N starring as HuMpTy DuMpTy who fell at the pool!

We were swimming at the Y! He came up to me. Blood running down, of course it looked like more than it was cause he was wet from swimming. I took him to the pool office wanting a towel. Lifeguard wanted to administer first aid. I had to convince him I knew what I was doing. They had to shut the pool down for the night. The lifeguard thanked us, he got to go home early. LOL The doctor's office closed just before this happened, so we couldn't get stitches there. I sooo did not want to go the the ER. So off to Walgreens! BandAid brand superglue. Then to Aunt Sharon's cause N said he could be brave for her. N wanted to see what it looked like so I took a picture. I think I did a pretty good job if I must say so. He'll have a matching scar with A. She has one on her chin just like this one. N heard all about who Humpty Dumpty was that night. He just got his staples out 4 days earlier. Sometimes I wonder what my grandchildren will be like. I definitely don't think I want to offer full disclosure to future spouses. They might get scared and run. Best part of all is, a friend and I got a good laugh at my frugality in the whole deal. I just couldn't bear another ER visit, so I went to Walgreens and used a $5 Register Rewards and my gift card and had to pay nothing out of pocket to fix my broken n-"egg".

Woohoo Walmart jackpot!

I am tickled to death about my trip to Wal-mart today! Grand total

for everything pictured is.... $0.44, I saved $16.97. My 4 yr. old has to use Head and Shoulders. Between his allergies and eczema he has really bad dandruff. H & S has caused it all to go away. I couldn't pass up the buy 2 and get $3 off deal in the sample section. Then we went off to Target to hit up the Pampers deal. I paid 8.53 out of pocket and then did 3 more transactions shifting between 2 gift cards I have, adding on one and using the other. Ended up with 4 packs of diapers and 4 packs of wipes and only paid $8.53 out of pocket. I still have over $7 on my gift cards! Thanks you Money Saving Mom and all you other ladies out there who chime in and share your deals!

My-chaelala-latern in July

Isn't she cute. I couldn't help but think it is too bad it is July and not October, we would paint her face Orange ! She is so excited. Another dollar in her pocket. Good thing I have just one dollar left after garage sale-ing today!

Just when Shopping was discouraging me !

Today I left home at 7:30 am. Yep we were out the door for the second day in a row that early. AIY! We had allergist appointments and I determined we were going to do East Side errands that I put off till... So off we went to Barnes and Noble, 2 of the kiddos earned a free book each. Then to the Science Education Center. Such a cool store. We bought auger, petri dishes, dye and all sorts of fun goodies. We are going to grow our bacteria cultures this week into next! I am excited. This is right up my alley. A is learning about the immune system and diseases in Science. Then I kept missing my exit to head home. Ah well. A stop for me to eat to take my medicine and then to KMart to use up a gift card on undies and socks. I just hate to buy these things, they are soooo just functional and cost soooo much. Then I couldn't figure out their displays. Everything was a mess, signs were crazy. An hour later, I leave the store. At this point, I have spent a lot of money today. It kills me as I have been couponing and getting all these amazing deals and God has really blessed my garage sale efforts this year and I have even managed to pay for those purchases with my ebay sales. So into Walgreens and I was prepared for more money to fly out of my account. I walked out of Walgreens with a HUGE SMILE on my face with 5 packages of diapers, a bottle of motrin and 15 bubble envelopes. AND I spent NOTHING, that's right $0.00, out of pocket ! ! ! Coupons, register rewards and balances on my rebate gift cards that I had no idea were there. Best part my gcards still have balances on them! To top of it off I have something selling on ebay yet again, tomorrow is Thursday and time for more garage sale shopping.

Clark Pyromaniacs on the Fourth of July

D was not going to let anyone get his fireworks, so he sat on them. N kept going in to the light! We had to keep yelling for him to step backwards. He was transfixed by the glow, the noise, the whole bit. He can't wait to be six so he can set some off on his own. M's parting words were "that was a fun night". A this morning told her dad, "I think it took as long to clean up as it did to set everything off last night." Between the neighbors and what we had our street's firework show went for 2-3 hours. Lots of fun.

Fourth of July Memories

I love this picture of all the kids in a row!

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