Swimming

Evan woke up early again this morning. He started crying around 6:30am this morning.

Blanca came over at 10 to help me out. Last summer she came a couple days a week so I could get stuff done or take one of the boys out. I decided to just take Evan out and leave Noah with Blanca. I gave Evan a few choices and he decided to go to the pool.

We got to the pool around 10:30am. There were a ton of cars parked at the pool and we had to park way down the street. I was worried it would be too crowded. It wasn’t too bad. They had a lot of swim lessons going on, but it didn’t affect us. Evan mostly played in the baby pool. The pool has a very nice baby/small kids area. There is a shallow pool with slides, spraying water, and dumping buckets from above. Evan and I went in the big pool for a little bit, but he preferred the baby pool where he was more independent. We saw Sonya and Avery (from playgroup) there. Evan and Avery played a little. We left the pool around noon.

At home I put underwear on Evan. He went in the potty twice. Once with Blanca. He told her he wanted to sit on the potty.

Blanca fed the boys lunch while I cleaned around the house.

Blanca left and I put Evan and Noah down for naps.

Evan did not nap, Noah did.

For dinner we had leftover chicken rolls that I had frozen from last week and some couscous.

I really needed some help cleaning up the house. The game room was mess. Downstairs was a mess. There were toys everywhere. Morry cleaned up around the house while I took the boys to Barnes and Noble. I needed to get them out of the house so Morry could clean up all the toys. I’ll do real cleaning tomorrow while Riley is here, but I needed toys picked up and things put away so I could clean. Morry did a good job!

Evan and Noah are in bed now. Let’s hope Evan sleeps better tonight.

Errands and Cleaning

It was another rainy and cold day.

After I dropped Evan off at school I took Noah to Target and Old Navy. I got a coupon today for 30% off at Old Navy. I was just there the other day. Since it wasn’t too far out of my way, I took the clothes back, returned them, and then bought them again for the 30% off. I also got a few other things.

Noah took a nap when we got home. I had to wake him up to feed him lunch.

At school Evan gave me a fake roll and a tub of empty cream cheese he had been playing with. I put Noah on the floor so I could sign out Evan. Noah started playing with the cream cheese container and was very upset when I had to take it away when it was time to go.

We got home a few minutes later Blanca came over to help me out. I had a lot of stuff to do around the house so I asked her to come today. She stayed until about 2:45 and then I put Evan and Noah down for naps. I don’t think Noah ended up sleeping. For about 45min to an hour he was playing in his room, but then he started crying hysterically. As soon as I picked him up he was fine. I couldn’t get anything done after that. Whenever I would put him down he’d start crying again. The only way he would stop crying completely was if he had my full attention.

We had stuffed chicken for dinner. I got it ready while Blanca was here. I sautéed chopped carrots and celery, and rolled it up in the chicken breasts. We have made it a few times. This time I used the food processor to chop up the vegetables and it was so much easier.

After dinner Evan played with his GeoTrax for a little bit. Evan was being cranky and fought going upstairs. He lost his book privilege tonight.

Evan and Noah are in bed now and it sounds quiet up there.