Gosh I have not posted in awhile- stuff gets busy and time gets away from you....Suddenly Alli is a month old already, i want her to stop growing so fast! She is a genuine eating puking pooping machine, loves to sit in the stroller in the backyard and listen to all the sounds around her. She is really attentive to the birds chirping :) She always wakes up in time for Letterman and sleeps til the end of Craig Ferguson. And yesterday I bought her her first swimming suit :)
Two of the kids are done with school since the middle of last week already, poor Jake he's still got a few days left. (Yeah try reasoning that one with him- brother and sister get to stay home but you gotta go lol) . I was a little melancholy to watch them walk down their sidewalks for the last time- it was my goal especially for eric to keep him in his school with his friends and the people he knew for as long as possible no matter where we moved (we have moved too many times in the last couple years. staying put for awhile!) so i have done lots of kid-hauling. but i think it was worth it. Some of my best friends are people that i went to school with as far back as kindergarten. I always find myself looking at the little friends the kids have now and wondering who they're still going to be friends with 20 years from now. Having tons of friends was never as important to me as having a few good ones who you knew would be there. And the good ones are still around :)
I took them all to the zoo in GB last weekend- kindof the first all day "outing" with Alli, and it went much smoother than I expected. I found these formula "to go" packs at Target, and they are a LIFESAVER. Why did they not have these when I had 3 other babies? Just bring the bottles with water and dump and shake- so unbelievably much easier than worrying about keeping bottles cold, then worrying about warming them up again wherever you are...Another thing that's a lifesaver, that I cannot say thanks enough, all the people who sent their formula coupons and free cans our way. Anyone having a baby I would 100 percent recommend getting on the Similac and Enfamil mailing lists, cuz the first thing Similac does is sent you a free giant sized can, which I looked at the price is 21.00 at Target, and 50.00 in coupons. I have made 2 Target formula runs so far and bought over 65.00 worth of formula each time and I paid about 15.00 total.
We have also been out on the rummage sale circuit, made a trip to B-town to see family, made a few trips to the park (yikes we are terrible kite flyers. have to work on that!) and Alli "participated" in a 5k walk haha. (Okay, she was pushed lol. lots of people had cute dogs but we had the cutest baby!) We have been busy. i made a "bored box" for the kids so I can pull it out this summer and let them pick some fun things to do (there's a regular side and a rainy day side) because I feel kindof bad- I didnt sign them up for ANY summer activities, all the registration deadlines for the rec department were the week before and after Alli was born, and I totally forgot, and now there is a stupid 20.00 late fee for everything, so i guess we will be finding lots of alternative activities...
For myself I am trying to implement a new "goal plan" this summer and break it down into one week increments. It seems like it would be easier that way instead of saying "I'm gonna do etc etc etc" all this stuff listed and getting overwhelmed. I've been following this blog lately at moneysavingmom.com and I really like her blog because it isnt just about coupons, she has really good articles about do-it-yourself projects, getting good travel deals, and one of my favorites is the "we paid in cash" one. (although really, I think the lady who wrote about paying cash for a crockpot looked kindof silly next to the one who paid cash for a new suburban LOL). It gives you a lot of neat ideas of stuff to try in your own life and household.
My goals for this week are:
One do it yourself kitchen/cooking project that I haven't tried.
reorganize the truck. (first aid kit, repack emergency back with extra clothes, remove sleeping bags still there for winter emergencies lol.)
30 minutes of some form of excersize every day.
It's a start :) Looking forward to a great summer!
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