Couponing

I have gotten into the art of couponing. Several friends have clued me in and I also have been checking out Southern Savers. It takes a little work but can really save you on your grocery bill. The main thing is to use coupons when things are on sale and STOCKPILE on things that you use regularly. I generally shop at Kroger and Piggly Wiggly and avoided Publix because I thought it was too expensive. I found out that Publix is the only store in town that doubles coupons. Today, I went to Publix and spent $50.75 (before tax) and saved $36.40 by using coupons, competitor coupons and buying sale items. My big deals of the day were 4 boxes of Cheerios at an average of $1.30 a box and 7 jars of organic baby food for $.19 a jar!

I also have been CVSing (check Southern Savers for how to CVS) and I spent $23 (before tax) and saved $20! That is almost a 50% savings on things that we use and need.

Can't wait to save more! You can go broke saving so I am committed to buying only things we use and need.

Valentine's...a little late...

This post is a little late but I still wanted to post. I "hosted" Jimmy's Valentine party at school last Thursday. I hosted with another mom and a friend of ours, Natalie. We had a snack, played games (bean bag toss into the heart,stick the heart on cupid and hot potato) read a book and they also received a Valentine goodie bag. I think Jimmy was surprised to see me at school. It was fun watching him interact with his friends. I saw him once talking to two of his buddies about Tom and Jerry.




This is Natalie's daughter Agnes. Natalie and Jimmy went to middle and high school together and now it is fun that our kids are in school together now! Full circle.

BIG boy and BIG girl

Yesterday we had Jimmy's 3 year check up and Cecilia's 4 month check up and MY they have GROWN! See their pics below for the stats! No shots for Jimmy but he did get his finger pricked. Poor thing. He kept saying "Ouch, that hurts." Cecilia got FOUR shots in her legs and screamed bloody murder. My poor babies!

Jimmy had a GREAT potty day yesterday! He tee-teed four times and POO-POO twice!! Yeah. We really have made progress. He woke up last night and the night before dry. I am so proud of him.



Jimmy's stats at 3 years: 38.3 inches and 34.6 lbs


Showing off his BIG boy Buzz underwear


Cecilia's stats at 4 months: 26 inches and 17 lbs
Jimmy at 4 months: 25. 8 inches and 15 lbs 8 ounces

Cecilia-4 months! Jimmy-potty training!

Happy Valentine's Day!

Cecilia was four months on the 12 of February! She is still our little chunky monkey and is all smiles most of the time! We have our 4 month check up and Jimmy's 3-year check up on the 17th so can't wait to see how much they both have grown. She is still wearing size 3 diapers though will probably be moving up pretty soon. She is really starting to grab on to things and of course wants to put them in her mouth. We got the Exersaucer out of storage and she loves it! I imagine at our appointment this week our doctor will recommend her having cereal soon!

We have really started potty-training Jimmy the past couple of days. It has been a trying time for sure. I won't go into detail the "Picasso" that he drew on the wall in his sister's room yesterday but today was a much better day. I feel we are making progress and he will do anything for a "surprise." He loves his Toy Story undies and we keep telling him not to poo-poo or pee-pee on Buzz and Woody!

Here are some pictures of Cecilia at 4 months:




Jimmy at 4 months:



No potty training pictures...yet!

SNOW in Savannah?!

Yes! We had snow in Savannah! I think it was the first time in 12 or 13 years! Inland got around 2-3 inches and we got a light dusting and it was gone by morning. Our local news station was calling in "Winter Storm 2010!" But, for the hour or so it snowed, we went outside and enjoyed it. Jimmy had so much fun. There wasn't enough to make a snowman but we did make some snow balls and Jimmy liked eating the snow! It snows so RARELY in South Georgia, especially Savannah, since we are so close to the water that big Jimmy can remember the number of times it has snowed in on one hand. Here are a few pics of us in the snow. Please don't make fun of Jimmy's make-shift snow gear; we had to do the best with what we had!

Jimmy's snowball, or more like an ice ball:






Eating the snow:

Blog Makeover!!

Check it out! Got my blog pimped by Vanessa at Butterfly SpArks Designs! Love it!

Kids and Sleeping

Kids falling asleep in funny places always cracks me up.

Here is Cecilia in her bumbo yesterday morning:


And some of Jimmy over the past couple of years:




Me circa 1980