Southern grocery stores

So many people say everywhere is the same now...stores are chains and all sell the same stuff,  the era of Wal-mart.  In many ways I would have to agree.  Down here there are the same stores at the mall, lots of the same chain restaurants, Targets, Wal-marts, etc.  Some of the grocery store chains are in many different areas of the country as well.  However, one thing I've noticed are some of the different food selections at the grocery store.  One thing- the flour section.  I know random, huh?  Growing up my mom always got the same kind of flour.  I even remember when they stopped making a certain kind of flour it was a very sad occurance.  Brand loyalty to the extreme.  What a random thing to have such brand loyalty to huh?  But the flour section here is huge- much bigger than the selections in Ohio- must be a Southern baking thing.  Another thing, they actually have Muscodine grapes at the grocery store here.  I can remember going to pick them growing up and loving to eat them.  Needless to say, I haven't had them in awhile.  At the grocery store today I saw them, they actually sell Muscodine grapes here in the grocery store.  To me those things that make each place different are fun and interesting... Flour and grapes :)

Our fan

Today we installed a ceiling fan in our living room.  And by "we" I mean Dave did most of the work and I assisted.  Our living room has a great high ceiling with exposed beams, but without a ceiling fan, man was it hot.  The AC was running all the time.  What made it a bit more difficult was that there was no light fixture there.  However, with the help of a swag unit (I know, really...) we were able to run the wire along the edge of the beam, down the side of the fireplace and plug it right into an outlet.  That will also mean that we can take the fan along with us when we eventually move.  YAY!

Cute pics of my other one...he's getting so big too!





Dave's preschool

As most of you know, my wonderful husband Dave is watching the kids while looking for work down here in Columbus...Dave really enjoys cooking, especially large chunks of meat.  I appreciate that he has encorporated meat and cooking into learning activities for Dean during the day.  I think they both had a blast.  We are really enjoying our backyard for grilling (as you might guess from the pictures), even though it's been pretty hot lately.  I promise to post pictures of the house soon, but as you can see in the background of one of these pictures there are still boxes (and I at least want to get all boxes put away before posting pictures).  Funny thing is our old daycare would take pictures like this to document learning.  They would post them online with little sentences like this...

In the area of language Dean is now able to follow 1 step directions and is developing the fine motor skill of twisting small objects. 

Dean is demonstrating the early math skill of measuring a given amount.

And of course who could end the post without a good ole baby picture...



Or two :)