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And then there were seven….

January 7, 2012 by Sandra 4 Comments


We managed to get a family picture in just before we took the tree down. πŸ™‚

P.S. Go ahead and excuse our Christmas tree decorations hung willy-nilly. I’m not a the-tree-must-be-perfect type of mom, so I let the kids add just about whatever makes their heart content to the tree….as long as it’s Christmas-y.


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Super Savings Saturday: Target (Christmas Clearance)

January 6, 2012 by Sandra 2 Comments



After spending much of the week inside the house, we decided that we needed to get a few groceries today. We picked up mostly the essentials like organic milk, organic butter, organic salad mix, Annie’s Organic Macaroni & Cheese, and whipped cream (for coffee and hot cocoa). We went to Target for said groceries, and while we were there we decided to check out the Christmas clearance.

Everything was 90% off.

And most of it was things we didn’t need, but along with the wrapping paper, gift bags, and tinsel on clearance, they had marked down the children’s Christmas clothing as well.

I quickly went through it and found 4 adorable pieces of baby girl clothing in the perfect size for our baby girl – size NB or Newborn. And it was 90% off, too!

So for all four items, I ended up paying only $3.17. Amazing. Plus I used my Target card and saved another 5%.

I’m so happy to have found these cute outfits on clearance in Elisabeth’s size. The reason being that she doesn’t have a lot of clothes that fit her tiny body at the moment (she does have a ton of clothing – just not in her current size). I didn’t anticipate her needing to be in Newborn size clothing for very long so I hardly bought anything in that size. Actually, all I bought her in size Newborn was a couple pairs of pants and two outfits.

Thankfully, my mom gave me some very cute Newborn size outfits and onesies that Elisabeth has been able to add into her wardrobe, too.

But now with the outfits I picked up for her today, she should be able to go a whole week before we need to do her laundry. πŸ™‚

Oh, and here are a few close up pics….


And her is a picture of big sister with little sister just taken today.


Elisabeth is 3 weeks old now and beautiful as ever.

Did you pick up any great deals this week?


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Christmas in Pictures

January 5, 2012 by Sandra Leave a Comment



We tried to get in a few fun events in with the kids before we welcomed Elisabeth into our family. Here’s what the first part of December looked like for us.

We bought a new ornament at the mall with all of our names on it (including our baby girl) and enjoyed the Christmas decorations.


Ruben and Nathan enjoyed some father-son time at Legoland.


Isaac and David enjoyed making an ornament craft, eating candy canes, and meeting Santa at a program through our local Park District.

Actually, David was not excited at all about meeting Santa, but Isaac was curious and decided to give it a go.

Here he is not-so-patiently waiting.

We also made a couple of family gingerbread houses. We enjoy doing this activity every year.


Isaac enjoyed eating the candy just as must as he did making the house.


And finally, the weekend before the baby was born, we attended a Breakfast with Santa event where we had brunch and the kids got to do some fun activities like decorate their own Christmas cookie and create paper bag reindeer.


David was mostly interested in taking hundreds of pictures next to the many Christmas decorations.


All in all, we had a wonderful December 2011. The best part, of course, was being blessed with our baby girl just 11 eleven days before Christmas. She was indeed an early Christmas gift for all of us.

 


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My Reading List for 2012

January 5, 2012 by Sandra 3 Comments



I’m posting my 2012 reading list. It doesn’t compare to some of the other lists I’ve seen posted by other bloggers as far as the number of books are concerned, but with school starting again for me in a few weeks, a newborn, homeschooling, and daily family life to manage, I need a doable list – not an overwhelming one. So I’ve chosen to read one book a month, and so far it’s going great.

Here’s my list:

January: WordPress Web Design for Dummies (I’m already on chapter 4 and really enjoying this book.)

February: Illustrator CS4 for Dummies (Sadly, I never ended up getting past chapter 1 in this book last year, so it’s on my list to read this year and hopefully will get it entirely read next month.)

March: The Referral Engine: Teaching Your Business to Market ItselfΒ (listening to the audio version of this book)

April: Eats, Shoots and Leaves: The Zero Tolerance Approach to Punctuation

May: Sacred Marriage

June: The Book of CSS3: A Developer’s Guide to the Future of Web Design

July: At the Throne of Grace: A Book of Prayers

August: The Five Love Languages: The Secret to Love That Lasts

September: Five Conversations You Must Have with Your Daughter

October: Have a New Husband by Friday: How to Change His Attitude, Behavior and Communication in 5 Days

November: The Chicken’s Guide to Talking Turkey with Your Kids About Sex

December:Β Slave: The Hidden Truth about Your Identity in Christ

What books are you planning to read this year?


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