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My $4 Walgreens Trip!

Everything pictured cost me less than $4!

Here's what I did:

First transaction:

2 x Aussie products = $5.98

- $2 manufacturer's coupon

Total: $3.98 and I got $2 Register Rewards

Second transaction:

2 x 409 products = $5.00

- $1 manufacturer's coupon

- $2 RR from first transaction

Total: $2.00 and I got $2 Register Rewards

Third Transaction:

2 x Esensia hair care products = $5.99 (B1G1 sale this week)

- $2 RR from 2nd transaction

Total: $3.99 and I'm sending in the rebate form attached to the product to get the $5.99 product price back!

So, I spent $9.97 and will get $5.99 back in the mail for a total of $3.98!

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True Story: 19 lb. baby born!!

Okay, I will never complain about my little 6 and 6-1/2 pound babies again. My 7 month old is only 13 pounds! I can't imagine a 19 lb. 2 oz. baby!

I thought I would pass this along to you all to share a bit of a perspective check!

Check out the story here.

Thursday: Apples

Click here to read my plan to help keep my 20-month-old entertained during the day!

Reading: I couldn't find a book at the library that I liked about apples so I got a couple about this week's color - red: The Red Truck, Red: Colors in the Natural World

Color/Glue/Stickers: Apple coloring page, I also plan to draw a picture of a tree and then let Bubba stick some red circle stickers on for the apples, pointing out that apples grow in trees

Activities: I'll give bubba a scrubber and a bowl of water and show him how to scrub clean the apples - then we'll eat them!, we'll also be eating applesauce and drinking apple juice today

A is for Autumn!

As you know, yesterday was the first day of Autumn! I love this time of year when the weather turns cool and crisp and the leaves start changing colors! I'm looking forward to sweatshirts and football and apple cider and pumpkins and ... well, I could keep going, but I think you get my point.

Since our theme this week's themes start with the letter A, I thought it perfect to incorporate Autumn into our lesson plans.

Today is a bright, sunny day so I plan to walk with the kiddos to the park. Along the way, we'll look for some leaves of different colors and Bubba can collect them in the paper bag that we'll bring. When we get home, I'll put his leaves between two pieces of wax paper, iron the paper under a towel, and hang his collage of leaves on the patio door. There's a great tutorial for making wax paper leaf presses here.

The rest of the week, he can see the light filter through the window around his leaves and it gives me a great platform to explain a bit about the seasons! I'll post a picture of our creation later this week.

Match the Letters

As each week's theme includes a letter, I have made a set of letters from construction paper for Bubba to match.

To make the letters:
I traced upper-case letters onto 3 different sheets of colored construction paper. You could do more colors if you would like. I just don't want to overwhelm Bubba right at the start. Then I cut out the letters. I covered each of my letters with masking tape for added durability (it helps to make your letters a small enough size to fit on a piece of masking tape).

I would recommend setting aside some time to do several letters of the alphabet at once. This will save both time and construction paper!

You could also make this matching game with shapes or numbers.