off the pool at the end of the slide. There is a lifeguard standing there but the don't want the parents waiting at the bottom. We have to be on the other side of the rope. Evan came down and immediately turned to his left and Rachel quickly went under the rope and grabbed him. Evan wanted to do it again. He ended up going down the slide probably a dozen times, if not more. Twice I went and Rachel went once. Before Evan's second-to-last time going down, the lifeguard at the top of the slide talked to Evan. We could see him talking to Evan. When Evan got to the bottom he quickly righted himself as he came in feet first and then swam about 20 feet to the edge of the pool and pulled himself out of the water. Rachel and I were stunned. I guess the lifeguard at the top told him to give it a try. So Evan was very proud and went back up and did it again.

We came home and had lunch and then put Noah down for a nap. He slept today. Evan fell asleep watching Ghostbusters in the gameroom.

After they woke up, I made popcorn while Rachel worked with Evan on reading time. She bought a lesson book and was working with him on it. He's very good at it.

For dinner we went to Joe's Crab Shack. We got a kid's meal of king crab for Evan. Rachel ordered a crab pot that came with sausage. Noah ate the sausage. Evan at all of his crap in about 2 minutes and then ate some of Rachel's crab.

After dinner, we stopped at HEB to pick up some food to grill tomorrow.

Now the kids are in bed, but Evan is singing.

Gardening

This morning I took a walk with Evan, Noah, and Lizzy.

Then, we went to the Meridian park and met up with Yenis, her mom, and Kevin. The boys played at the playground for about 30 minutes since Yenis had somewhere to go and we needed to get home for lunch. At the park Evan found some roly-polies and I let him hold one. He liked the way it tickled his arm. Noah kept trying to poke it.

We ate lunch and then I put Evan and Noah down for naps. Noah napped, but Evan did not. I heard him playing in his room the whole time. When I went upstairs to get him he was playing bowling with his soft soccer balls. I saw him rolling the balls and asked what he was playing and he told me bowling.

I cleaned the coat closet and had everything pulled out of it. Evan found a ski mask and had a good time putting it on and wearing it around the house. He thought it was for water, but I had to explain to him it was for snow.

For dinner I made a cornbread casserole with ground beef.

After dinner we went in the backyard to plant the veggies and herbs we go the other day. Evan, Noah, and Lizzy all enjoyed playing in the backyard while we worked. Evan and Noah went down the slide together. Noah even went down on his own once. Morry was watching him at the top of the playscape and Noah just decided to go, head first, down the slide. He wasn’t scared at all. He loved it.

We just put Evan and Noah to bed. I just heard Noah make a little noise, but it sounds quiet in Evan’s room.

Still recovering

Evan got up early this morning. He was up when Morry was leaving for work.

I still was not feeling good today, so we just stayed in the house all day. I even canceled my tutoring again.

I took Evan and Noah in the backyard for a little bit so we could get some fresh air. Noah enjoyed crawling in the grass. Evan played on the playscape for a while. I put Noah on the slide a few times and he seemed to like it. Noah would clap when he got to the bottom.

After lunch Evan and Noah took naps. Evan slept for over 3 hours.

We just had dinner. We ordered Chinese food. I was able to eat a little.

Evan is playing baseball with Morry right now (inside the house). In a few minutes we’ll take Evan and Noah upstairs and get them ready for bed.

Park Playgroup and Panera

This morning we met some people from playgroup at the park. We were there for about and hour and a half. Noah and Evan had a great time. I let Noah crawl around and climb on things. Both boys went on the merry-go-round. Noah even went down the small slide while I held his hand. He loved it. Evan spent a lot of time in the baby swing. He kept asking me to push him higher.

After playgroup we went to Panera Bakery for lunch. I ordered a kid’s grilled cheese meal for Evan. He ate the yogurt and fruit, but not the sandwich. I cut up the sandwich and Noah ate half of it. Yenis and Kevin went to. We ate outside and when the boys were done eating they had a good time playing together. They were playing Star Wars with straws.

I guess Evan and Noah were pretty worn out. They took good naps. I was even able to nap.

For dinner we went to Pho Thai Son. Evan ate all the seafood out of my soup. He ate the fish, shrimp, krab (imitation crab), and squid. We were going to go to the bakery next door after dinner, but it had already closed for the day.

We are about to give the boys baths and put them to bed.