Thursday, March 23, 2017
Still No School
Noah did not go to school today. He said he was nauseous when we got him up. We really wanted him to go to school, but we finally gave in and said he could stay home for one more day. So Evan and I rode bikes to school.
Rachel and I went to Camp Gladiator today. Noah came with us, but sat in the car with the windows down.
For lunch, I met Daniel at a new place called Slab. It's a barbecue sandwich place. It was good.
I had a meeting when I got home, then I rode my bike to get Noah.
Evan and I left to go to hitting at TRPD. Rachel took Noah to his football practice. He was well enough to practice.
Rachel had a blogging event - a spin class - so she left to go there while we were gone. Evan and I went and picked Noah up and we went to Sonic for dinner. We brought it home and watched the Truman Show.
The boys are getting ready for bed now.
Until next time...
Monday, January 16, 2017
Sunday and Monday
Evan seemed to really enjoy the camp presentation. The kids who had gone were very excited and had only good things to say.
I exchanged phone numbers with a couple of other women there so we can hopefully get the kids together before camp.
Today, Morry and I went to Camp Gladiator in the morning.
Around lunch time I took the boys to Half Price Books and then got them lunch at Sonic.
I took Noah to his football practice and the coach asked if Evan would like to help out and play as well. Of course he said yes.
Later, Morry took both boys to Evan's baseball lesson.
I picked up Grandma and Papa from the airport and then we all met at Texas Roadhouse for dinner. The food was good and the boys ate well.
Now the boys are getting ready for bed.
Saturday, March 1, 2014
Baseball and Basketball
The Marauders were in a tournament today. Evan also had a basketball tournament. Unfortunately, based on the distance between the two it did not seem like we'd have enough time to get to the basketball game if he played in the second baseball game. So we decided Evan would play one baseball game and then go to basketball.
In the first Marauders game, the team did not play very well. Evan led of the game with a single and later scored. He caught a pop up playing shortstop. Later in the game he caught a line drive and tagged second for an unassisted double play. They have moved Evan to play mostly second and he's been playing really there. His play seems to have elevated at second.
Rachel, Noah, Zayde took Evan to his basketball game. He was acting very tired and apparently hungry but he refused food. The only thing they could convince him to eat was a slushie from Sonic.
I stayed and pitched for the Marauders in the second game. Unfortunately, it was a bit more of the same in terms of the team not playing well.
I left and got to the basketball game. They were running really behind so I only missed 5 minutes of the first basketball game. It was a close game in the first half. But Evan's team pulled away. Unfortunately, Evan started to not feel well. I think he was really hungry. He didn't play in his last rotation. Evan's team won and so they were in the championship game. We were giving Evan food but he was still complaining about not feeling well. Evan's team was losing and finally with about 5 minutes to go, I told Evan that if he wanted to play at all, now was his time. He went in and played literally the best 5 minutes of basketball I have ever seen him play. They did get a trophy after the game.
We came home and Evan ate and was in a very good mood. He wanted to watch Young Frankenstein so we started watching that before dinner.
For dinner, we went to Johnny Carino's. Then we took Zayde home.
We're home now and the boys are in their bed. The Marauders tournament continues tomorrow at 9:30. Then Evan has a scrimmage for the Nationals at 3:30.
Until next time...
Sunday, May 5, 2013
Beautiful Day
This morning I got up around 8am. I heard Evan already up. He told me he wanted to finish watching The Sandlot. Noah came downstairs shortly after we got downstairs.
I had a meeting at a coffee shop this morning. On the way home, I picked up smoothies from Smoothie King. Evan had asked me to get him one on the way home.
When I came home, the boys were eating lunch. They went outside afterwards and were playing baseball.
I did some work in the afternoon while Evan continued to be outside playing. Later on, I went out with Evan and we practiced ground balls.
Evan had a game in the evening. Originally, it was scheduled for 7pm. We were going to have an early dinner. But at 4:50, Evan's coach called. He said that one of his emails said the game was at 5:30. This game was a make-up game. So I got Evan dressed, while Rachel put together some dinner for the boys to eat. When we got to the field, we found out the game really was at 7pm. The boys didn't mind as all the baseball team organized their own game (not a baseball game, I'm not sure what they were doing). One of the moms went and picked up dinner at Sonic for all the kids.
