My Quirks

I have been TAGGED!
Here are the rules:
1. Link back to the person who tagged you: Jess and Heather
2. Mention the rules on your blog
3. Tell 6 unspectacular quirks of yours
4. Tag 6 fellow bloggers by linking to them
5. Leave a comment for each tagged blogger to let them know that they have been tagged

6 Quirks about me..

1. I have to arrange the dishwasher in a certain order. If Jeremy loads it and doesn't do it in that order, I will pull things out and replace them the way I want.

2. I don't like tomatoes, but I will eat ketchup, tomato sauce, salsa, etc.

3. If I'm having pancakes or waffles with my eggs, I'll put syrup on my eggs. (come to think of it, I have a LOT of food quirks)

4. I don't like plain water unless I am just dying of thirst. I need lemon, lime or something with it. I prefer my water in the form of iced tea if you want to get technical.

5. I cannot stand my toe nails having any length to them. I have to cut or file them down right away if they go beyond my "safe" point.

6. I am OCD about clean hands. To the point where if Jonathan gets something on his hands he immediately comes to me with his hands up for me to wipe them clean. He about lost his mind when we hand to paint his hands for handprints on a plate we made last week!

I am tagging:
Robyn
Jenna
Kristi
Heather M.
Kristin
Carrie

Kaylin's first day of Kindergarten

For a treat after her first day, I will pick her up with a diet blackberry sprite from Sonic (I got her hooked, too!) and the new Little Mermaid movie.

Menu Plan Monday

This Menu Plan Monday is special. This week, Kaylin starts kindergarten, so it is important that I get back on track with menu planning, to make school nights easier on me and, in turn, everyone else.

Monday : Lemon pepper chicken sandwiches & grilled corn on the cob

Tuesday : Cheeseburgers on the grill and baked beans

Wednesday : Farfalle with zucchini *will sub mushrooms for tomatoes and add summer squash that we need to use up

Thursday : Sandwiches or McDonald's *it's Jonathan's Mother's Day Out Meet the Teacher night

Friday : Simple Shrimp Stir-fry with rice

Saturday : Jalapeño tilapia & broccoli

Sunday : Chicken Marsala with pasta

Back to School shopping and Mommy and Kaylin time

This weekend was tax-free weekend in Texas. Some of the stores I normally shop at for the kids were running additional sales on top of that, so we took advantage and got some new clothes for Kaylin. I got some new clothes, too, as I will start substitute teaching this year.

We ended up with a lot from Old Navy, in addition to no tax they were having a sale of 40% off some of their kids stuff, plus 20% off if you used your Old Navy account. So, we both got several outfits from there.

At first, Kaylin didn't want to go shopping with me. Later on, she ended up really enjoying it and picked out the majority of what we bought for her. When the consignment sales start up here in the next few weeks, I will buy both kids all new jeans and several basics for winter and then they won't need anything until the stores start marking things down to bring the spring things in. She was very particular about wanting a yellow shirt and we never were able to find one in her size after checking 3 different stores.

Saturday evening we went to the Highland Village Balloon Festival with our friends Matt & Chera. Kaylin had a ball. Jonathan loved the glow necklaces and the bounce house. Kaylin rode down a big blow up slide, bounced high on a trampoline, and rode in a small ferris wheel type ride. There was also a booth in the arts & crafts tent where they were making fabric flip flops for $10 and she wanted to do that, but I told her we could do that at home. So, we'll need to go buy some fabric and make those soon.

Sunday was our special day. Since Jeremy works so much and doesn't get to spend a lot of time with the kids, Kaylin calls special Jeremy and Kaylin days "Daddy time," but Sunday was "Mommy time." The plan was to take her to see Kit Kittredge: An American Girl movie, but we found out that morning that the closest theater was in Frisco, which is almost an hour away from us. I figured we could still do it, since she was looking forward to it. Well, that ended up getting "taken away" because she had problems listening that morning. So, we had lunch at McDonald's (her choice) and walked around an outdoor mall, which was really nice as the weather here this weekend was gorgeous. Bought her some more clothes at The Children's Place, my absolute favorite place to shop for the kids!

This morning was my substitute orientation. I am now officially a sub in the same district we live in and Kaylin's school is in. Eventually, I will get my teacher certification - am just not sure when I will start that process.

Back to School

Well, only 12 days until Kaylin starts Kindergarten! Today she got a haircut to get her ready and tomorrow we'll go clothes shopping, as this weekend is tax free weekend in Texas.

Here are some pictures of her hair cut. She only had about 2 inches cut from it, but since she has curly hair, it always looks like more than that! They aren't the best quality photos either, as they were taken on a cell phone, but they show the cut well enough which was the whole point of the picture.


As one of my friends pointed out, all her swimming this summer has made her so tan and blonde! Just look at those natural highlights! Lucky girl. My friend Chris also said that Kaylin would probably have 5 boyfriends by the end of the first week. All I have to say about that is - not if they know what's good for them .