Hurry while it last!

Right at Home is offering a free Fall Gift Pack that includes a free Ziploc Brand Vacuum Freezer System Starter Kit and $14.10 in coupons. It is available to the first 20,000 people that sign up. There is no way to tell if you have gotten to it in time, but it is worth a shot.

You can also get a free package of Zoe's Granola Bar. The store locater can be found here.

Shopping with kids....eeeek!

If you have kids, you know what a job shopping can be. Tonight, I am off to make a few stops and the girls will be joining me. Don't get me wrong, I love spending time with our children, but shopping is something I prefer to do alone. It's even is fun when I take either Macie or Zoa. I can get a few minutes of one on one time with them and they feel like they helped me shop. Having both of them though? They feed off each other and mom gets upset and we all know when happens when mom gets upset!

I found Today is Fun a few days ago via another blog (sorry I forgot which one) and it has so many ideas for parents on how to entertain their kids. Best of all, it rarely uses anything more than your mind and imagination.

Some ideas include: Backwards Breakfast, The Tip-Toe Game, The Table Captain, Using Your Phone as a Distraction and a simple conversation about What You Need to Get...

Maybe a few of these ideas will help me cope with shopping. Maybe not. We'll see.

I'll let you know tomorrow!

Speechless

Jess has been moved to ICU and is back on the ventilator. Please continue to pray - wisdom, strength and faith for everyone involved.

I am speechless.

If you need the back story on Jess, start here.

Sesame Street and K'Nex Building Sets: A Review and Giveaway

Remember Sesame Street? With Bert and Ernie, along with Elmo and the Cookie Monster, (just to name a few) how could we forget? Sesame Street has now teamed up with K'Nex to give us character building sets.

K'Nex is something I have just recently heard of. They specialize in building construction sets for children, which is great for challenging their little minds. Having girls, I thought they would not enjoy it as much as the traditional baby dolls. Boy was I wrong!

I have had the opportunity to review the Bert & Ernie Building Set. Both of my girls loved it! They are not tiny pieces so I know if I had a two year old, I would not worry about them choking on it. One thing I found neat was it includes three activity cards that have tiny bits of information to spark their curiosity. The recommended ages are from two-five year olds but Macie will be seven and she enjoyed it thoroughly.

Building is not just for boys anymore. Macie and Zoa had a blast assembling Bert and Ernie. I felt better knowing they were not watching television, but instead challenging their minds to create something or someone.

After reviewing the product, I bought one from Amazon for a birthday party. We were unable to make the party, but I am positive the birthday boy will enjoy it.

Want One?
You can purchase Sesame Street and K'Nex Building Sets on Amazon for $10.99-$31.99.

Win One!!
Sesame Street & K'Nex is giving one lucky reader a Bert & Ernie Building Set. To enter, just fill out this simple form. Be sure and make two separate entries if you blogged about this giveaway. Your information you submit will only be viewed by me for this contest. After the contest is over, it will be deleted.

The contest will end on October 10, 2008 at 5:00 pm. Due to shipping costs, this contest is only available to United States residents.

The Man's Take on Coupons

If you are a couponer, you have to read this guest post titled: I Married a Couponaholic at Frugal in Virginia. I stumbled on it and found it on accident, but I loved it!

I printed it out for Jeremy and he was cracking up!

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Here is a free kids meal at Bob Evans.