Lot's of fun with Pumpkins the last few days! On Monday the tots had some fun painting pumpkins while the bigger kids were in school!
Tonight the bigger kids carved pumpkins themselves (I can't believe they are big enough to do it themselves now!)
And then we baked the seeds for a yummy snack!!
Just a few saves this week on my normal every day trips.. nothing huge this week but none the less a deal is a deal and a $1 saved is better then none!
Wednesday - went to the local good will in my home town and not only found some great deals on some clothing but got hooked up with a great discount! I got a pair of jeans for myself, 6 shirts for myself, and a bag of toys for $25!
Thursday - free chickfila sandwhich with validation code gained from filling out an online survey! Just a few minutes of my time for a few bucks saved!
Friday - free childcare (every month we get 16 free hours of childcare on post because of the type unit my husband is in), free movies (this technically was not free how ever it was from a raffle auction won that I gained a ton for my money and the money went to a great cause! So a simple donation gained some free date nights!)
Saturday - $45 saved at Price Chopper on Groceries! 40% of my bill!
So this year I needed to come up with an idea for a costume for myself for a Scentsy Event I was doing...A table at the witches ball!
So I decided to make a lego costume!
This was a great inexpensive costume that cost no more then $3!
I got a box from my garage and cut out arm holes and a hole for the head.
Painted the box red ($1 paint)
and Super Glued Red cups on the front for the lego pieces ($2 for glue and cups!)
Of course my daughter later went into the garage and got the paint and painted my hallway wall red so I have more painting yet to do lol
I took the kids out and got some adorable pictures of them in their Halloween Costumes this afternoon before our playgroup Halloween Party!
My youngest is Shirley Temple compliments of her Nana making the costume! My oldest daughter is Monster High and my boys are Batman and Gi Joe!
After we took a few fun pictures we had some fun with some friends eating a lot of different Halloween snacks and then headed out to the Ranch for the evening and had hot dogs, chips, and caramel apples! Played some games, made some crafts and rode horses!! Great evening and lots of fun!
so far my savings for this week..
Monday
Walgreens $4 off proglide razor and $5RR bringing it to $1!
One Day Sale Price Chopper - $.29 peas, $.29 green beans, $.29 corn, $1lb strawberries, $1lb Apples, 1/2 off keebler
snack cookies, $1.49 capri suns, and a few other great deals..wound up saving 33% on my bill! $60 saved!
Tuesday
Free chargrilled chicken sandwhich at chickfila
Free $20 walmart gift card with Sam's Membership enrollement
Wednesday
happy hour drinks at Sonic
Free movie at Redbox
Man I have really slacked off on my blog, especially this summer!! And boy oh boy do I need it to release some of those extra thoughts and compile all the favorite recipes, crafts, etc I find into one place so I've got to get back to it!
So many things have changed over the summer!! We started out this school year with virtual school this year for homeschool to try things a little differently! It was a really awesome option through K12 that allowed us to get a lot of curriculum (18 boxes) for the kids with out paying anything! Helps coach you a long the way for those that might need that extra help with online virtual teachers. It also gives the option to be able to link into the school with testing and so much more too.
However as the weeks passed by and having a few more problems with the kids that needed I think a little more experience with it we decided to put them back in Public School after doing a lot of research with the schools here on post. We were very pleased with what we saw on post and how at ease the staff made us feel when we met with them and went over the needs of our children from autism to possible dyslexia.
I absolutely loved homeschooling them, learning with them and having the time with them but some things I think would be much better off in the hands of someone else for us personally as a family. The possible dyslexia is a little beyond me in my opinion and I want to ensure he gets the best help. They already have him in a special reading class to help him with his problems and he is already starting to pick up in some trouble areas all because this one teacher is working well with him and his last public school he was failing because she blew him off and called him a failure! So I am very happy to see what we are seeing so far!
They have been back in public school about 2 weeks and though they were hesitant to go back after their last experience they are absolutely loving it and look forward to going back every day!! I feel they are in very good hands at this school!
Of course sending them back doesn't mean I have lots of free time since I still stay very busy daily babysitting! And I still teach the little ones here the basic things! So I'm still having lots of fun here!
Our first week back to school went wonderful!! We are doing the virtual school this year and I was a little nervous about this since it went through public school and would I have to be on their time line, could it be flexible, how many hours to put in, etc but it is just as flexible as what we were doing before where we are! I LOVE it!! And the kids are digging it too!
Very simple and easy to follow! We weren't due to start till Wen but we started back up on Monday and I'm glad we did since it took a few days to get used to the hang of things with what book was for what having 3 kids in school and 18 boxes full of supplies that I unpacked lol but we got the hang of things!
Even my 3yr old is really getting into it this year with her little back pack lol
