Super Savings!

As many of you know I am a stay at home mom now so we have to watch our spending a little more especially when it comes to grocery shopping. I have been attending MOPS (mothers of preschoolers) meetings since I have started staying at home and at the last meeting the speaker talked about couponing. I was so shocked about how much I could save just by clipping coupons and that Publix would take almost any stores coupons even with the buy one get one items. So with the help of the website www.southernsavers.com I tried it for the first time today. I was amazed! We usually spend around $120-$150 for our monthly trip and today I only spent $85! The only thing I didn't get here that I needed was milk and I go to ALDI because it is only 1.49 a gallon. Oh how I love saving money!

Boo at the zoo!

Sunday night we went to Boo at the Zoo. The Birmingham Zoo puts it on every year at Halloween. They have games, hayrides, a train, and lights and painted Halloween cut-outs all over the zoo. You can also go trick or treating and ride the carousel. There was also had a haunted house that was in the snake house which didn't scare Branning a bit but had Bryson and I almost in tears! The worst part was waiting with 2 very impatient children (wonder who they get that from) in the very long lines, but they did seem to have fun once they got through the lines. They loved trick or treating and getting candy in their bags. Each time someone gave Bryson candy he would say "Oh thank you and have a Happy Halloween!" We had a great time and can wait until next year.

Picnic

We decided to enjoy the nice weather today by having a picnic lunch. Bryson loved packing up lunch in a basket and taking it to the driveway. I was feeling bad that we didn't go to a park and have the picnic until Bryson looked at me while he was eating and said, "Mom, this is the best picnic ever! I love you!" That made my day!

Where's Branning?

Branning has started this new game where every time we are about to leave to go somewhere he hides. He thinks it is so funny, which it is because he hides in the same spot every time. Can you find him??

Pumpkin Patch 2009

This Sunday we went to the pumpkin patch. It was much more fun this year since the boys were older. They both loved going on the hayride, riding the train, jumping in the bounce houses, playing games, and face painting. It was so sweet to see Branning follow Bryson everywhere he went at the pumpkin patch. He is really starting to look up to his big brother.