Deals, Deals, DEALS!

This post goes out to my dear coupon-crazed sister, Lisa.

Today I scored at Rite Aid and Walgreens. I detailed my purchases below with the net cost of each item (total price minus coupons, register / UP rewards, etc.) in parenthesis below.

Z saw me take out my camera and immediately thought he was the subject of my photo. He plopped himself behind my goods and put on a little grin. How could I resist?

Rite Aid:
Gilette bodywash ($1)
Gilette deoderant ($1)
Tide ($3.99)
Nivea bodywash (Free) Gain dish soap (overage of $0.11)
Pantene shampoo and conditioner ($2 each)
Pantene Beautiful Lengths conditioner (free)
2 Colgate toothpaste ($0.50 each)
Total spent: $20.06
Total UP rewards: $8
LIKE SPENDING: $12.06!!!



Walgreens:
2 Nabisco mini oreo packages ($0.29 each)
Breathe Right strips (overage of $1.50)
Colgate toothpaste ($0.24)
Total spent: $5.32
Total Register Rewards: $6
LIKE SPENDING: NOTHING! Like getting back $0.68 !!!

The Walgreens deal is particularly sweet! Those of you who have not done so, get those coupons out of your Sunday paper and GO! These deals last all week!

Someone Needs a Haircut

What do you do when your little boy wakes up like THIS in the morning?

I mean really... is this bedhead possible?

Look at the waves and faux-hawk!

Some people pay good money for this hairstyle...

Well, you finally give your consent (after weeks of a pestering hubby and the realization that you actually hate having to DO your kids' hair) that your son needs a haircut.

Cute little Zack looks so much older with short hair!

Golf Clubs are Not Toys

Sam learned this lesson the hard way after "playing Superheroes with golf clubs" at a friend's house. Luckily no stitches required on the chin (which is covered by a bandaid in this photo, but is much worse than the cheek). And we're so grateful that the hit resulting in a cheek gash missed his eye by an inch.

Lesson? We don't fight our friends with hard objects. Even when we're playing. :)

"I think we should just be friends..."

I have not broken up with my blog entirely... We've just downgraded our relationship for a while. :)

Ever feel like you've missed too much? You're stuck because you don't know whether to go back and play catch up or continue on and ignore all the fabulous happenings of the past several months?

Well, I'm going to do both.

I promise to TRY to post once a day for the next week. So... here goes. Three posts today.

Nutrition Facts According to Zack

Sam loves to read the nutrition facts on everything - especially cereal boxes.

Zack caught on to the craze around here. I just about died laughing. Check this out...

Letter to Jake

Who flew from the MTC in Provo, UT to Dallas, TX this past week...

Sam wanted to draw Jake a picture and drew this completely by himself! Nice, huh? Obviously, I made comments below...

Interview with Sam (and a little from Zack)

** There was no prompting, hinting, or helping with answers. Straight from Sam...**

What is your favorite color? Blue. Zack says, "blue and red."

What is your favorite number? 4, Actually I don’t like 4, I like 1. I like 4 AND 1. Zack says, "Goo goo."

Who is your best friend? I have three best friends. FOUR best friends! They are Tiger, Max, Audrey, Mommy, and Daddy, and Zack. Actually SIX.

Zack says, “Sam”

Who do you like to play with? Tiger. Zack says, “Mommy”

Where do we live? Utah. Zack says, “Ukahhh.”

What don't you like? I do not like signs. Zack says, “Choo choos. Mommy’s a choo choo!”

What is your favorite thing to do? I always like to go to Moab now. Zack says, “Choo choos. Choo choos? No, googaks!”

What is your favorite thing to eat? I like to eat watermelon and chips.

Zack says, “Moo Moo Moo Quack Quack and Dog Train.”

What do you not like to eat? I do not like to eat carrots because I’m allergic to them, and pineapple. Because I’m allergic to them! And grass! Because I’m allergic to them too! And we knew and definitely TREE NUTS! Because I’m allergic to them! (Zack ran off to play)

What is cool? When Tiger says, “Ooooh yaaaah, tough guy???”

