Trees and Football

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

This morning, when Rachel and I got up, we planted the sapling that we got for free from the Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center.  We were able to plant it in our front bed.  We hope it grows well there.  The soil is much nicer in that bed.

When we were done, Rachel ran to the school and back.  Evan went with her on his scooter.

We had lunch and then Evan and I left to go to his football game.  We stopped at the Natural Gardener on the way.  When Evan's peach tree died last year he was very upset.  We promised him that we'd get another fruit tree.  We spoke to a lady at the Natural Gardener about what tree would be best for us.   Evan had wanted a pecan tree but she said where we live, given our soil and the size of large size of a pecan tree it would not work.  She was very good and many times spoke directly to Evan since I had told her the tree was for Evan.  She explained about "chill hours" needed for fruit trees and really gave Evan the science behind things.  The recommended fig, pomegranate, plum, blackberry or kumquat trees.  She said fig trees do very well in Austin, although all of those would be good.  I think we may be leaning towards two trees - a blackberry and a kumquat.  The blackberry tree is not really a tree but more of a bush.

From there we went to the football game.  Again, Evan didn't drop a pass during warmups.  Unfortunately, that didn't carry over to the game.  Evan dropped the first pass that was thrown to him.  He also dropped a handoff on an end around.  He caught a few other passes, but another pass was intercepted that was thrown to him.  The whole team did not play well on offense or defense.  Evan was pretty dejected after the game.

We stopped at Best Buy to pick up a new Fitbit for Rachel and then Smoothie King on the way home.

It was clean up day after that but the boys did not do a very good job of cleaning up.  Evan's clean up just finished at 9pm.  I ended up going in and directing him on what to clean up and where to put it in his room.

The boys are now in bed.

Until next time...

Wildflower Center Morning

This morning we took it easy and then decided to head over to the Wildflower Center.  They were having a free event there today, Tree Talk Winter Walk, with lots of kids activities.   The boys had a great time and the weather was nice.  They got to roast marshmallows, swing in the trees, climb trees, build forts, and learn about trees.  It was a nice morning.

We came home and ate our leftovers from last night.

Morry and Evan left to go to Evan's football practice.

When they got home Morry put on the movie Paul Blart Mall Cop.  The boys really liked it.

For dinner we went to Flores.  A new one opened near us.  The boys ate well.  The food was good.

We are home now and soon the boys will get ready for bed.

Here are some pictures from the Wildflower Center.

Cranky at the Wildflower Center

This morning Evan rode his bike again. They met at Jack's house and all rode together.

Noah was good this morning and had no problems going to school.

Morry had a meetings here at the house this morning and afternoon.

After I picked up Noah we went to the Wildflower Center. They are having a plant sale this weekend and today was a special members preview sale with 10% off everything. It was packed. There was a lot of nice stuff there. I would have gotten more, but Noah threw a massive fit. I'm not sure why. He just decided he didn't want to walk around once we got there and wanted to go home.

I rode my bike to get Evan at school today and then we rode home together with Jack.

Noah took a long nap on the couch downstairs.

For dinner we went to Hula Hut with some of Morry's clients that are in town. After eating we walked around a looked out at the lake. There were a lot of turtles swimming in the water. The boys enjoyed that.

The boys are in bed now and hopefully sleep well tonight. Evan has a baseball game early tomorrow morning.

Trying to get Bluebonnet Pics

We thought we would go to the Wildflower Center, let the boys run around, and get some nice pics with the bluebonnets. Noah threw a little fit while we were getting ready to go. He didn't want to get dressed. He didn't want to go. We told him we were going anyway and if that meant wearing his pajamas to the Wildflower Center, that's how it would be. He finally let Morry get him dressed.

Noah was cranky at the Wildflower Center. He didn't want to walk and made Morry carry him. He threw fits when we were walking because that wasn't the way he wanted to go. Of course, we couldn't get any pictures of him.

We only ended up staying for a short time.

We came home, ate lunch, and then Morry took Evan to baseball practice.

When they got home they went outside to play baseball some more but then it started to rain.

Morry had a phone meeting this afternoon so the boys and I went to HEB.

