Valentines

Getting Ready:

The girls enjoyed making their Valentines. Claudia wrote her name on all 17 valentines! I was so proud. We spent about an hour getting everything ready.

I took some pictures of the girls this morning in their new heart outfits.
After Claudia's class party we stopped by Nannie's room for some more candy!

The girls went through all of their valentines and ate almost all of their candy!HAPPY VALENTINES DAY!

Family

After we left Tori's, we went to my parents house to play with Addie and Isaac:The kids enjoyed eating GG's homemade bread in her bed:My dad flew his remote control helicopter for the kids:

Friends

Look what the temperature was today: It was a beautiful day! The girls and I went to visit my friend Tori and her girls. This is Tori and the baby, Maggie:

Here is Lilly:

Because of the nice day, we stayed outside and watched the girls play:

And here we all are. It was a really good visit!

I have a problem....

Laundry! I hate putting up laundry! I don't have a problem washing, just putting them away. I usually wait till the weekend to tackle this problem. For the girls: I dump all their clean clothes on the floor like this:



Then I have the girls sort them out into smaller piles like this:

Then we all put the clothes up together. I gave up on socks a long time ago. This is the girls sock bin:

We just throw 'em in. Every morning the girls have to go through and find a matching pair. I try to only buy one style of sock to make the matching easier.

I wonder how I let it get this bad??? I think it is safe to blame my mom. Sorry mom, but you did spoil me in the domestic department. Oh, I don't like to iron either - my mom did all my ironing too - up until the day I moved out.

Easy Blue Jean Patch

Marley is ruff on her blue jeans. I wanted to patch them, but didn't want to put that huge rectangle patch on them would scream "look, I am a big ugly patch". So I cut hearts out of the patch material and ironed them on both sides.

They turned out cute! And best of all, she loves them and wants to wear them all the time.

Valentine's Craft

My mother in law made this cute craft with my girls:

1. Cut out a heart from cardboard

2. Make a hole in it for the ribbon

3. Glue pasta on heart

4. Paint (she used spray paint)

5. Sprinkle glitter on while paint is still wet

6. Hang with ribbon

Weekly Groceries/Menu

I went to Publix today and spent $69.55. I had $12.68 in coupons. I have everything I need for 5 dinners, lunch for the week, and snacks. I also stocked up on a few things because they were buy one get one free and I had coupons.

Here are my best deals:
Kraft Mayo - $4.29 Buy one/get one free + 1.50 coupon = 2.78 for two:
$1.39 each
Chexmix - $2.55 Buy one/get one free + two .50 coupons = 1.56 for two:
$.78 each
Dean's dip - $1.89 Buy one/get one +1.00 coupon = .89 for two:
$.45 each
Wheat Thins -$3.25 Buy One get one free + $2 coupon = $1.25 for two:
$.62 each
Veveta Cheese - $3.59 Buy one/get one free + $2 coupon = $1.59 for two :
$.79 each
Frosted Flakes - $3.99 Buy One get one free + $1.50 coupon =$2.49 for two:
$1.24 each
Publix Coffee - $3.18 - .1 mystery coupon =
$ .1
Dannon Kids Yogurt - $2.00 + 1.00 coupon =
$1.00

This week we will be eating:
Sunday (tonight) - chicken wings, chips and dip (rotel/sausage/cheese)
Monday - Cheesy Wild Rice Soup with Salad
Tuesday - Spaghetti with Salad (I made double sauce last time and froze 1/2)
Wednesday - Turkey Alfredo (Turkey is frozen from Thanksgiving)
Thursday - White Chicken Chili w/chips
Friday - Eat out!!!
Saturday - Hambuger and homemade fries (will have to go to store for buns and potatoes)