Evan continued to hit to the left side of the field. He had a weak pop up in the first inning that dropped between the pitcher and shortstop which wound up as a single. He popped up to the shallow outfield in the third and the shortstop caught it. In the fifth, he hit another shot, again, right at the shortstop who caught it. And then he grounded between short and third for an infield single in the sixth. In the third, he fielded a ball really cleanly at third base and threw the runner out with a perfect throw to first. Unfortunately, Evan's team lost.
We came home and put the boys to bed and then ate our dinner.
Until next time...
Thursday, January 31, 2013
Noah's Fall
Evan was good this morning getting ready. I had said we'd try to ride our bikes to school this morning but the temperature was 36 so I decided against it. While we were outside walking the path, Evan told me it wasn't cold at all. It was pretty cold.
Rachel and Noah met Evan at school for lunch. It was a surprise. Evan really enjoyed it.
After that, Rachel and Noah went to his gymnastics class.
Later in the afternoon, Rachel and Noah went to her tutoring while I took Evan to baseball lessons. Evan did well and got to use his new bat. Noah didn't want to go to tutoring so Rachel bribed him with a slushee from Sonic.
When I got home, I began making pizza. Noah was playing the Wii while standing on the couch. All of a sudden I heard Noah make a noise and then I heard a bang. I looked over and Noah was no longer standing on the couch. I realized he must have fallen off the couch and hit the coffee table. I ran over and Noah was laying beneath the coffee table crying into a pillow. When I pulled him out and turned him over he had a big cut on the bridge of his nose and blood was pouring out. He wouldn't tell us if his head was also hurting or whether it was just his nose. He wouldn't let us put ice on his nose. For a while I held a wet paper towel on his nose. Rachel took over sitting with Noah and I got Noah a band aid.
I finished up making the pizza but both Rachel and I were worried about Noah so we called the doctor and made an appointment at the after hours clinic. He didn't want to go, but if he was going to go, he insisted that Evan come with us.
The nurse cleaned him up when we got there. We had put a band-aid on him before but the blood was still coming and when we pulled the band-aid off, his whole nose was swollen and covered in blood. He was a trooper while he was being cleaned up. The doctor came in and said that the cut was in a good spot and she could use the glue rather than Noah needing stitches. Even though his whole nose was swollen, she did not believe it was broken. She looked at his septum too to make sure that he hadn't broken his septum. And she didn't think he had gotten a concussion.
We came home and I showed Noah his nose in the mirror. We both were looking in the mirror and I told him he had really scared me. He continued to look ahead into the mirror looking quite solemn and then all of a sudden he turned around really fast and yelled "boo". It was pretty funny and showed me he was going ok. He also read a book to Evan and me as I was putting him to bed so his mind is functioning fine.
Both boys are asleep now.
Until next time...
Thursday, June 7, 2012
Quick...
At Noah's sports class today, they had the end of year ceremony. The kids showed the parents what they have been working on all year. Noah got a trophy (a Little Gym ball). I took video and pictures, but I can't upload it right now. I'll try to get it up tomorrow.
After sports class Evan and Noah played on the playground in the shopping center for a while. On the way home we got gas and the Sonic Slushes.
Evan's asleep, but Noah's still up.
Saturday, June 4, 2011
Wearing the boys out
After Locomotion we all got Slushes at Sonic.
At home we took it easy and then got ready for an early dinner. We made reservations for Trattoria Lisina in Driftwood.
We got there at 5:30, had a nice dinner, and then played outside. Evan played Bocce Ball with some other older boys. Noah ran around. The boys also enjoyed throwing coins into the fountain.
Here are some pictures from today.
Friday, December 31, 2010
Playdate
This morning, everyone slept in a bit. Both boys took a long time to go to sleep last night. In fact, Noah and I had it out. He was being really bad. He ended up falling asleep at his gate. When I went to move him to his bed, he had pulled the comforter and his top sheet off the bed. He had thrown toys out into the hallway. His room was a disaster. He just works himself up when he gets upset.
When we got up, we got breakfast for the boys. Then, Rachel took Evan and Noah to Evan's friend, Ben's, house. His mom had invited Evan over to play and said that Noah was welcome to join. I stayed home to go through papers and things. Ben has an 8 year old sister and apparently, she was leading the group of four with activities. They also had a trampoline in the backyard with netting around the sides. The boys just loved that.
Eventually, Rachel and Noah left to go to HEB to get some things for dinner and dessert. Evan stayed with Ben and had lunch over there. This was his first time basically being dropped off at a friend's house.
Rachel came home and got me and we all went over to pick Evan up. Evan didn't want to leave and was very angry when we got him.
