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.