When we got home we told the boys it was time to clean up while we made dinner. Like always, Noah threw a fit and did not clean up at all. We told them we would do movie night if they cleaned up. Evan cleaned up quickly. The plan was to just watch the movie with Evan, but since it was getting late we started watching ET during dinner. The boys seemed to like it and Noah was pretty good during the movie. I don't know how we could have kept him from the movie without a major tantrum and we just didn't feel like dealing with that tonight.

The boys are in bed now and hopefully go to sleep soon.

Here are some pictures from today.

Wildflower Center Lunch

This morning around 9am Noah started whining asking when we were going to leave for sports class. Despite me telling him sports class is at 12:30, he kept complaining.

After I got a few things done around the house Noah and I went to the Wildflower Center. I asked Noah where he wanted to go and that was his choice. We walked around and then ate our picnic lunch at one of the tables.

Then, we went to the Little Gym for Noah's sports class. Noah did very well and listened well to the instructor. He had fun.

We were home for just a little bit and then it was time to pick up Evan.

At home the boys played until Blanca came over at 3:45. I tutored one student.

For dinner we had grilled chicken and rice.

Tonight the boys cleaned up and now Morry is reading to them.

Wildflower Center x 2

This morning it took a long time to get out of the house. Noah was being a pain. He didn't want to get dressed. I had to force him down to get him dressed and when I went to put stuff in the car he pulled all his clothes off again. Not fun.

I had planned on taking the boys to the Wildflower Center to run around and have a picnic lunch. I had a doctors appointment at 12:30 and I planned on taking them with me. I wanted to make sure they got out their energy before. By the time we actually left the house that didn't leave much time at the Wildflower Center.

We we got there we walked around just a little bit and then had lunch. It was then time to leave to make it to my doctors appointment on time.

We had to wait an hour for the doctor, but the boys were very good there. After the appointment they said they wanted to go back to the Wildflower Center. So, we went there for a second time. This time we spent more time walking around, climbing up the tower, taking pictures. I let Evan take pictures and he actually did a really good job. I was amazed. He loved taking pictures.

When we got home I tried to put Noah down for a nap. Noah started throwing a fit in his room and I told him to wait a few more minutes since I had some things I needed to do. When I went upstairs a few minutes later to let him out, he was asleep at his gate.

For dinner we ate at Stadium Grill . Evan and Noah ate very well there. After we ate they played on the sand volleyball court and said hello to the pet pig.

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

Here's video from today.



Here are pictures I took.


Here are some Evan took.

Day 1- The first entry

Trying out this whole blogging thing. I thought this would be a good way keep everyone updated on what is going on in our lives.

Today we went to the Wildflower Center in the morning with Zayde/Jack/Morry's dad. Evan had a good time showing Zayde around.

We also went to lunch at Satellite Cafe near our house. Evan ate really well. He ate all of my fruit, some of my beans, the 3 dinosaur chicken nuggets we brought from home. Evan sat next to me in the booth and he kept leaning over and hugging me and saying "I love Mommy." Very sweet.

We felt Noah's first tooth today. He's doing well and eating a ton. He ate 3 spoons of cereal mixed with applesauce and juice this morning as well as half a container of baby fruit. And this evening he also ate 3 spoons of cereal. He's still having about 5 bottles a day with around 6-8oz of formula in each. Noah will have his 6 month doctor's appointment on Sept. 30. We'll get to find out then how he's doing in regards to his weight and height.

Yesterday we went to Wonder World in San Marcos. Not really knowing much about it besides what we read online http://www.wonderworldpark.com we thought it looked fun. We drove out there and they really pushed getting the whole package (cave, observation tower, magnetic house, animal train ride) so we did. The first part was the cave. We walked through the gift shop into the top of cave entrance. We stood there while the tour guide started going over the rules and all. Then Evan started saying "No, no, ..". He wanted to go back in the gift shop. I had to carry him back to the group. As we started descending into the cave Evan was starting to whine and I knew it was not going to be a fun tour with me having to carry him the whole time. I suggested to go back up. As we were going back up Evan said, "It'll probably be scary." We ended up getting our money back for the whole thing and going home.

So, my goal is to update this daily. We'll see how that goes.

Please feel free to leave comments and any suggestions on what you want us to include in this blog.

Here are some pictures from today at the Wildflower Center.