July 4th Playdate

On July 1st - ha ha - Friday morning at 9 or 9:30am, I'm having a backyard July 4th playdate. We'll have snacks, crafts,  & a storytime. Come one, come all - just let me know so I'll have enough crafts and snacks for everyone.

Catching Jack

No, I didn't drop him. Trying to catch him in a picture.

Sometimes, I'll take a picture and edit it and think - dang, I'm good. Then there are days like this . .  Oh well. You live and learn.

Found a moment when I didn't have much to do (except clean & I was avoiding that), so I decided I needed some pictures of Jack.

I set him up by a window and as soon as I set him down, he started smiling at me!!

Shoot! Camera on wrong settings!

Try again . . . 

His eyes really get this big. I didn't realize how harsh my lighting was.

Got about 3 more pictures and one by one, his brothers caught me and decided they wanted to be in the picture, too.

I snuck away and tried him by a different window.

This is the blanket that my sister knitted. It matches his room and have leaves on it to go with the owls.

He lasted about 3 more pictures after that.

That evening, I noticed the clouds outside and so I decided to take him outside while the boys were eating and try again.

He decided that he wanted to eat, too, so he didn't last long. 

And that's how it goes sometimes.

Target's Mobile Coupons

Shirt on clearance at Target for $2.25 plus . . . .

Target mobile coupon for $2 off any women's top equals . . .

(barcode they scan) 

Shirt for $0.25 plus tax

The receipt says I saved $2, but I'm sure the shirt was original around $10 or so. I forgot to look at tag.

I was real hesitant to sign up for Target's mobile coupons at first. Don't really know why. I thought it'd be a lot of information to fill out and not be worth it. Turns out, they ask for your phone number and maybe your name - that's it. Takes less than 2 minutes. About twice a month, I get a text with a link for coupons. You just take your phone with you, show them the link at the register, and they scan the barcode.

Sprinkler Playdate! NEW TIME

Sprinkler Playdate:

When: Thurs, June 16, 3:30  4pm (allow more shade)

Where: my house

Possibly kiddie pool

Bring your own lawn chair.

Come one, come all!

Saturday Deals

Feeling proud of myself today for all my great deals.

Garage Sale Shopping:

These clothes were $0.50 each. Jack's clothes are pretty worn, so I found him some "new" onsies. The brown stripes has matching pants.. The boys shirt looked practically new, so I grabbed it.

Apparently, since coming home from the hospital, I've gained weight instead of losing. I'm blaming all the desserts from my care calendar. Probably has some to do with being baby #4 and being 34 yrs old. To make matters worse, the area where my c-section was done is still sensitive, so my clothes selection from my closet has been very limited. Even some of my maternity clothes are not comfortable. This skirt is stretchy and soft. I'm hoping it will fit and be comfy.

I found these shorts for Ben for $0.50. I didn't love them, but was hoping they'd match a couple shirts he had that are missing the bottoms.

Perfect!!

Got this pile of stuff for $0.75. The Alphabet book is for tracing/writing letters. Never been used. She gave it to me for free. Can you guess why I bought the wooden spoon?

Total at garage sales: $3.75

HEB:

Chris stopped by there to get some garlic and onion to make lunch. I told him about the deal in this week's ad where you buy Nature's Own bread and get HEB whole wheat bread free. On top of that, he found a coupon in the store for $0.75 off Nature's Own. Using both yellow coupons, he got 2 loaves of wheat bread for about $1.50 (he doesn't remember exactly). I think this deal goes through Tuesday if you're interested. They also have strawberries for $1.17/lb. YUM!!

Lunch:

I threw together lunch today and realized that everything I was cooking I had gotten a really good deal on. I figured out that total for the whole meal for 5 people cost about $3.50. (This is one of the kid's plate. You can't really count them as totalling 5 people, but we had lots of leftovers.)

Hospital:

The hospital where I delivered called today with an antimated message saying they can possibly give us a deal on our bill. Keeping my fingered crossed on that one. We'll call Monday.

Carseat:

I didn't know this until yesterday, but carseats EXPIRE!! The plastic gets old and brittle and you're suppose to destroy them.. I found the dates on the bottom of mine in the plastic. My infant carrier is already expired, and Ben's expires this year. It'd be over $100 to replace them. I called a couple of people, and I think I have a replacement for the infant carrier to borrow and some leads on the other. Hopefully, I can either borrow or get some carseats without having to buy new ones.

Blankets:

I bought some fabric for about $6 to make 3 swaddling blankets. 2 of them I cut a little small, so he'll probably outgrow them soon. I think this one is going to work well though. He loves the bouncy. Lives in the bouncy.