Wordless Wednesday: Mommy's Picasso

Look, what I did...

Thanks, Melissa and Doug Cupcake Set! The included markers are easily washable off the cupcakes...not so much off her bedroom door!

Chocolate Playdoh

After seeing Chocolate Playdoh on several blogs, I was inspired to make some too!

This is the recipe that I used. I added cocoa powder until is was my desired color.

The girls had so much fun making heart cookies! The playdoh smelled delicious, which led to a few nibbles!

January Coupons...

I'm a huge fan of coupons! I'm nowhere near as good as the people on Extreme Couponing, but I'm always excited when I SAVE money! I really wanted to start keeping a record on my savings...I even took the pictures, but completely forgot to write down the exact totals...we shred our receipts, monthly, so they are already in the recycling bin in a million pieces...thanks to hubby!

I thought I would share the pictures and an approximate total.

January 2011: Harris Teeter...on this particular week it was Super Double Coupon week, meaning coupons could be doubled up to a $1.98 in value!!

Harris Teeter does a Meal Deal each week. This particular week, if you bought 2 Prego sauces, you received a Parmesan cheese, pasta noodles, soda, and toast...FREE!!
That's right....all of it FREE for just buying 2 Prego sauces!

All the above food (3 pictures) for approximately $35.


Again, the following picture is from Harris Teeter. I always pay for my food and nonfood items separately.

Approximate cost was $30. The best deals: I only paid $1 for each of the Johnson and Johnson baby wash/lotion and the Arm and Hammer detergent was buy one, get one FREE!


The following was purchased at Kroger in January for approximately $45.





I would love to know your secrets to saving money!

Favorite Christmas Gifts...

I know this is late, very late! But, I'm always curious to know what neat and/or educational toys are out there, that other kids are enjoying, so decided to share. And, I started this post awhile back and just didn't finish, until now! So, enjoy!

The girls received this dollhouse as their big Christmas gift. They have spent countless hours playing with it! Izzie has such a creative imagination and loves rearranging the furniture!

They each received a Baby Stella and accessories. Mac carries her Baby Boo with her everywhere...they are inseparable!

A few more of Mac's (23 months old) favorites...

Melissa and Doug doorbell house

Melissa and Doug Fish Color Puzzle

Izzie's (4 years old) favorites include:

This cute little picnic basket with tea set. I'm not sure the brand, as it was a gift, but here is a similar one.

She has spent hours playing this game!

I would love to know what some of your child(ren)'s favorite gifts were for Christmas!

Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

Our first BIG snow of winter! The girls were so excited to get out and play this afternoon!

Love this sled! It's great being able to pull the girls around the yard, since we don't have a hill to push them down! HA! It's a great workout, too!

Hot chocolate and marshmallows....does it get any better?