CJ and Family

Monday, March 14, 2011

Celebrating Someone Special

Someone we know celebrates a birthday today. It's someone who ...

always has a creative use for Legos,

or pretty much anything else ... paperbags no exception.

Who takes pleasure in simple things, like balloons

or bubbles, ...

works hard to stay fit and active, ...

is skilled with a paintbrush, ...

and helping out where needed, ...

is always glad to run an errand ...

and always has a smile!

Happy Birthday, Grandpa H!

We love you and are looking very forward to seeing you soon!

Friday, March 11, 2011

This Moment ~ Will crawl for ...

Balloons!!

Yes. Monkey loves balloons. Loves them.

It's amazing what a difference motivation makes. ;o)

(And yes, balloons are played with under very careful supervision ...)

Wednesday, March 9, 2011

Saving $$$

When Peter's inclined to use a fork like this for dinner ...

and Matthew thinks that food is absolutely the best thing next to Mommy and 2-3 servings are definitely appropriate, ...

it's a blessing to be able to use coupons to save significantly on my grocery bill. Especially as we all watch prices continue to creep up. (Actually, I'm not sure "creeping" is the right word for it. Anyway.) SouthernSavers.com continues to be a great help in matching coupons and sales.

However, at this point, grocery savings of 50-60% have thankfully been pretty standard fare for quite a while. What's proving to be very exciting, however, is the savings I've been able to find on diapers via Amazon in recent months. How does $0.09 per diaper for Pampers sound? Shipped to your house for free?? NO coupon clipping necessary??? :o)

If you're in the market for such deals, please read on ...

Amazon has a program called Amazon Mom. You can read more about it on their site, but basically it's a free program for Moms (or Dads) with young kids that provides the free shipping benefits of an Amazon Prime membership with 15% savings on all Baby department purchases. When you combine the 15% Amazon Mom savings with 15% Subscribe & Save savings, it works out to pretty great deals. :o)

I've been ordering Pampers Baby Dry and with that 30% savings alone, I can get 204 diapers shipped to my house for $0.14 each. And I never left the comfort of my home, searched a single ad, or clipped a single coupon. Nice.

However, to make it even better, Amazon has been including coupons for $10 off an Amazon Baby department purchase in popular parenting magazines such as Parents and Babytalk. A subscription to Babytalk is free and I was able to find a good deal on Parents about a month ago. Anyway, with that coupon, my 204 diapers were shipped to my house for just $0.09 a diaper. :o) Even better! :o)

So anyway, life's not about coupons, but it does help to be able to save money on necessary items and saving time while doing that is even better. Since that leaves you more time for the important things like

Puppet Shows

and "reading" books.
(Peter can "read" this one from cover to cover!)

And thus ends my public service announcement. ;o)

(Hoping it will be helpful for some of my friends with little ones!)

Tuesday, March 8, 2011

Blooming Yellow!

We love daffodils!

They're bright and cheerful and simply shout, "Spring!!!!"

While Monkey snoozed, we claimed a batch for our dining room table shortly after our earliest blooms opened, and I valiently tried for a cute group photo like I captured last year. Didn't work out quite as planned. :o) I got some of this ...