Back to School and More

So I watched Julie & Julia last night and it put me in the mood to blog. It's been a long time since I last posted and a lot has happened. Nothing very exciting, but I will tell you regardless.

New Lunchbox

1st Day of School

Back to School
Emorie started Preschool and is ecstatic after being out of school since February. You can tell how excited she is by her big "cheeses" in pictures. She's so goofy! I have volunteered to be 'Room Mom' for her class. This will be the first year that I'm not teaching, so I can enjoy just being a parent. I'm also enjoying my one-on-one time with Ryland while Emorie is in school. I have already introduced him to the taste of Dr. Pepper and started teaching him how to do laundry. One day he will make his wife very happy!


Speak, Ryland, Speak
We've started working with a speech pathologist to encourage communication with Ryland and maybe get him to say something other than "dah". I've been working on the sign "more" with him since he was 6 months old...after one meeting with his speech pathologist, he was using the sign. I believe stubborn runs in this family!

Fact: This is the Maryland State Flag
(I know these things)

My Car is Legal
After an excruciating 3 hours spent at the MVA, I finally got Maryland license plates. Sometimes I don't recognize my car because I'm so familiar with those Texas plates. It's one of those things that I have to get used to. Like not seeing the Texas flag anywhere. I'm embarrassed to say that it took me nearly 5 months to figure out that the flag I was seeing everywhere is the Maryland state flag. Duh! I kept thinking 'what flag is that? That flag is everywhere!' I'm sure the Texas flag is around just as much as the state flag is here (If anyone has state pride, it's Texas!)...I just never noticed it. It was just part of the scenery or something.


Grocery Shopping
I haven't stepped foot in a grocery store in over a month and I can't emphasize enough how awesome grocery home delivery is!! Safeway.com rocks! Now, if only Target and Costco would deliver too! This is why I hate going to the grocery store:

Pouting, Whining, Attitude,

Screaming, Crying,

and all these steps!

Our pantry after the Pounding

And while we're on the subject of groceries, you might be interested to know that we finally used all the pancake mix we got from the "Pounding" when we moved here. After 7 months we still have: paper towels, spaghetti & pasta, rice, sugar, ketchup, soup, peanut butter, antibacterial wipes, tea of all kinds, hot chocolate and a few other things. We continue to be completely blessed by our new church family!


In other news, I found out that the 7-Eleven down the street has Dr. Pepper in the fountain. Oh thank Heaven! They also just put in a Redbox so double score!