Mrs. Grandma

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

We went to Camp Gladiator this morning after taking the kids to school.  Today was a bit different.  The normal trainer brought in a yoga instructor so it was a yoga session.  I knew the yoga instructor.  He was a trainer that had worked with Your Trainer to create all the videos and workout sessions.  We talked for a bit before class.  The class was good.

When we got home, Rachel went on a walk with Lorena.

I stayed home today.

Evan's teacher asked if either Rachel or Grandma would be willing to work with a few kids each week on advanced math.  It was opened up to all the kids in the class and those kids that were interested could do it.  Evan, of course wanted to do the advanced math.  So Grandma came into school today and worked with 12 of the kids from Evan's class.  Rachel joked about what Evan would call her.  She said that Evan should call Grandma, Mrs. Grandma.  Evan really enjoyed it.  He said he likes sixth grade math better than fifth grade math.

We picked up the boys from school and then Rachel left to tutor.

The boys and I went to Oak Hill.  I pitched to each boy in the batting cage.

We stopped at HEB on the way home to get some things.

For dinner we had flank steak.

The boys are getting ready for bed.

Until next time...

New Smoothie King

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

Camp Gladiator does not meet on Wednesdays so after walking the boys to school, we stayed at home.

Later in the morning, Rachel went to Costco to get some things.

Noah ended up spending some of the afternoon at Jude's house.

I took Evan to his hitting/speed and agility practice at TRPD.  He had a good time messing around with his friends there as well as getting some good practice in.

On the way home, we stopped at the new Smoothie King they opened in Lakeway.  Evan has been waiting for it to open up and it had it's grand opening about 10 days ago.

We had ribs for dinner that Rachel got at Costco.  They were pre-made, you just had to heat them up.

The boys are getting ready for bed.

Until next time...

Another Busy, Late Tuesday

We walked the kids to school and then went to Camp Gladiator.

I was home for a little bit this morning and then left for pilates around 12:30.

I went to pilates and then tutored 3 students.

While I was gone, Morry picked up the kids at school.  Later, he dropped off Noah at Grandma and Papa's house.    Then, Morry and Evan went to baseball practice.

I picked up Noah around 7:30 from Grandma and Papa's.

Morry and Evan got home around 8pm.

Evan's eating his dinner now.

Once the kids are in bed we'll eat our dinner.

Whew!

Two Practices

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

We walked the boys to school today.  There wasn't any Camp Gladiator, so Rachel and I took a long walk to keep up the exercise routine, somewhat.

We worked from home all day.  The Google Fiber guys were still outside doing work actually laying the fiber, so it would have been tough to leave.

We walked to get the boys.  As soon as we came home, Evan and I left for a hitting lesson.  Evan gets a one-on-one hitting or pitching lesson per month with the main hitting or pitching coaches.  So Evan met with the hitting instructor today.  It was a very interesting session where the coach gave Evan a variety of drills to work on at home to continue to hone his swing.

Noah went to football practice with his friend Jude.  Evan and I went to his practice when Evan finished.  Noah looked great running the ball.  They were running a drill where they'd hand off to one kid and they had to try to get past three defenders without getting their flag pulled.  The defenders, of course, were working on flag pulling.  Three times straight, Noah weaved and juked his way past all the boys.

We had pasta for dinner.

The boys are in bed now.

Until next time...

Still Busy

This morning we were able to sleep in some.

Morry took the kids to Smoothie King and I went for a run.

I took Noah to Cole's birthday party at 12:15.  It was at the bowling alley and Noah seemed to have a good time.

When we got home I made the matzoh balls for dinner.

At 5:00 we walked to Grandma and Papa's for Rosh Hashanah dinner.  Uncle Marvin was there too.  We had a nice dinner.

Morry and the boys are watching the Steelers game now.

Three Football Games

Hello everyone, this is Morry.

We were able to sleep in this morning because football did not start until 10:30.  It was nice having a relaxed morning.

Noah's game was at 11am, followed by two football games for Evan at noon and 1.  Noah had to get there at 10:30 for warmups.  It was my first time seeing Noah play flag football in a game.  I thought he played very well today.  He had two passes thrown to him.  One he almost had, and another was knocked away by the defender.  He had a good run as well.  On defense, he covered so well that the other never passed to the guy he was covering.  He was always right there.  Noah's team had the lead briefly but ended up losing.

In Evan's first game, he had two good runs when he was on offense.  One he almost broke for a touchdown.  One kid made a great flag pull when Evan changed directions.  On defense, Evan blitzed quite a bit.  He had a great flag pull in the backfield and he jumped to knock down a pass as he was blitzing and took the pass off his forehead.  The ball shot straight in the air but he couldn't find it to intercept it.  Evan's team won.

In Evan's second game, he had a nice reception as well as a run.  The other team was quite big - they were made up of 6th graders - and Evan's team struggled.

Evan went home with Darius after the game.

We took it easy in the afternoon.

Around dinner time we picked up Evan and then went to a place called Third Base for dinner.  The service was pretty bad.  And actually, the food wasn't very good either.  We had gotten a coupon for $10 off when we did the 5K a few weeks ago and thought we'd give it a shot.

We stopped at HEB to get some shopping done on the way home.

The boys are getting ready for bed now.

Until next time...