sleeping babies

Sophia and Gavin are so peaceful when they sleep! I had to snap a couple shots of them sleeping tonight.




Gavin's last day of 'school' is tomorrow. I made his teachers gift baskets. It is a popcorn tub (microwavable popcorn in a tub like you would get at the movie theatre) with Coke, and assortment of candy and gift card to the movie theatre. Here is the picture of how they turned out.

More Triples!

I could not help myself from going back to Bi-Lo today. I had 20 Scott paper towel coupons I was trying to use up. They also had Mott's juice on sale and with the coupon from Sunday's paper it was free. Sophia and Gavin drink a lot of juice. So, I ended up getting mustard (free), 2 bottles of juice (free), 14 rolls of paper towels (free), a can of sweetened condensed milk, a pound of butter, several packages of taco seasoning and a partridge in a pear tree (just seeing if you are paying attention) for 1.07! I am now trying to talk Shannon into a stand alone freezer. Look-out triples if I get a freezer.

Totals

Total money spent OUT OF POCKET $35.30 (this included 4 gift cards for 10.00 each)
Total spent on gift cards $29.63
Total coupons tendered $915.03

stock pile pictures

I still don't have my totals together yet. The cleaning lady is here now, maybe once she leaves I will get my totals together. But, in the meantime here are some photos. And no. I am not C.R.A.Z.Y. I just love free stuff!

Dammit!

Shannon and I have had an exhausting weekend. The kids have really kept us on our toes. Between over 20 trips to Harris Teeter over the last 3 days I have been feeling a bit overwhelmed. So today after a long day Shannon came into our bedroom and said Dammit! these kids are wearing me out. Not 5 minutes later Sophia said Dammit! my foot hurts. I had to explain daddy did not mean to say that word, you may not say that word. Daddy had to explain how wrong he was and let her know if she said it again she would be spanked, and if he said it again mommy would spank him too! It was all I could do to keep from falling off my chair laughing. It was really a funny moment in a long day.

I need to get my receipts together for my triples savings, but I did really well! I will get a picture up of my loot later this week.

Happy Mother's Day

Isn't she lovely! This was my Mother's Day gift. I feel blessed everyday we chose to send her to Carmel Baptist Wee School. Her teachers are so creative and fantastic. Sophia Loves, Loves, LOVES school. I really could not have asked for a better experience. Gavin will be there next year and I can't wait to see if he ends up loving it as much as Sophia has.



This was my 'hand picked' bouquet of flowers!

Same old, Same old.

I have been very busy! School is nearing its end, mother's day is rapidly approaching and between gifts and running to the post office, I'm feeling a little drained. Triples are coming up next week at HT and that has me a little anxious. Who knew saving money could make someone so happy!

Sophia is doing wonderfully with her training. I now consider her day potty trained. We will need to work on night at some point, but I am in no hurry right now. She has her first dentist appointment Thursday May 14. I am not looking forward to that. I hope that there is some sort of built in mechanism that prevents cavities in children, I do not see how she could NOT have them with the poor gene's she got from us and her inability to brush them well on her own coupled with her insistence she do it herself, followed by her screaming if I go anywhere near her with the toothbrush!

Gavin is doing so well. He has a very contagious smile. Everyone he meets comments on it. He had to go to the dentist this morning for his first visit. He has some bleeding from his frenulum (? the little skin that attaches at your lip and right above your two front teeth). The dentist gave him the all-good. We need to get him in for a cleaning and such, but with 8 teeth (and 4 molars sprouting with some eye teeth teething) I don't see the need just yet. I will plan to do that late summer/early fall.

For those who may read my blog in Seattle: the kids and I will be in town for my moms 50th birthday late July through the 22nd of August, over 3 weeks! Shannon will be lost without us, but I am so excited. email me if you want to plan to get together-- dandyhendrick@gmail.com