Random Updates

The kids have settled into the back to school routine better than I have, in that I am the only one seeming ridiculously tired and muttering under my breath every morning ;) Rebecca seems to like her teacher so far, and Ben seems to be settling in to all of his new classes as well. We had a very welcome 3 day weekend for Labor Day, after what seemed like a really long first week of school :)
We had our first Shabbat dinner (hopefully many more to come) complete with homemade gluten free challah, The kids had dueling cousin-sleepovers, Ben over at Charlie's house and Amelia over at my house. Saturday the girls had a birthday party to go to at Ray's Splash Planet and we had a nice little Labor Day barbecue with the cousins. Sunday we took a last (?) trip to the neighborhood pool and Joel and I went out to dinner and a movie, and yesterday we mostly did errands and had a quiet day. Hoping for some cooler fall weather soon to go along with the calendar :)

Awesome gluten free chocolate chip loaf I made for breakfast Saturday morning, which ironically everyone liked except for Caroline:

Playing in the pool, even though it was cool (mid 80s) and the water was a little chilly thanks to a couple days of rain Thursday and Friday:

Gluten free challah, made by me:

The best drink ever, cucumber jalapeno margarita at Paco's Taco's.