We had to run a few errands - we picked up some movies from Red Box, got gas, and stopped for slushes at Sonic.
For dinner, we had homemade pizzas. I got dough and sauce ready for a pizza for Evan and Noah. Then they put the cheese on the pizza and put what they wanted on their own half of the pizza. Noah chose pepperoni and Evan chose black olives and pepperoni.
For dessert, Rachel got waffle bowls and ice cream and a bunch of different toppings - including sprinkles, marshmallows, gummy worms, Oreos, sour gummy Lifesavers, M&Ms (we had those already), and candy corn (again, we already had these). I scooped the ice cream and the boys were allowed to add stuff to their ice cream. They really enjoyed it. It was like those new frozen yogurt places that charge you by weight.
The kids just had baths and we are letting them lay down in our bed and watch a movie. We have hicks in our neighborhood who set off fireworks and we know that, not only because of the amount of sugar from dessert, but the fireworks will keep the kids up. So we're making it a special treat.
Until next time...
Wednesday, June 9, 2010
2 Sick Boys
This morning I took Evan and Noah to the doctor. They both have upper respiratory infections. Evan’s is worse than Noah’s. Evan had a 103 fever and Noah’s was 99. Since Evan has been coughing a lot and has a fever, the doctor wanted to do a chest xray. Everything was fine. He had a little bit of fluid, but the doctor wasn’t concerned. Since it’s a virus we have to just let it run its course. The doctor recommended some things we can do and over the counter medicine the boys can take. If they don’t seem to be getting better in a few days, we’ll need to bring them back in.
Evan and Noah were very good and followed all of the directions for the doctor. They got to pick out stickers at the end of the visit.
On the way home we stopped at Sonic. I got the boys slushes and apple slices. They weren’t very hungry so that ended up being their lunch.
Noah took a little bit of a nap.
For dinner we made pasta.
Normally we go to Evan’s sports class on Wednesdays. Today was his last class, but we were not able to go since he is sick.
We let Evan play in the shower for a little bit tonight hoping that would help him feel better.
We just put Evan and Noah to bed. I’m hoping they both sleep well tonight. Between the thunderstorm and being sick they didn’t get much sleep last night.
Thursday, April 29, 2010
Lunch with Lizzy
This morning I took Evan to school and then came back home. Morry was working from home today.
Around 9:30am the carpet cleaning guy came. We needed to get out of his way so Grandma, Noah, LIzzy, and I went to brunch/lunch. Austin Java Company allows dogs on the patio, so we ate outside with Lizzy. Lizzy was very good. That is the first time I have taken her to a restaurant.
After lunch we walked the 3 mile loop at the lake. Lizzy was very excited to be there and pulled the first part of the walk.
After the walk we picked Evan up from school and then came home to drop off Lizzy.
The boys had a 2:45 appointment with the doctor. To kills some time we went to Sonic for slushes.
The doctor thinks Evan and Noah just have allergies. We were worried they might have sinus or ear infections, but so far they seem ok.
At home Noah took a nap. Evan played in his room.
For dinner we went to Joe’s Crab Shack.
On the way home we went to 3 different places to try and find kid’s Zyrtec. Finallly, CVS had it in stock.
We just put the boys to bed. Evan is still awake.
Friday, March 26, 2010
Let the Wild Rumpus Start
This morning we stayed at home. I was feeling a lot better, but not good enough to go out. We were supposed to go to playgroup, but I let her know we wouldn’t be able to come.
I did more cleaning around the house. Evan helped me mop the floor.
Around lunch time I took the boys to Sonic. I wanted to get an icy drink and I thought Sonic would be good since I wouldn’t have to get the boys in and out of the car. Evan, Noah, and I all got slushes.
When we got home the boys played for a little while and then I put Noah down for a nap. Then, as I was getting Evan set up in the game room we looked out the window and saw Grandma, Papa, and Bubbie pulling up in the driveway.
Evan and Lizzy were very excited. We went outside to meet them.
Noah was still making noises and talking so I took him out of his room to see everyone.
We all went out to the backyard for a little bit. The weather was really nice. Then, I put Noah down for a nap again.
Papa went to HEB to pick up some food for the party.
For dinner, we went to Cypress Grill. Evan fell asleep on the way there and slept on Morry some of the time in the restaurant.
When we got home we gave Evan and Noah showers and put them to bed.
Sunday, June 21, 2009
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).
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.