What is cute? You. (Mommy)

What is your favorite toy? Oh I like this one, the huge lego dump truck. Tiger calls it the rescue truck.

What is your favorite show? My favorite show is Super Why and Word World too.

What is your favorite movie? Lightning McQueen

What is your favorite snack? My favorite snack is… I think I probably like corn chex the best. (Rachel watched the boys last Saturday and brought corn chex for breakfast since she’s gluten-free. She shared with the boys and apparently, Sam loves them!)

What does daddy do at work? Lots of work. And work for our family, actually. He calls us from work. And when he takes me to work, he sometimes gets me some candy from the candy closet.

What does mommy do at work? Work at home. Clear the dishes.

What makes you happy? To eat healthy food. With lots of dietary fiber. With like 8 grams. Or protein.

What is your favorite animal? Giraffes. Zack says, “I like giraffes too.”

What makes you sad? If somebody hits me. Like Zack. While we were watching a show.

What makes you tired? Well… when somebody I don’t know has a playdate.

What do you love? I love MOMMY! Zack says, “I love Aaaahhhh!” (means his sippy cup of rice milk)

Do you like it when it is rainy, or snowy, or sunny? Sunny

Do you like to play outside or inside? Inside. Because there’s lots of toys and I can play with Buzz and Woody.

How old are you when you're big? 8 to get baptized.

How old are you? 4 1/2

How old will you be on your next birthday? 5

How old am I? 29 1/2

How old is daddy? 35

What is funny? Funny is when Zack just goes like “baah baah bah!!!” and I totally crack up like this, “haa ha aahaaa haaaa!”

What is your favorite thing to do with mommy? Snuggle

What is your favorite thing to do with daddy? Snuggle AND get slurpees and donuts. (and read books)

What kinds of things do you learn in preschool? Learn to do paper rockets and do craters, and that’s all.

What do you learn in primary? Ohhh, a lot of things. Get fruit snacks. And learn about the prophets and it helps me learn about Jesus.

Why do we have to go to bed? Because then if we stay up then we’ll be super super super super super tired.

What is your favorite book? My favorite book is The Monster Who Ate Darkness and the Transformers books.

What is your favorite song? The superheroes songs and the Lightning McQueen songs.

What are your favorite clothes to wear? My superman shirt and my batman pajamas and my spiderman shirt and my spiderman pants and my jake shorts. And my jake pants.

What are you going to do when you are a grown up? Be an airplane driver. A pilot. And an astronaut. FLY IN SPACE! Go see the sun and the sunspots, Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, the asteroid belt, and then Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, and Pluto. That’s all. And I want to play tackle basketball. (with these two uncles)

Thanks for the idea, Corinne. :) Love recording these answers. I think I'll interview my kids often. I love hearing what they have to say.

Alex + Twitch = FANTASTICO

Hooray for hip hop. Hooray for the funny backstory about a recovering ballet dancer. Hooray for a routine that is about something other than the nauseatingly overdone boy/girl relationship drama on SYTYCD!

Love this dance. So does Sam. Wish I could do what they do...

(This was by far the best quality video I could find. Fast forward past his "inspiration" to the dance. About 1:11 into it...)

Lessons Learned

Lesson #1

When painting your interior doors and trim, two-year-olds do NOT make good helpers.

No matter how adorable you think those mini rollers are.(Now if someone can help me get the paint off the carpet, the doorknob, cover up the paint on the walls, and get it out of both my hair and ZACK's.... we'd be good.)See those frosted tips in his hair? Yep. Still there two days later.

Lesson #2

Apparently our family wears out pants.

In the right knees only.

Know of anywhere I can buy right-knee-reinforced pants?? :)

Keep Your Eye On the Drummer

I haven't laughed this hard at a youtube video in a while. HILARIOUS.