Summer Vacation!

I love summer! I love spending time with my kids and being outdoors as much as I can!
There are more free things to do in the summer than any other time of year!

Here's a list of my top 10 favorite free/almost free things:

10. Playgrounds- it's even more fun meeting up with friends for a playdate for the mommys kids
9. Taking a trip to the dollar store
8. Picking out craft supplies at Michael's using their 40% or 50% off coupons
7. Having the kids friends over to play
6. Ice cream sundaes off the Dollar Menu at McDonald's
5. Redbox dvd rentals! Only $1.00 a night and if you sign up on their website they give you a free movie code!
4. The library for activities, concerts, crafts and an endless supply of books and movies!
3. Walking the beach/pier
2. Regal Cinemas for free movies
1. Carnivals! I love our town's fireman parade and carnival!

Of course there's camping, trips to state parks, bbq's with family and friends, water balloons, swimming, amusement parks.....

Did I mention how much I love summer?

Aldi's and I'm Back!

First of all- I'm getting Aldi's and it will only 2 miles from my house!!

Second- after an extremely busy couple of months I'm back!

I'm looking forward to the lazy days of summer! My daughter is officially done and has exams this week.
My boys are finishing up their year and will be done next Wednesday!

Then I'll have a 9th grader, 7th grader, 5th grader, 1st grader, and a preschooler!

I can't believe how time flies!

My Little Helper!

We had the best time together this week! I truly enjoy being with my littlest man!

My new motto "Live, Love Dance!"

I used to be dance instructor (well I guess I still am because I plan on teaching again) but I had to take some time off to raise my little munchkins. I forgot how much music and dance were a part of my life, and how much I missed it! I've been doing a lot a ballet and aerobics to get this body healthy and back in shape. What a difference in the way I feel! Music makes the day fly by in a happier way...

This has been another busy week! The kids are all back to school from February Recess and frankly on Monday I was so worn out that after I came home grocery shopping and made lunch, I took a nice long nap! I've been tackling the large piles of papers and bills and getting my house back in order- until the weekend when all my efforts will have been done in vain!

The sun is shining and it will be a bit warmer for the next 3 days.

Tomorrow I'm taking some time off to meet my friend of 14 years at the mall and catch up a bit!

Photos!

Yesterday we made pumpkin bread for lunch, and snack, and if there was enough the kids would have eaten it for dinner too! I let the little guys bake theirs in these cute bread pans- they got a real kick out of it!

Here we are making our fruit loop necklaces on Monday. It kept them quiet for a very long time and was a fun snack too.

Neat Website For Kids

Today I'm taking care of two other children in addition to my own five!

It's fun to have extra kids in the house and my kids love having new playmates!

I found a great website for kids that has simple activities and crafts. Click

here for their homepage. You can click here if you want to check out their winter themed crafts!

We're going to make fruit loop necklaces, playing with play-doh, bake chocolate chip cookies, doing one of the projects from the website, and playing outside! It may sound like a lot planned (and it is!) but I would rather be overplanned and not be able to everything on the list than be under planned and have bored kids!

Now off to some fun!

Valentine Fun!

Today I cut out paper hearts and wrote a love message to my kids that read 'Mommy wishes you a Happy Valentine's Day! I love all my babies!'
I hid them in the living room, had them find them and unscramble the message. They loved this and it was a neat way to let them know my love for them!