My eating machine

Timmy is an eating machine. That boy will eat anything I put in front of him. (well, except sweet potatoes. He won't even eat the canned ones that have been sitting in corn syrup). He loves being able to feed himself. He loves cottage cheese. He shovels that in by the handfuls. He'll even eat avacado and tofu. His favorite, by far, is spaghetti and meatballs. The boy gets red sauce up to his eyebrows. It's very entertaining to watch.

Change is good

The membership for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is growing around the world. And in No VA. Apparently in the past few years the Stake has grown by 400 members...enough for a whole new ward. So, yesterday a new ward was created. And that meant changes for existing wards. So, we're going back to where we started 3 years ago. I'm grateful that we already know people in the Oakton ward, but I'm sad that the changes also took away other friends. (not to mention other friends who were in the ward but moved away. Yeah, you know who you are).

So, here's to new changes and old friends.

Meesa baaack...

Why did I title this with the annoying Jar Jar Binks quote? Guess I'm tired.

Where have I been, you might wonder. Yeah, me too. This summer went so fast and everything I wanted to do (well almost everything) didn't happen. It seemed like the majority of my summer involved making doctor appointments (and setting up babysitting) so we could all be medically cleared to go to Paris. As of today, we have all received our medical clearance. Now we just have to wait for the funds to be available for the move.

So there's nothing really new to report. I have daily blogs going on in my head. They just never make it to the computer. I'll try to be better.

Matt started 1st grade on Sept 8th. He is taking the bus this year. He loves it. He always has a smile on his face when he gets off. In fact there are two of his classmates at our bus stop. He enjoys doing his homework every night and exclaims, "this is toooo easy!". In a couple weeks he will start a French class after school. It's sad that we're spending money to do this when we could do it at home, but I want him to feel excited and prepared.

Thomas is in his second year of coop preschool. He is in a group with 7 boys! (thank goodness I only have to host every 7 weeks!). The boys all think it's cool, but one of the boys was concerned that there weren't any girls to chase. He's having fun getting to know new kids.