Rain

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, I woke up when I felt like I was being watched. Evan was peaking around the end of the bed trying to determine if I was awake. I got up with him and turned on a movie in the gameroom and let him play in there. He let me sleep for another hour and a half which was nice.

Later in the morning, Evan had soccer. Rachel and Noah dropped Evan and me off at soccer and then went to Newflower to get some produce for us for the week. As soon as we got into the soccer place, Evan was acting like he didn't want to be there. He went on the soccer field and just stood there not doing anything. I eventually talked to him and he told me he didn't want to play and that he didn't like soccer. So I had to call Rachel and tell her to hurry up and come pick us back up. In the meantime, Evan pretended to play video games.

Both boys were acting tired so we gave them lunch quickly. Rachel put Noah down for a nap and he went down easily. Evan didn't nap though. He stayed downstairs and played.

At 3pm, Evan and Noah had a birthday party to go to. Evan and Rachel left and I stayed home because Noah was still sleeping. Shortly after they left, Noah got up so I drove him over to the party at the Little Gym. Evan and Noah were very excited to see each other. Noah was running and climbing all over everything there. It was the first time that he actually participated in a party. It was very cute. At one point they blew up one of those bouncy things and Noah was running back and forth with all of the other kids. They served cake and Noah was the last one sitting with the cake. It was as if he didn't want to leave any cake behind. He fed himself a bit with a form, I fed him some and he used his hands some. But he ate almost all of that cake.

Oh, and we saw they are opening up a bagel place two doors down for the Little Gym called Wholy Bagels. I can't believe it. I've been here for 11 years and we've needed a bagel place all 11 years. Finally, we're getting one. We'll see how good it is.

For dinner, I grilled flank steak and made rice.

After dinner, the most amazing thing happened. It rained. For real. It's been a long time, but I'm pretty sure I recognized it. I can't remember the last time it rained. In fact, this rain was so rare, that neighbors came out of their houses and stood on their porches to see it. It was like it was snowing or something and people were so amazed. We watched the rain from the upstairs porch. Unfortunately, after 10 minutes, the rain stopped and that was the end of it. Then, we went out on the driveway and the boys ran around.

We put the boys down to bed a little while ago. And we had another momentous occasion. Evan decided he didn't want to wear a pull up to bed. He has been insisting on it since he got potty trained. So we will see how tonight goes. I hope he remembers he has underwear on because I don't want to change the sheets in the middle of the night.

Until next time...

Soccer and the Zoo

Last night was horrible. Lizzy woke us up almost every hour to go out. Each time she was up, it woke up Noah too. Morry and I took turns letting Lizzy out, but we still didn’t get much sleep. We are wondering if maybe her stomach was bothering her? Then, Evan woke up around 7am.

We took Evan to soccer. He did very well and was paying attention most of the time.

We had planned on going to San Antonio after soccer. We were going to go to the San Antonio Zoo. We decided not to go for 2 reasons. We were both very tired and it was pretty hot outside. We decided just to go to the Austin zoo instead. The Austin zoo is about 10 minutes from our house and we have a membership there.

I packed a picnic lunch for us and then we went to the zoo. When we got there we found a picnic table in shade and ate our lunch. Evan and Noah seemed to enjoy sitting at the table and eating lunch. A few peacocks and a rooster came right up to us. One of the peacocks even ate some of the veggie booty that Noah had dropped by his feet. After eating, we walked around a little. Noah was getting cranky, Evan had to go to the bathroom, and we were all pretty hot. We took Evan to the bathroom and then drove back home. Evan was crying and throwing a fit the whole way home. We are not sure what he wanted.

Evan and Noah took naps.

We made spaghetti (all we had in the house).

Evan and Noah just had baths and now they are in bed.

Let’s hope for a better night tonight.

Mason

This morning I let Morry sleep in and took care of the boys.

Morry took Evan to soccer while I took Noah to HEB. Since we were going to Mason later and needed groceries, I used that time to get our shopping done. Morry said Evan did very well and soccer and played the whole time. He followed directions well and had a good time.

We left our house around 1:00pm and drove to Mason (about 1.5 hrs with no stops). Trent’s family and Lisa’s family were in town visiting JT and Helen. We stopped in Llano and got barbecue at a really good restaurant called Coopers. On the way into the restaurant you pass by the pitt and pick out the meat that you want. Our food was really good. Evan and Noah ate the food we brought for them. Most of Noah’s food ended up on the floor.

After lunch we drove about another 30 minutes to JT and Helen’s house. We had a really nice time. Evan and Noah enjoyed playing with the big kids. We mostly sat outside. They have a covered patio that gets a nice breeze. Helen also had lots of cats and kittens in the house that both Evan and Noah enjoyed.

We left the house around 7:30. They were going out to dinner at that time, but we weren’t sure how much longer Evan and Noah would make it. We decided to head home. We had to make quite a few stops, now that Evan is potty trained. We stopped at Sonic (that’s all that was really out there) to get dinner for Evan. Evan asked for hot dog. We ordered a kids meal for him, that Morry ended up eating. Evan did not want any of it once we got it. He did drink the slushie we got for him though.

We finally got home around 10pm. The boys are in bed now and quiet. It was a long and fun day.

Soccer and Oasis

This morning Evan had soccer. He did better this time than last. He paid attention most of the time. He got a little distracted. They have video games there and he kept wanting to play on the video games.

After soccer we went to eat lunch at Chuy’s. Normally, it’s really crowded, but we only had to wait a few minutes for a table. Evan was very cranky there and was hanging on Morry. Once he ate he did better.

We came home and both boys took good naps.

For dinner we decided to go to Oasis. On the way there we drove through McDonalds to get food for the boys. It was a little hot at first at Oasis, but once the sun started going down it was very nice. We heard The Brew (salsa music). Evan danced a little with Morry and me. Evan and Noah ate very well. Evan ate 5 nuggets and Noah had 3 along with lots of other food.

It’s late. We just got the boys to bed. Let’s hope they sleep well.

Tutoring, Birthday party, and Football

This morning the boys woke up around 9:00. I tutored from 10-12. This coming week is the last week of school before the holidays. The students have finals and tests this week and some needed extra help.

When I got home we make lunch. Morry made fried matzoh and I had an egg salad sandwich. Evan ate some leftover pasta and Noah ate his usual cereal. Noah got real cranky and fell asleep in his high chair. We moved him to his crib after lunch.

Allen, a kid in Evan’s class, had his birthday party today. It started at 3:00. Usually Evan naps around 2-4. We were trying to decide whether to put him down for an early nap or just skip nap altogether. By the time we finished lunch it was 1:30. I would have had to wake him up at 3:00. Sometimes when you wake Evan up from a nap he’s so cranky it’s almost better if he didn’t fall asleep in the first place. We decided to skip Evan’s nap.

Evan had a good time at Allen’s party. The weather was very nice and most of the party was outside. Evan played in the sand box. He played soccer and football and played on the playscape. When it was time for cake all the kids, including Evan, sat very nicely at the kid’s table. Evan chose the white cake over chocolate. He ate his whole piece and had some of my icing I left on my plate.

We came home and Morry and Noah were watching the Steelers game upstairs. Evan and I played outside in the backyard for a while Morry watched football.

For dinner we made grilled chicken and couscous. Evan ate the couscous and a ton of applesauce, but not much else.

Evan and Noah are in bed now. It sounds like Noah is asleep, but Evan is still up.