Happy Birthday Great Grandmother!

Dear Great Ga-Ga,

We want to wish you the BEST BIRTHDAY EVER!  We love you so much and we hope you have a wonderful birthday!

Love,

Elizabeth and Caroline

Playground Fun

It was on the warm side today; so Elizabeth, Caroline, and I headed to the playground.

 Elizabeth found some purple flowers on the ground

 She climbed the ladder

Sat at the top of the playground

Time to slide!

Now Elizabeth is telling me she doesn't feel good so I am guessing we will be sticking around the house for a few days.  She had a low fever this afternoon so we will see how she feels tomorrow.

Happy Monday!

Week in Review

We have had a really busy week around here (hence, the no blogging) so I wanted to catch you up on the goings-on around here.

 Tuesday afternoon with my baby

 Wednesday we loaded up the car and went to chick-fil-a for lunch.

We now go through the drive thru and then park and eat.

It is so much easier and it is still super yummy!

 Someone loves applesauce...

 And Chick-Fil-A nuggets

 Thursday morning selfies.

My neighbors do a preschool on Tuesdays and Thursdays and we hosted this week, this is a picture of us before everyone came over (and before Caroline took the worlds longest nap)

 Friday morning selfies.

My big sister from my sorority, Laura, came over with her son, Graham, for lunch and catching up.

They just moved to the area and I had such a great time seeing both 

of them and watching the kids play.

 She grabbed the phone as I was snapping the picture and this is what came out.

She is a selfie pro.  :)

 Friday night we stopped by my cousins' house to drop off dinner.
My Aunt Leslie was visiting because Jessica had her baby (yay!).

 My girls with their Great Aunt Leslie!

 Saturday morning, I got up with this nugget

 Big sister joined us about an hour later

 Once Ben came downstairs, Elizabeth decided it was time to climb

 Ben is good at multitasking

 This girl...

not smiling for the camera

 I went to get a massage and while I was gone, Ben decided to make something delicious...

Saturday afternoon we celebrated Pi Day with two homemade pies.

Ben made custard pie and three-layer chocolate pie.

So yummy!

 Jim, Anuja, and Samara came over for Pi Day

Samara and Caroline had a ton of fun playing together

Ben and Caroline AND Jim and Samara

 Saturday night, Ben showed me how to make pizza

(dough and all)

Sundays are my shopping days.  I get everything we are going to need for the week and I am blessed to have a husband that stays home and keeps the girls entertained while I run around town shopping all the best deals.

I went to a few stores today for our groceries, baby items, and FREE Easter candy-

 Aldi, Harris Teeter, and CVS

At Aldi I got: 

(1) gallon of milk ($2.69)

(1) 16oz bag of baby carrots ($0.49)

(1) bag of salad ($0.99)

(1) bag of chocolate pretzels ($1.69)

(1) 3-pound bag of onions ($0.79)

(1) 5-pound bag of red potatoes ($1.29)

Total spent: $7.94

*Aldi does not accept coupons.  However  all of the items are significantly less expensive at Aldi than any other grocery store around (I compared Trader Joes, Harris Teeter, and Giant)

 At CVS I got:

(3) bags of Pampers diapers (on sale for $8.99 each)

(1) box of wipes (on sale for $2.99)

(5) Snickers eggs (on sale for 99 cents, and buy one get one free)

(1) bag of plain M&Ms (on sale for $2.50)

Total spent: $12.94 (I also got back $10 ECB)

Total saved: $36.16

*I had coupons for everything.  I had $10 in ECB, $4 off any $20 purchase at CVS.

I had (3) $1.50 off diapers coupons, I had (2) $1 off any (2) snickers coupons.

I had $1 off one bag of M&Ms,

 and on the shelf was a coupon for buy one bag of M&Ms, get a free egg.

 

At Harris Teeter I got:

(5) bags of cheese

(1) package of turkey sandwich meat

(3) boxes of Mott's gummy snacks

(2) bottles of Vanilla

(1) package of sandwich thins

(1) bag of sugar

(3) cans of red enchilada sauce

(1) bag of tortillas

(2) jars of ragu

(2) pillsbury crescent rolls

(1) package of butter

(1) carton of orange juice

(1) carton of lactose free milk

(1) one-pound of strawberries

(1) package of Mexican rice

(1) package of chocolate chip muffins

Total spent: $37.75

Total saved: $34.71

*The cheese was on sale, buy 2 get 3 free.

The turkey meat was regular price.

The gummy snacks were on sale for $2.  I had $1 off coupon.

The vanilla was on sale $1.99/bottle.  I had $1 off 2 coupon.

The sandwich thins were half price and I had $1.10 coupon.

Sugar was regular price.

Enchilada sauce was buy 1 get 1 free.  I needed 3.

Tortillas were regular price.

Ragu was buy 1 get 1 free.  I had $1.25 off 2 coupon.

Crescent rolls on sale 2/$4.  I had $1 off 2 coupon.

Butter was half price.

Orange juice was on sale for $2.50

Milk was on sale for $3.00

Strawberries were half price

Mexican rice was regular price

Chocolate chip muffins were on sale for $1

Total spent for the week: $58.63

Total saved for the week: $70.87

Our dinner meal plan for the week:

Sunday- Homemade Cheese Pizza

Monday- Chicken enchiladas, Mexican rice

Tuesday- Corned Beef, carrots, and potatoes

Wednesday- Pasta and meatballs with salad

Thursday- Breakfast (Muffins, scrambled eggs, turkey bacon)

Friday- Skillet meal

Hope you had a great week and weekend.

Happy Sunday! 

A hint of spring

Yesterday it was in the 60s and I took the girls outside for a little walk.

It was warming up and we enjoyed stomping in the water puddles and stabbing the snow with sticks (by we, I do mean Elizabeth)

 Checking out the snow

 Picking up our first stick

 Little sister had a blast in the stroller

 Checking out the water

 We now have two sticks, one for each hand.

 She refuses to smile

 Even when mom makes funny faces

"Playing the drums" on Caroline's stroller

 Inspecting stuff

Cause that's what you do when your 3

Happy Tuesday!

Happy Birthday Uncle Andy!

Dear Uncle Andy,

We wanted to wish you a very happy birthday!  We hope that you have the best day and we want you to know we love you very much!

Kisses!

Elizabeth and Caroline