Back to School Things!

I remember when I went to school and got a list of things that I would need for that coming year. They would ask for things that I would need. Well now my daughter is going into 3rd grade and I feel like I am buying for the whole class. I understand that yes as a student she is going to need things but seriously some of the things are crazy. Half of the things are not even for her and are for the teacher. I guess my question would be do you feel the school should supply the teacher with the materials they need to teach or should us as parents be the ones to buy the extras?

Wishing For Rain!

This summer has had crazy temperatures here in Arkansas. With heat index we are hitting way over 100 each day. So this morning while getting my coffee and checking to see what the weather will be like, I notice this afternoon we have a 60% chance of rain. I am hoping so bad that we do get it so maybe for a few days things can just cool off. Most of the time I don't look forward to thunderstorms because I 100% hate them but right now I would love a good rain storm to help relieve some of this heat. So that's my thoughts for this morning. Hope everyone is having a great Sunday morning.

Save On Your Food Shopping!

For the longest time I hated to go food shopping because it always would cost me an arm and a leg. Until I found an awesome meal planning group. Now that I write out my meals and do inventory on what I have at home I have cut down my food bill. I truly thought this was not going to work at all. But once I wrote out my list and told myself I only buy what is on the list and if it is not on there it does not get bought I found that I was saving so much more. I went from spending $200 a week on food to about $120 for a family of 4. That includes my husbands work drinks and lunch foods. There is also coupons that I don't do at the moment but if you are not into that try planning your shopping trip with a list and sticking to it. You will be amazed at what you can save if you plan out meals around what you already have.

Bedtime Routine

For both of my kids we have a bedtime routine, but for some odd reason it doesn't make it less hectic. If feels like that last little bit drains the remainder of my energy away. I think it's time for me to rethink the routine and come up with a better one. Good night all.

Like a sponge

It's amazing how such a young child can learn so fast. It feels like just the other day that J could not talk at all and now everyday we are adding new words. Most days I am so excited that he can tell me what is wrong or what he needs. Then there are the days when mommy has a killer headache and misses the days with no talking. Just today we learned to say done, book, and truck. It will be know time now till he is holding a full on conversation with me. It is a wonderful feeling to watch him learn.

Where to even start, been gone for about 5 months now. Really wish I did not have to stop blogging but life happens. Just to recap in the last 5 months we have moved, got a puppy, and I was able to go home and visit family in my home state of New Jersey. With the new house things are still taking time to get unpacked. I feel like we have more things then what we actually packed. First goal is to get rid of anything we don't need or use anymore. So tired of finding a spot for something we don't use anymore. My 8 yr old daughter T is on summer break until Aug. 20th. I can't believe school starts back up so soon. My 1 yr old son J is hitting his terrible twos already. Some days I think he knows just what buttons to push for my head to start spinning. Other then that we are just enjoying each other through the summer break. But I am sure there is more to come. Oh yeah here is the new addition to our house Angel.