Fun weekend

I did something I’m so proud of myself this past weekend – I used coupons from HEB and saved $22 plus earned a free car wash! This never happened to me. There were times that I tried to use coupons, but either forgot it when went shopping, or circled around the grocery store trying to find a item that could save 55cents…

I was talking to a friend visiting us from Austin on Saturday about how economy is getting worse, and we all should try to cut spending. Then I received some coupons from HEB- free salad and bacon (both organics) along with other in-store coupons offered by HEB, I decided I have to do this. I haven’t cooked the bacon, but will let you know how different the organic bacon tastes like :-)

Listening to the news about recession and watching the retirement accounts shrinking day by day do make a lot of people nervous. And this unsecured feeling about uncertainty is contagious, filling the air around us. Hope we’re not far from the bottom and things will get better and better.

We all had a fun time this weekend. Saturday morning, I stayed home, dad took Kaitlyn to an airshow with a friend of his (he has a daughter too). I believe both daddies had more fun than the girls. Girls were excited to ride the jeep and running around, then it’s getting hot, so they enjoyed better eating snacks under the shade of airplane wings:-)

Soon after they came back in the afternoon, our friend from Austin visited us and stayed with us overnight. We went to Kaitlyn's school's annual "Bonzer Bash" party.

My friend had a boy who is one year younger than Kaitlyn. We can tell for sure the difference between girls and boys. We try to stick together in case getting lost, but they two end up playing diferent games. Kailtyn likes nail polishing, hair spraying, and candy, etc. the best.

too much political campaign

We went grocery shopping over the weekend,and kaitlyn made some interesting comments.

At the bakery section, there are different kinds of bread to taste for free. She picked one, and I picked one. Kaitlyn sticked her bread in front of me and said "I'm John McCain, and you're Obama!" I looked at her confused, why?

She said "look at your bread." I looked at our bread, she was holding a piece of white bread, and I was holding a wheat bread with nuts/seeds.

I can't help laughing hard - has this presidential campaign coverage been too overwhelmed?! I swear we didn't discuss any racial difference between the two candidates, so she has to overhear it from TV, or figure out herself based on her own observation. What a drama of this presidential campaign!

Anyway, Kaitlyn had fun in the backyard this weekend. She went to a friend's house for playday on Saturday.

On Sunday, daddy set up a tent in backyard. They stayed outside watching stars at night. It's so much fun!

Mommy, tent is ready! I have everything I need for tonight!

Oh oh, we have a visitor!

Mommy, am I going to smash the froggy if he goes under my tent?

What should I do?

She is afraid of frogs after she saw a smashed frog on the street last year.

Ohh, one more fun thing I have never tried before - making bread!

Start from scratch, add flour, then milk...

Then egg, and sugar...

Then raisins and cinnamons...

Umm, so yummy - I waited all night already...

Things grandma told me this week...

Grandma told Kaitlyn she's leaving next week, asked if she'll miss her. Kaitlyn said yes. "why?" asked grandma. "because grandma cooks so well!" She loves the homemade dumplings mom makes for her.

She is so spoiled these three week - grandma try to make different things for breakfast and dinner. She eats two small portion dinners after school. Her favorite ones are dumplings grandma made from scratch. There are different fillings each time with different vegetables and meats.

Grandma asked her if she wants a little brother or sister. She said "absolutely NO". Why - "there are two reasons." she explained seriously. "First, is because he (or she) will smash her stuff on the floor all the time. Second, diapers are so stinky!"

I know she had "bad" influence from schoolmates. She has two good friends (both boys sitting at the same table), one has 2 siblings and another one has 3. They share stories together. She even told grandma secretly, that those boys giggle at school class playing with underwear (brought from home secretly). Ohh, my gosh!

To give you an idea how she thinks touching parents' "taboo" is funny when I was doing laundry...
Something daddy wants to add - this girl likes watching war movies since a baby. She watched TV series, like "band of brothers" with daddy and grandpa twice. She would crying when her "hero" died or hurt, she would be scared(sometime excited) with gunfire, and cheer when win the battle. Well, I'm glad at least there are some parental control here, that daddy skips bloody and explicited scenes if any.