All In A Days Work!

The artist.

Whistle while you work!

Sidewalk chalk is not to tasty!

The critic...

I wanna go back out and play!!!

Quick Pic!

Well I tried to get a picture of the 3 of us with my new camera. Not to bad! Morgan kept trying to grab the camera and William kept blabbing. 411: When William wears his hat backwards (like in this picture) he says that makes him "Popular and Cool" (haha). Where he learns this stuff, I have no clue.

Fashion Diva!

After hearing me tell William to get ready to go Little Momma went to her closet and picked out some overalls and put a strap around her neck and went to the door waving and saying "Bye bye". She was ready to go today! She loves getting out and doing stuff (especially shopping)! She sometimes goes to her closet and just looks at her clothes or pulls them off hangers and tries to put them on. I caught her yesterday going through some new clothes that I had hung up: she was pulling on the tags and saying (Ahh and Eww). She is such a girlie girl! She loves her clothes and her shoes!! Maybe I should put dress up clothing on her christmas list??

If the Shoe Fits Wear It!

William spent the afternoon walking around in Will's crocs. He had his own sandles on inside dad's shoes. Too cute! He also wore them on the wrong feet :) I'm sure he will one day fill his dads shoes, but lets not rush it!!

I Can Do It Myself!

Morgan got into her walker all by herself this morning. One problem though, she only got one leg in one of the holes, as you can see the right leg is sticking out. She was happy with her achievement! This kid will try anything once!

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Back to Savings!!

Well, I just got back from a visit back home (which was wonderful!) and needed groceries so I went to Kroger's (my favorite grocery store!). They are having a pretty good sale this week. They have several items 10 for $10. (Sorry my picture is distorted, but I am getting a new camera very soon!) I got 37 items for $29.57! That's an average of .80 cents an item (Yahoo!). I saved $16.70 in coupons and Kroger gave me another $12.25 due to their doubling and tripling policy. I saved another $13.48 for using my Kroger card. That's a total savings of $42.43!! I just had to post this for everyone to see that coupons do in deed pay off!! Here are some of the things I got for free or really cheap: 2 cans of glade fragrance aerosol for FREE, they were on sale for .97 a piece and I had 2-$1 off coupons! I got two packages of Barilla whole grain pasta for FREE as well (they were on sale for a $1 and I had 2-.50 off coupons which were both doubled)! I also got a bottle of nestle nesquick for William for FREE (on sale for $1 and had .50 off coupon *again doubled)! I got 2 softsoap hand pumps for .25 a piece (they were on sale for $1 and I had 2-.25 off coupons *doubled to .75 a piece)! Bounty paper towels they were on sale for $1 I bought 5 and used 5 .25 cent coupons in which Kroger's tripled to .75 a piece!! So I got each role for .25 a piece! One last great mention is the McCormick Grill mates seasonings, They were on sale for .89 I used 2-.25 off coupons *doubled to .75 making them almost free! I love some Kroger shopping!!

Very Satisfying!

Oh, does my belly hurt! I ate all of this, Yessiree!! Tonight I cooked steaks (fresh from the meat market that I have been marinating in Montreal steak seasoning & garlic red wine vinegar for the last 2 days), green beans & bacon, brown rice, and rolls. I wrapped the steaks in aluminum foil and poured the remaining marinade on them and baked them in the oven. They were so tender! I mean falling off the bone tender! Needless to say I am very full and very satisfied! We have had a lot of meat lately, so I am going to have to cut back for a couple of days and make some pasta or something. Check back to see what I conger up :)

Delicious!

Last nights menu: Pork chops, baked potatoes (w/ butter & sour cream), fresh broccoli (w/ cheddar cheese), and garlic cheese toast. Will picked up the pork chops at a meat market. They were very thick as you can tell. After putting lemon pepper seasoning on them, I baked them in the oven with the potatoes. I still have 3 left and am looking for a recipe to make stuffed pork chops. Looking for ideas, inspiration, etc. from anyone who has made these or tasted them.

Meet Spongebob!

Our newest addition to our family! Isn't he the cutest little rat, ever? Interesting story on how he joined us. Short version: We were at a crawfish boil where they had an auction afterwards. They had used a couple of rats for a rat roulette game and decided to include them towards the end of the auction. One of the guys from RiceTec gave william the money to bid on the rat. He gave him $20! Big Will was paying out for something he bought and I was holding Morgan so there was no stopping William from running to the front. William became very attached, so there was no letting him go. Next, came the cage and food. He is very friendly and both of the kids love him. Will even holds him some :). I have the privilege of cleaning his cage everyday (fun!).

Freebies in the last week of April!

I got all of this FREE in the mail from Walmart this week! A Huggies diaper, Huggies body wash & lotion sample, Dove deo. , mens Gillette face & body wash, and a John Frieda frizz-ease shampoo, conditioner, & hair serum. Other freebies (not pictured) 1-Aquafresh advanced & 1-Aquafresh whitening toothpaste (big tubes) and 1-Colgate 360 toothbrush (free plus overage at CVS!) 2-cans of glade aerosol fragrance spray (free plus overage at Walmart!) *I also got one of those automatic shower cleaners that was on sale for $12 for $2! (had $10 coupon)