Wednesday, August 20, 2008

First Annual Back to School Date Night

Tonight was a special night.

DaddyMan and I took PrincessGirl on a date. LittleMan stayed with KayeKaye (our fantastic neighbor and friend). It was just the three of us. I decided back in the spring to purchase prepackaged school supplies for PrincessGirl - best $35 I've ever spent. So we stole the idea of making a special evening out of picking out a new backpack and lunch box from our friends that have experience with school aged children, (thanks guys)!

PrincessGirl, being the guest of honor, got to pick ANYTHING she wanted for dinner - her choice - sushi! It was amazing. I highly recommend MK's Sushi in Bedford. The sushi chef made PrincessGirl an adorable fish sculpture made out of rice, shrimp, octopus, and cucumbers. She ate the cucumbers, rice and shrimp. She chewed on the octopus and spit it out. After she finished her edmame, the chef made her a "Mickey Mouse" out of an orange. PrincessGirl loved it because it was cute and delicious - who doesn't like cute food?

And we set out to buy her a new backpack and lunch box and first day of school outfit.

I decided on Grapevine Mills Mall as our shopping destination because they have SEVERAL places that I thought we could look for cute backpacks. We began at Children's Place where PrincessGirl promptly chose the first backpack and lunch box she saw - leopard print and bright pink. (Weird since I would have looked at that one, loved it, shopped in every other store in the mall that may have backpacks and several that don't before returning to buy first backpack that I saw.) She also had her heart set on wearing a skirt on the first day of school so we got a really cute pink and brown skirt and a darling brown T-Shirt with sparkles on it - because, clearly, we aim to blend in!

I got some red and brown shoes (exactly what I wanted and "needed") and we got a dessert to go at Corner Bakery.

This was an amazing night. It was so special to hang out with our little girl one more time before we send her out into the world where undoubtedly, she will change.

Stay tuned for pictures from "Meet Your Teacher" and The First Day of Kindergarten.

And meet me back here next year for a recap of the Second Annual Back to School Date Night because this, my friends, just became a family tradition.

Saturday, August 16, 2008

Rub-A-Dub-Dub ~ What's that in the tub?

I am fully aware that this may cause me to lose friends and my family may decide to disown me, but I feel compeled to share with you the following pictures.

We are not the only family that experiences gross stuff. There's this and this and this and this. I could go on and on, people.
But I must comment on the pictures - first of all - I took care of the boy who was crying after the unfortunate event happened and DaddyMan took care of the tub. His remedy included gloves, paper towels and a gallon of bleach. Second - how did something that big come out of my little boy? He has man poop!

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Chick-fil-A Never Ceases to Amaze Me


Have I mentioned my love of Chick-fil-A?

I have yet to find a menu item at Chick-fil-A that I don't like.

Recently, a friend turned me on to the Chick-fil-A sauce.

Several of us discussed the Chick-fil-A sauce and the Honey Roasted Bar-b-q sauce.

I highly recommend both of them. However, despite the opinions of others to the contrary, they are different sauces.

Chick-fil-A is featuring their old Chick-fil-A sauce as the perfect condiment for the new and improved Chick-n-Strips.

For those of you int he DFW area, you can get some free Chick-n-Strips to go with the Chick-fil-A sauce on August 7th from 5:00-8:00 pm - check your local store for details.