Braden

I took Braden to the park this morning to let him play and run around before I had to go to the store.  These are some pictures from his day.

My Monkey on the monkey bars

On the slide

One of his many facial expressions

Big boy!

These next 2 photos are my favorite pictures of him.

He actually took this picture himself - I just improved it using instagram

Playing in the sand at Jackson Lake

1st day of school!

My kids started school last Friday the 3rd.  Here they are on their 1st day of school!!

All Smiles

Being Silly

My pretty girl is in 4th grade!

My Monkey is in 1st grade!

I think they had a successful 1st week of school.  My daughter already has a project due at the end of the month on Solar Systems.  My son was tested for the gifted program, haven't gotten the results on that yet but should be soon.

Loopeez Review and Giveaway!

I recently had the opportunity to review the Loopeez.  Loopeez is a great way for teaching your child how to learn to tie their shoes.  I tested this product on my 6 year old son.  He has been practicing and learning how to tie his shoes but still had some trouble with the loops part.  It comes in 2 small rectangle with 2 holes for the laces.  It also comes in 12 different colors/styles.  I got the Boys Camo one to try out.

1st cross over your laces and pull tightly

Add your Loopeez on top, and bend the lace and push it through the hole, to make a loop

Now do the other side the same way.

Pushing the laces through in a loop.

Now take your loops and cross it over.

Ta-da!  

My son did this several times with the Loopeez since he was having trouble getting the loops to cooperate.  But now he has no problems tying his shoes the regular way.  Thanks Loopeez for sending me the product to review and giving my son confidence to tie his own shoes.

Now Loopeez is generous enough to give one of my readers their own Loopeez for their child!

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Huggies Deal!

I came across a deal where Kmart had the boxes of Huggies Diaper at $5.99 each!!  That was a steal!  I took the ad and price matched it at my local Walmart.

  I got 9 boxes of huggies diapers for $5.99 and 6 packs of huggies wipes.  I was planning on using 9 - $2 huggies coupons but they refused to let me use my coupons and price match.  I also had coupons for free wipes when i bought diapers.  So I only paid $58.51 for everything.  If I were allowed to use my coupons, it would've been $40.51!!  That's a steal!   After I read the coupon policy at walmart.com, I'm going to print it out and take my coupons and receipt back up to walmart and explain that I can use coupons and price match.  

EdenFantasys celebrates 10 years!!

EdenFantasys is celebrating 10 years!!  They are currently running a ton of different promotions celebrating its wonderful and fulfilling decade!!  So go check it out and save some money.  There is a lot of different things for all sorts of different type of people.  Self pleasure, Couples, Bondage, Anal, Fantasies, Role Playing, etc.

The current promotions right now is

                          

There is also other promotions than the ones I've listed such as 25% off vibrators and Metalworx as well 30% off Glass toys, Silicone Toys and all toys made in U.S.A.   Dont Forget you also get free standard shipping on all orders $25+, Expedited Shipping on $69+, and 3 day shipping on $79+.  Go check out Eden Fantasys and have Fun ;)

Teacher Gifts

Its almost the end of the school year for my kids.  They get out of school on Wed May 23rd.  I can't believe I will have a 1st and 4th grader!!  Where did the time go?!

I wanted to do something special for the teachers but didn't want to give them the same old stuff I normally give them.  So I decided to browse pinterest and asked for some suggestions on facebook.  Someone mentioned that they did a berry basket.  I thought it was a cute idea!

I tried to find some containers the strawberries came in, but couldn't find any without purchasing the strawberries themselves.  I didn't want to purchase some strawberries because I had already bought 4 gallons of strawberries at a local farm.  So I went by goodwill and picked up some baskets for .77 cents each. 

 I filled it with Bath and Body works strawberry hand soap, hand sanitizer and a car freshener.  I then went to the store and purchased some gum and pop rocks in strawberry flavor.  There is a lot of other things you can put in this basket going with this theme.  candles, drink mixes, koolaid, etc.  Whatever you can think of.  

I had some leftover ribbons from a previous project so I just wrapped it around the handles and made a bow on both sides.  Then I crumbled up an white tissue paper for the bottom and put the stuff in it.  Then I printed out some notes here.  I then taped it to a kabob stick and stuck it in the basket.  I thought it was a cute idea and the teachers all loved it!

Tell me, what are some of your ideas for teacher gifts??