Hot Errands

This morning I went for a run while pushing both boys in the stroller. I only did 2 miles. Combined the boys weigh 80 lbs.

Blanca came over and I ran some errands.

I went to Target and bought a lot of clothes for the boys. Evan especially needed some new clothes for school.

I also went to the pre-school to pick up Noah's bike.

Evan and Noah had a good time with Blanca. They played a lot of wii games.

This afternoon the boys and I went through their clothes and boxed up the clothes that no longer fit them. Noah got some of Evan's old clothes. Evan gets really sentimental. He didn't want me boxing up some of Noah's clothes. He got really upset over one shirt for some reason. I told him we weren't getting rid of it, just putting it in the attic. I went up in the attic to put the boxes up there and bring down some other clothes. Man, was it hot up there. Woah!

For dinner we had crock pot chicken.

Tonight was clean up night. The boys cleaned their rooms while I vacuumed.

Evan and Noah are supposed to be in bed, but I still hear them playing.

Gym, Sprinklers, Clean Up, and More

Today was another busy day.

This morning we went to the gym. I did a kickboxing class and the boys played in the child care.

After the gym we came home and had lunch and then played outside.

Then, the sprinkler guys came over to fix our sprinklers. It was a valve issue. $200 later they seem to be working well now.

I did a lot of cleaning in the house today. It really needed it.

For dinner we went to Kerbey Lane.

Tonight the boys cleaned their rooms and the game room. Morry gave them baths while I finished cleaning and vacuuming.

Evan and Noah are in bed now, but not asleep.

Getting Things Done

Last night Noah was up in the middle of the night. He wasn't going back to sleep, so eventually we just let him cry. Then, Evan came in our room around 4am and he spent the rest of the night in bed with us.

Noah slept late this morning.

I vacuumed and cleaned up some. Then we went to Barnes and Noble for a little bit. After that we went to Newflower.

Gabby came over at 4. I tutored late. Morry and the boys had dinner here while I was tutoring.

I got home around 8:45pm. Noah was asleep but Evan was still up.

Here are pictures from our trip.

I'm hoping to get the video up soon. It's uploading now to YouTube but it takes a long time.

At Home

This morning we hung out at home and then I took the boys on a 3 mile run. It was raining earlier this morning, so it was a hard run since it was humid.

I did some cleaning. Evan helped me vacuum with the hand vac .

We were supposed to go to playgroup at Laurel’s house, but she got sick. Last minute I said we would have playgroup here. It was a very small playgroup today. Only Susan and Lauren came over. We don’t have any girl toys here so Lauren wasn’t sure what to do. Once we went outside all of the kids had fun.

For dinner we went to Texas Roadhouse and stopped at Petco on the way home to get food for Lizzy.

We just gave the boys baths and put them to bed.

School Day, Exercise, and HEB

This morning Evan woke up at 5:50am as Morry was leaving to go to the gym. I’m not sure why he was up so early.

Noah slept late and we had to wake him up a little before 9am to go to school.

Both boys did fine at drop off.

From school I went to the gym to meet the trainer. She had me do the stair step machine and then run about 1 ½ miles on the outside trail.

After that I went to HEB. I saved about $30 in coupons and we got our dinner for tonight free with coupons.

I came home, put the groceries away, cleaned up the kitchen, vacuumed, mopped, and then it was time to get the boys.

Evan and Noah had a good day. Noah’s teacher said one of the kids was upset so they were going to take her into Evan’s classroom. They decided to bring Noah too since they thought he would like seeing Evan. He had fun, but cried with it was time to leave Evan.

When we got home I tried putting Noah down for a nap, but he wouldn’t sleep.

Blanca came at 3:45. I tutored and came home at 7pm.

We ate dinner and then put the boys to bed. Noah is playing with his leapster. Evan is still awake too.

Errands

This morning Evan woke up early. A little before 7am he came in our room. I set him up with tv in the game room and then went back to sleep for a little bit.

Once Noah was up we all got up and got dressed and had breakfast.

We had some errands to run today. First, we went to Sams Club. We spent a while there and got some good deals. Evan and Noah were good, so we got them a soft pretzel and ICEE to share.

After Sams we went to Office Depot. We wanted to look at printers. Evan and Noah were getting into everything and touching all of the printer buttons. It was very hard trying to keep an eye on them and check out printers.

We came home and ate lunch. While the boys were eating I vacuumed upstairs.

Noah took a nap while Evan watched TV.

For dinner Morry made fried matzoh for him and the boys. I had a salad and egg sandwich.

After dinner we took a walk.

When we came back home we gave Evan and Noah baths and then put them to bed.

Good Morning / Bad Afternoon

This morning Evan and Noah were very good. For lunch we met up with the Pink Ribbon Cowgirls at Central Market North. We ate lunch upstairs and Evan and Noah were very well behaved. I brought a lot of food and snacks to keep them occupied. I also bought them smoothies. There was another mom there with a 4 year-old boy, so after the lunch we went to the playground together. Evan and Noah had a great time playing. I gave them a 5 minute warning, then a 1 minute warning. I had to pick up Noah because he didn’t want to leave. Then, Evan wanted to keep showing me things he could do on the bars. I let him show me one thing, then I said we needed to leave. He became very angry and was yelling at me. I just ignored him, but he was yelling while we passed all the people eating lunch outside. Both boys were screaming and crying.

On the way home I had to stop at a vacuum repair place. Our vacuum cleaner has not been working right for a while. It vacuums some, but the brush doesn’t move like it is supposed to. The guy told me it would probably cost $69 or so to fix it. I decided to pass. We only paid about double that for the vacuum in the first place. They had some toys for kids to play with at the Sew and Vac shop. Then, Noah threw another fit when it was time to leave because he didn’t want to leave the toys.

By the time we got home both boys were seriously cranky and in need of naps, but of course neither one did today. I tried lying down with Noah, but Evan started crying because I wasn’t able to give him attention and then Noah wasn’t sleeping because he heard Evan.

Eventually I gave up on Noah’s nap and let him come downstairs. He was really cranky though.

When Morry got home we decided to go to an early dinner. The boys were in bad moods so we just picked a place close to home, Craig-Os. Evan ate a lot of pizza. Noah didn’t eat very much.

We just put the boys to bed. I really hope they fall asleep soon.

Hair Consultation

I dropped of Noah at Alena’s and then Evan at school.

After that I met my hair dresser for a consultation. Now that my hair is growing out I’m trying to figure out what to do with it and how to style it. I wasn’t sure if I was quite at the point to get a haircut yet. She offered some suggestions and said maybe in a month – 6 weeks I could come in for a haircut and she could shape it up a little.

The rest of the day I spend doing stuff around the house. I cleaned up, vacuumed, mopped, and started the laundry.

I picked up Evan first from school and then we went to Alena’s house to get Noah. We stayed for a few minutes so that Evan could play a little. Of course Noah got all whiny when it was time to go.

Noah took a short nap today.

For dinner we had burritos from the freezer and Morry made rice to go with them.

We were going to go outside after dinner but it started raining. It was thundering for a little while and our power went out for a split second.

We just put Evan and Noah to bed. Morry is still upstairs getting Evan settled in bed.