The Howard Family

Wednesday, April 7, 2010

Couponing is the Best!!!!

So I have started to really get into couponing lately and I was so excited about the deals I got this wee at Kmart I decided to blog about it. Kmart is having double coupon week where for this whole week they will double up to $2 a coupon 5 per day. So I have gone the last 3 days to get stuff, now because I live in the Chicago area there is a Kmart coupon out that lets you get $10 off a $20 purchase but this is only valid in certain areas like Chicago and New York. So here is what I have gotten so far 2 packages of huggies, 1 package of pampers, balmex, head & shoulder shampoo and conditioner, 2 dove deodorants, degree girl deodorant, right guard deodorant, 2 Ziploc containers, windex all purpose cleaner, olay quench body lotion, 2 packages of Tampax pearl, bobby pins, 2 cover girl eyeshadows, q-tips, and revlon finger nail files. The price of the merchandise is about $95, out of pocket I have spent $23.59 and I get to send in for $20.87 in mail-in rebates so I will get everything here for $2.72!!!!! Isn't that the coolest thing ever. Kmart is doing this for the rest of the week so if you are interested in doing any of this you can go to google and search under blogs and put in kmart deals and there are tons of blogs that tell you how to do this and where to get the coupons, but like I said I had that extra coupon to sweeten the deals but there are lots of things that you can get for free with just the double couponing. I'm planning on going back at least two more times to get some more stuff. Its crazy how much money you can save couponing and Kmarts got great deals this week but I know that Alberstons does double couponing as well and my sisters gets some really great deals there, we don't have an Alberstons here is Chicago so I miss out on their deals. I have saved so much money since I have started to watch for deals I would be suprised if I ever pay the full price for diapers ever again they always have coupons and someone always seems to have deals on them. I was so excited I just had to tell everyone Happy Couponing :)!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thursday, March 18, 2010

The Park

Thatcher is walking now and we decided to take him to the park yesterday cause it has been so warm in Chicago this week. He was having the time of his life at the park. He was climbing all over the toys and going down the slide. He just loved it. He is getting so big he can say a whole bunch of things like get down, sit down, thank you, go, daddy, mama, and he will repeat really well. Its so much fun to see how fast they grow and its amazing how smart they are.

Mall of America

Karson got a week off for vacation last week and we decided to drive to Minneapolis to visit the mall of america. It was way fun we went shopping and ate lots of good food. Thatcher got to go swimming in the hotel pool and he loved it. We had a fun little family vacation.

Saturday, January 30, 2010

Its a GIRL!!!

We had our ultrasound done yesterday and everything looks great and she said that it looks like a girl. She wasn't a 100% positive but you never can be when its a girl but she a good shot right between the legs so we are pretty sure. We are so excited to have a little girl coming into our family. We told Thatcher and he just smiled and started babbling like he always does. He doesn't really understand yet that theres another baby on the way but hopefully he will like the baby :)!!!

Tuesday, January 19, 2010

Thatchers 1 year Birthday

Heres Thatcher getting ready to blow out his candle.

Here is Thatcher opening one of his gifts.

Thatcher is feeling the pjs that grandma gave him.

Thatcher is reading a book that he got from his cousin Britain.

Now its time for the cake and yes he is just looking at it.

I put his fingers in the frosting to try to get him to try it and hes eating the frosting but he still wont touch the cake by himself.

I ended up just holding the cake up to his mouth so he would eat it and he loved it he almost ate the whole piece.

Here is the shot of he cute little face after he was done.

Here he is in the bath tub getting all cleaned up.

This is uncle dustin eating cake.

Here is Koree, Ezra, Andee, Grandma, Kayt, and Ascha.

Here is Krista and Adam eating birthday cake.

Here is little Zuleka making a funny face.

Here is Amos and Britatin posing for a picture.

Thatcher turned 1 on January 14th and we had a big party for him. He is getting so big its crazy how fast the time goes. He says a bunch of words like mama, dada, daddy, whats that, thank you, Thatcher, boom boom (which is his favorite book chicka chicka boom boom), bow, and many more that I cant think of. He goes to the doctor today for his checkup so I'm not quite sure how big he is but hes gotten really heavy at least he feels heavy and he looks pretty tall so we will see.
He can walk with help either by holding his hands or with the walking toy so I think that we probably have another month or so and he will be walking all by himself.