Movies

I LOVE movies. Everything about movies. I love them in the theater or at home with popcorn. I love all genres like sci-fi (crazy...I know), fantasy, action, drama, comedies, or romantic comedies. I watched Eclipse this morning...at like 6:30 in the morning. (give me the mother of the year award right now). I was so excited to watch the movie, but Jason was watching some ridiculous one last night...so this morning it was. I was so disappointed. I have actually been disappointed with all three movies. I am a big twilight fan, so I wanted the movie to be at least relatively good...with good acting. It made me think about all the best-selling novels made into movies that are dissappointing. I started to think about which movies actually turn out good or great. I could not think of a lot. The only one I could personally think of was The Notebook. The Notebook is one of my most favorite novels. I read it long before it was made into a movie when I was a freshman in college. The movie is so good. It has all the charm, heart break, and love of the novel. What are some movies that you think did the novel justice?

Busy Bee

We are still going about 100 mph here in Florida. School is going a 1,000 better. I am so glad. I have heard from tons of teachers over the years that sometimes you have classes more challenging than others. I think this is my year. However, it keeps getting better each day.

Emily went to a base pediatrician to receive a referral for speech. Jason was less than impressed by the doctor. He did even try to talk to Emily...weird?!?!? The doctor basically said Emily's development was moving along fine. Her content is good, but her clarity is the issue. He didn't think that she needed a speech referral...odd considering he didn't even attempt to talk to her. He told Jason that he could write a referral if it made us feel better. So, Jason said yes. We got the referral today in the mail. So, we are excited to set something up for her soon. I know that it will help her big time. Emily's speech has been improving greatly since moving to FL. She is finally calling herself Emily now instead of baby. Yes, she has called herself baby for over a year now. Honestly, it was super cute. But, deep down I was afraid she would be calling herself baby forever. Emily is making lots of friends at school and still enjoys going. They are having a special program this month, which I am so excited to see.

Emily is now all into fashion. She only wants to wear dresses even at night. Yesterday, I made her wear shorts and a Barbie shirt which caused a meltdown and timeout before 7:00am. She also likes picking out her own shoes and hair accessories. So, I think this fall and winter Emily will be wearing dresses and tights.

Speech

This past week Emily had a early childhood services woman come assess her speech. It turns out that Emily is very delayed in her speech. We have a appointment with her doctor to try and arrange a full speech and language evaluation. Hopefully, she will be able to see a speech therapist. I keep thinking what did I do wrong? Did I not read enough to her? Did I not sing enough songs? Did I not talk to her enough? Did she watch too many Barney shows?

I have always thought that she had a speech delay, but it was hard for me to tell. She wasn't really around a bunch of kids her age in England. I started the process of getting her speech evaluated in England, but stopped after a friend who worked for EDIS told me that EDIS doesn't check for clarity until age 30 months. By the time Emily was at 30 months, we were leaving for Texas. I keep thinking I should have, I should have, I should have.

Now, I just need to research on some ways to help her at home.

Loving Daycare

Emily showing off.


I think she may need to become a model. HA!




Can Vogue handle her?....I am not sure.




Our sweet girl. You can tell we had a photo shoot.

Emily is LOVING daycare! Yeah...this is a huge relief for me. She started a smaller daycare about two weeks ago. Not one day has she started crying when either Jason or I drop her off. She seems to love it so much! It makes me so happy! She is eating a lot throughout the day (she had basically stopped at the other place) and being very social with all the kids and parents. Just like the old Emily that we know and love.

School has been a serious challenge!!!! SERIOUS! I have one child with MAJOR behavior issues and another with severe ADHD. Plus, a trash talking parent. Great, huh? Each day is getting better. But, I cried the first weekend just about nonstop. I have had my principal and vice-principal in my classroom a lot...mainly viewing the child with the major behavior issues. But, it stresses me out having them in my classroom all the time. Other than that, I am really enjoying being back in the classroom. It has been a great diet for me as well. I am so busy that I forget almost everyday to eat until 5pm. The other Kindergarten teachers are really nice and helpful.

I know that soon (hopefully) I will feel as stressed out. Teaching seems to be totally different with having a child than with not. Jason and I joke that I put in more hours than him. HA!

Above are a few pictures of Emily. I have been horrible uploading anything.

Daycare Problems

If you have been checking Facebook, then you know that Emily has been having problems with daycare. She cries when I mention "school" to her, when we pull up to the building, and when we drop her off in the room. It has been getting gradually better, but it totally ripes my heart out each time. In her classroom, she has only two other girls (tom-boys at that). There are 12-15 boys in her class. Emily is by NO MEANS a tom-boy...at all. She loves dresses, necklaces, painted fingernails, baby dolls, and anything girlie. At first the daycare seemed pretty good, but then Jason and I started to have our doubts. There seemed to be hardly any toys in the room, which seemed crazy with so many two-year-olds. It seems more like a child factory then welcoming/loving place for kids.

