Tot School

33 months

Another week has passed us by. We had a busy week, again! I am training for a half marathon so I am having to make it a priority to run most days so I will be ready. The kiddos are also sick again, which means they are really whiny and clingy. We didn’t do a whole lot this week, but as always we had fun!

I was able to buy these stacking pegs for the kiddos recently. I have been wanting them for awhile. I loved them and so did they. We played for at least an hour the first time I pulled them out. It is great to work on colors, shapes, and fine motor skills!

We also made red jello and used our heart shaped cookie cutters to cut them out.

That was it. Although we did a few more things, I just didn’t get pictures. And we also played outside a lot because the weather was absolutely gorgeous. Check out 1+1+1=1 for more great ideas!

Tot School

33 months

This week we got to do some Valentine’s activities! We got more snow so we also got to play in the snow, make snow ice-cream, and hang out in our jammies!!

This is a new favorite with both kiddos. Buddy got this for his birthday! It is great b/c Moo-Bear is good at stacking, but not in order and Bud is just learning about taking them rings off and putting them on. I love things that they can do together. And, we have a new addition to our family that also loves this toy!

Some Valentine pages from COAH. She was coloring the heart black and I was telling myself I didn’t need to be concerned. And she did a great job with the Valentine letter matching!

Here is the little man playing with the stacker toy. And daddy got to join us for some Tot School b/c he didn’t have to go to work the day we got 12ish inches of snow!

I finally found the cheese shaker I have been looking for. I got out the pink pipe cleaners to use to stick through the holes. Moo-Bear did great with this!

This guy loves to put objects in things. H is playing with our Candyland shapes game. He just puts anything into the slot!

Here are some more pages from COAH. We did the heart lacing for about 1 second, the pom-pom/magnet page, and the candy heart matching. She has asked to do the candy heart matching almost every day, but I think that is b/c I let her eat the candy hearts whens he finished!

Snow day!! Daddy took her outside to play in the snow and she loved it.I bet it was hard for her to walk in b/c it was past her knees.

Love these kiddos. Here we are making snow ice-cream. I have never heard of it before, but it was so easy and yummy. We will probably make it every time it snows now!

How about those fine motor skills! Earlier in the day our new puppy had this little toy in his mouth and I used the tweezers to get it out b/c I didn’t want to stick my fingers in there. So, when daddy got home she told him to pretend to be the dog so she cold get it out of his mouth.

So, that was our week. We had a lot of fun and a lot of snow! Check out 1+1+1=1 for more great ideas!

Tot School

33 months

This week we did Q for Quilt, which was quite fitting with all the cold weather and snow we had! I had a lot of fun with my kiddos this week. Most days we just hung out in our jammies. On Friday I took Moo-Bear to a town about 45 minutes away and went to a gymnastics place. They have open gym on Friday mornings so we took advantage of that, along with some other mommies from our MOPS group. It was a wonderful time. After that we went to lunch and did a tiny bit of shopping. It was so nice to get out after being in the house all week!


Moo-Bear did such a great job with her tongs this week. She is getting so much better at using them to pick things up. These are some heart erasers and the ice tray I got from Ikea.


We are working on size order and it is very difficult for her. This is the quilt size sort from COAH. I am just going to keep making these and attempting it every week.


Here is my little man hanging out while we are doing some Tot School. When Moo-Bear does her letter of the week work he either naps or just plays with some of the tot school toys.


Moo-Bear was so proud b/c she only put dots on the circles this time. And, once she was finished she covered the whole page, but at least she started out doing it right ;) This is also from COAH.


We got out the Valentine's bin this week and it was a huge hit with both kiddos. We played with it for about 45 minutes the 1st day and it was gotten out every day after that!

I got Buddy this "jar" with hearts on it b/c he loves to put things in and take them out. He had a lot of fun playing with this all week.


Moo-Bear is learning how to cut with her scissors. She only does 1 cut (she doesn't get how to cut across the page), but it's a start. And she is so proud of herself! Also from COAH.


Her Aunt got her this cute camera. She absolutely loves "taking pictures" with it!


And Cooties. She asks to play with her cootie bugs all the time.


So, that was our week. We had a great time and check out 1+1+1=1 for more great ideas!

2011 Walgreens $100 Challenge: Week 5

Ok, this week was awful. Because of the snowstorm I had $10 RR's expire!!! I was so upset when I realized it,but what can you do. Anyway, I went on Friday night b/c that was my first chance to get out and they were out of everything I was planning to get. So frustrating. I am not even including a picture.

1 Lysol No-Touch System

Price: $11.99

Mfg coupon: $3.00

Store coupon: none

Final price: $7.99
RR Earned: 7

1 Skittle (fillers)

Price: $.89 each

Mfg coupon: none

Store coupon: none

Final price: $.89

RR earned: none

1 Diet Dr. Pepper (fillers)

Price: $1.59 each

Mfg coupon: none

Store coupon: none

Final price: $1.59

RR earned: none

RR Used: $10 Joint Juice

Subtotal before coupons: $13.47

Subtotal after coupons: $.47

Sales Tax: $1.17

Savings Percentage: 97%

(Note: Since I have no control over the tax rate in my area, savings percentage are calculated prior to tax.)

RRs in hand: $7.00 Lysol

*****

Yearly Totals

Amount Spent (including tax): $24.81

Amount Remaining: $75.19

Amount Saved: $99.02 (this doesn't include my 1st week b/c I threw away my receipts before adding this in)