Walgreen's: Free Almay Make-Up

Walgreen's has all of their Almay make-up on sale this week for Buy 1, Get 1 Free. Almay mascara is free after rebate this month also. Purchase the mascara and another Almay make-up product and get both free or almost free! If they are out of the mascara, take advantage of their rain check program.

Some new freebies I have found:

Get a free subscription to Wondertime Magazine. (Arts, crafts, recipes and parenting tips can all be found in Wondertime magazine, a great resource for parents with young children.)

Join the Moms Meet Club and get a free subscription to Kiwi Magazine.

Menu-Plan Monday

This week will be a tough yet fun one. Jeremy will be out of town at training for work. But it will be fun at the same time because my sister, Whitney will be staying with me! Her husband, Adam, works with Jeremy and will be out of town with him also. Hmmm, is this trip really work related? I'm just saying...

Last week's Vanilla Scented Granola snack was a huge hit! It was so good in yogurt and the girls loved it. My next project is making homemade yogurt. We'll see how it goes!

Monday: Bacon and Baked Potato Soup, then off to St. Louis for a night away.

Tuesday: I have two post-op check ups for Zoa in St. Louis, which means a late start on dinner. It's going to be an easy. Pizza, I'm sure. What do you say Whitney?
Wednesday: Whitney's request...Vegetable Fried Rice

Thursday: Hamburger 'Steaks' and gravy, Mashed Potatoes and Mixed Veggies (Grill pre-made hamburgers seasoned with steak seasoning. Top with gravy.)
Friday: Jeremy is back home, which is good because I am sure I will have lost my mind by now! Out to eat...welcome home Daddy and Uncle Adam!
Saturday: Homeade Pizza
Sunday: Forty Clove Garlic Chicken, Rice and Green Beans
Snacks: Applesauce in the Crock-Pot and Banana Nut Bread

Need some recipe ideas? Go to Laura's for more Menu Plan Monday.
Want to start Menu-Planning? See the details here.

Didn't know you could buy that!

After spending the day with Jeremy's mom, Macie came home with a few toys for Zoa.

Zoa: "Look mom! Nacie bought me diarrhea!"

(Side note: Nacie translates to Macie. Diarrhea translates to a diary.)

She is still referring to her new diary as diarrhea.

Homeade Applesauce

This morning I was wide awake at 7:45. After at least one cup of coffee, I decided to get a start on next week's snack: Homemade Applesauce. By the time I was ready to start, the girls were awake but Jeremy was still sleeping. Does that mean this counts as a "Mommy & Me" project?

First, we gathered the ingredients...
8-10 Gala Apples, peeled and cut up
1 cinnamon stick or 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon
1/4 c. brown sugar
1/2 c. water
Juice of 1 lemon
Dash of salt

Next, we put all the ingredients into the Crock-Pot. Then we stirred it all up to make sure it was covered evenly. Simple as that. The recipe said it needs to cook on low for 8-10 hours or high for 3-4 hours. I turned it on low, but I found in 4 hours, they were ready to be mashed. I used a potato masher and may get out the food processor to make it smoother, depending on what the girls prefer.
Here is what the end result should look like. This is after I mashed them.
Next time, I will double or possibly triple this. I want to also cut back on the sugar. It will freeze well and the worst part of the directions is cutting and peeling the apples. But other than that, it is a simple recipe, kid friendly and taste great!

Build-A-Bear gift card winner...

Congratulations to Deane! Random.org chose #28 as the winner of the $25 gift card and $5/25 coupon to Build-A-Bear! You should have received and e-mail from me.

Thanks everyone for participating!

Sinupret for Kids

I was excited when I recently received Sinupret for Kids. This to me is an all natural alternative to Dimetapp or Robitussin. It has been approved by Dr. Sears (scroll down for his recommendation) and comes at perfect timing now that all over the counter cough medicine is not recommended for kids under four years old.

Sinupret claims to work on the average cold and cough. After I read more information, it would not work on ear or sinus infections, bronchitis or pneumonia.

Next to homemade remedies, this will be the first thing I reach for when the girls get the average cold.

You can buy Sinupret for Kids on Amazon or at Sinupret for Kids.