When, we first moved here I wanted to put her in a smaller daycare that is about a 45 minute drive from our house. I LOVED it. Everyone was super nice and all the kids seemed to get a lot of attention. The class only has ten students compared to the 22 now. Yes, I said 22! I just hated the idea of the drive.

Well after a couple of weeks of crying (this daycare thing has been super emotional for both me and Emily...poor Jason). I have enrolled her in the daycare that I loved. I know that Emily will love it. I am super excited that she is going, and I am just going to suck up the drive. The daycare is only about 10 minutes from my work, so I just plan on picking her up at around 3:45 and going back to the school if I need to finish anything. Emily loves my classroom so far. I feel 100% better.

I plan on posting some pictures of my classroom once it is all finished and the house too! We are painting Emily's bedroom purple this weekend. I can't tell you how excited I am about school starting! I can't wait for all those cute faces to come through the door.

Did we disappear?

***Warning: Long Post***


We are finally getting settled in Florida. We have moved into our house, received our household goods, and Emily has started daycare. We pick up our second car tonight...HOORAY! We really love our house and everything about it. We plan on painting Emily's gray room purple soon. One weird thing about our neighborhood is that no one has sidewalks...really?!? That seems so odd to me. Luckily, we live in a culd-de-sac (sp?) so Emily can ride her tricycle.

Jason and I totally felt slapped in the face with the heat. I am so thankful to have sunshine, but the heat can be overwhelming. Is it much to ask for beautiful skies, sunshine, and 80 degree weather all the time. ;) The area is fantastic! There are so many shops and things to do. So many choices compared to the base. We have gone to the beach two times and have not seen any oil. YEAH! We hope to go again this weekend.

Jason is getting adjust to his new job. His responsibility has increased big time. He is in charge of about 450 people right now. In England, it was about 100. Needless to say, he is a little overwhelmed. I know that he will do great though.

If you have been checking FB, then you know Emily is having a hard time adjusting to daycare. Well, so am I. Today was 1,000 times better. We have just been saying lots of words of encouragement, telling her it is okay to be sad, mommy and daddy love her, and so on. They say it takes about 4-6 weeks for a new child to adjust. The only thing I don't like is that her classroom has all boys except one other girl. If you know Emily, then you know that she is the girliest of girly-girls. She likes boys okay (really she is only fond of two boys Colin and Jett), but she LOVES girls. Girls of all ages. Boys are loud, roar all the time, and move really fast. Emily likes more quiet activities and attention. So, she will start having to like boys more.

My school is awesome so far. All the kindergarten teachers are super nice and fun. I can already tell that we will all get along great. They are really helpful. The school painted my classroom a pretty sky blue, and I get $1,000 to start up my classroom. The $1,000 is HUGE. It is a charter school located in an old Wal-Mart building. Funny, huh? Once you walk inside, it looks awesome and you never think Wal-Mart. I am so excited about going back to work but nervous and stressed at the same time. Not to mention, I finish my four last courses for my Master's starting mid August. I will have to become a pro at time management skills.

Well, I will post again soon with some fun pictures. Hope you all come to visit in FL!
Missy

Super Busy

We have been super busy at the McCurry house getting ready for our upcoming move. I have tons of great photos to post from Germany, Holland, and everyday stuff...but I haven't even downloaded the photos on my computer yet.

I said goodbye to my first dear friend here yesterday, which was really hard. My neighbor, Ashley, and I have become so close. Our kids play together all the time. I will miss the Peebles family so much! Luckily, their home town is about 2-3 hours away from Hurlburt Field, FL so I will get to see them in the future. Tomorrow night Jason's co-workers are having a going away dinner for him. It should be a lot of fun.

Emily and I leave next Saturday for Dallas. I am just AMAZED that time has flown by so quickly. I am really excited about moving, but I am starting to feel really sad about it as well. I mentioned in a previous post how great my neighbors are and that is what is making me so sad to leave. I LOVE my street and everyone on it. I can only hope that we are so lucky in our next house. I will miss everyone here so much.

I am thrilled to see some of my college friends in Dallas who I have not seen in four years or so. I am ready for some gut busting laughter, which they can always deliver. There are so many things that I am looking forward to on my trip to Wichita Falls....Kelly's baby shower, Leslie's new baby Keller, my niece and nephew's B-day parties, and seeing my mom for the first time in many years.

I will keep you all post on our travels to FL. Missy