Merry Christmas!
We didn't travel for Christmas this year, and celebrated early with my family and late with Ted's family, so on Christmas day it was just us! We enjoyed a fun and relaxing day, and even went sledding!
The annual challenge of getting a good picture of all five kids in front of the Christmas tree!
It makes my heart smile to hear Ted putting the girls to bed. They ask for a bedtime song, and the next thing I hear is them all singing the duet, "Lida Rose" from the Music Man. Ted sings "Lida Rose" while the girls sing "Dream of Now". Without skipping a beat, the girls launch into "Lida Rose" while Ted sings "Dream of Now." Priceless.
H pulled another new game out of our game cabinet--Mindtrap. Here is a variation we made up on one of the questions we got last night.
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You know how much I like pumpkin, so this deal definitely caught my eye! Get Organic Canned Pumpkin for just $0.85 per can delivered to your door when you select subscribe and save on Amazon. Shipping is free if you have an Amazon Mom account. Here's the step-by-step so you can take advantage of this deal:
Through Tuesday, December 28th, you can register and redeem this coupon for buy one get one free pizzas at Little Caesars Pizza. Their Hot-N-Ready pizzas are only $5, making the pizzas only $2.50 each after coupon. Limit one coupon per person. Expires 12/28/10.
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas weekend!
There are some great coupons available to print on Coupons.com right now, which will make for cheap or even FREE products! These caught my eye, but there are over 250 coupons available, so head over and find some that interest you!
$1/2 Ronzoni Smart Taste pasta (wait for a sale and double this coupon for 2 FREE!)
The winner of the Memorable Gifts Giveaway was #27, mpierce. Congratulations! I have emailed the winner. Thanks to everyone who entered and have a Merry Christmas!
I taught H and G how to play Scattergories this week. It's been fun hearing what they come up with for answers--they often get points for creativity and thinking outside the box, which is what the game is about! Here are two of my favorite answers.
Roundy's stores (Copps, Pick 'n Save, and Rainbow) double 5 coupons up to $1 per $25 order every Wednesday AND Saturday. There are several deals this week, so here are some printable coupon matches to help you make your list. Check your coupon stash to see if you can find more matches. For printing tips, click here. Questions? Feel free to email me.
Use this free Sleep Number Travel Pillow coupon (from Facebook) to get a free pillow at any Sleep Number store.
The winner of my Wildtree giveaway was #15, Jessica! Congratulations! I have emailed her so she can claim her prize. Enjoy your pumpkin pancakes! Thanks to everyone who entered, and to Amanda for providing the mixes for review and giveaway. Have a great weekend, everyone, and don't forget to enter my Memorable Gifts giveaway because it ends soon. :-)
Monday only, get a Groupon for 3 rentals at Redbox for only $1! To redeem this Groupon, you will enter your Groupon rental code. You will be required to swipe your credit/debit card for each rental, but you will not be charged as long as you return it by 9pm the next day. Expires 3/10/11. Find your nearest Redbox here.
Get a free sample of Natural Dynamix Gummy Cuties or Fiber DX.
Get a free sample of Purina One Smartblend Dog Food from Sam’s Club, no membership number required! (Scroll down and wait for the red "request a sample" window to appear.)
J got her first two teeth within a few days of each other. I tried to capture her toothy grin! She loves her walker and can really get places. She has also already started helping me in the kitchen--here she is licking a spatula! (I was making apricot baby food--yum!!)
G wanted me to braid her hair one day so she could have some curls. She loved the braids so much she left them in for a full day. But she was excited to take them out and see her curls. Here are the results!
On a break from schoolwork, the girls get silly! I believe they were all being rock stars this day.
On one Sunday after church I got a quick picture of 4 of the 5 sisters (H is missing). It's really hard to get all 5 of them in a picture together, let alone all looking at the camera!
This morning they called me, "Mama, you have GOT to get a picture of this!" So here's another picture of 4 out of the 5, this time with baby J missing (she was napping--we'll have to try this pose again sometime!)
Save a little cash by buying some gas! BP wants to thank you for your business, so from now until 3/1/11, you can earn $10 BP gift cards!