The Haywards Missionary Adventures

Saturday we had Bake Potatoes for Dinner and of Coarse we had 4 left over. Bake Potatoes aren't always the easiest to re-invent how ever we did it! Home Fries!!! with home made Fry Sauce of coarse! YUMM ! And since the oil was hot and we had a can of biscuits... Doughnuts were the perfect Dessert for Dinner. Powder Sugar! The perfect topping! What are some ways you re-invent leftovers?

Last Wednesday was filled with firsts... Andrew had his First day of Kindergarten! (All day Kindergarten) When I picked the kids up from School he immediately opened his lunch box and chugged down his Juice box and then proceeded to eat his sandwich. I asked him what he ate for Lunch he replied,"My Cheetos !" The next day he made progress and ate his chips and yo go's . Today he finally ate most his sandwich and a few other lunch items that were packed in his lunch. I think he is finally getting in the swing of things! Callie had two weeks of outfits picked out and dated for their appearance . She is loving 2 nd Grade and feeling so grown up! What a Rock Star ! Cody Started the 4 th Grade! Ugh ! What happened to my Little Toad? What a cute little bunch of Kids! Brandon Started Middle School this Year! 6 th Grade I had reservations on sending him to Stewart but when we tried to switch Schools the other Schools we wanted were filled to the rim. So we gave Brandon the c...

I had a few of you wondering how and why I bought 300 powerades . First with the how... I was reading a pinching your pennies forum on how others were purchasing high quantities of powerade and a bigger discount was implied. The Powerade was on sale for $0.50 for every 15 you buy however, when you bought 300 it ended up under $0.20 each. My husband drinks this stuff like crazy! I decided to go down to my local Albertson's and try this for myself. I asked them to ring in 300 powerades to see what my total would be and sure enough my total ended up being $58 Yahoo! They then took down my order and told me it would be in that next Tuesday. And now I have powerade that hopefully will last us until next year.

Tuesday, we were all busy going through out the day and getting things accomplished when we spotted a baby bear walking through our home. Cody was thrilled when he was able to catch this wild animal. But saddened when we told him he had to release him back into his mothers care. After Andrew was done with the Bear costume he decided to drive around the house in his car. Callie, then decided to try on the costume herself. What cuties!!

Yes! Sometimes I go Crazy! for a great deal! But Seriously, I have a problem! I went to Albertson's this morning and did two Transactions spent $9.99 on 22 Items ($72.98 before sales & coupons) ( I also received a $1 cat. and a $2 survey) and I'm having a coupon breakdown. My OOP just seems way to high to me! LOL ! I finally had to divided the items into the total = $0.45 each item. I am now breathing at a more normal rate and my palms are no longer sweaty. I just wish I could have gotten these groceries cheaper that's all!

HAPPY 5TH BIRTHDAY!! ANDREW!!

7-Eleven is giving away Free (small) Slurpee's on Saturday the 11 Th While supplies last! Last Year I took all the Kids and our friends to get our free Slurpee's ! They had a blast! We actually had to go to 2 Stores because the first store was out of cups. This year it is on Saturday so the sooner you get in their the better your chances of scoring a free Slurpee!