Happy #6

Thanks for the best 6 years of my life honey! I love you

what we've been up to

And here you have it.... We are OFFICIALLY almost potty trained :)
Sam is about 99% during the day. (though I haven't allowed him to wear his "big boy underwear" when we are out and about yet-- well, we did try that ONCE umm, unsuccessfully during the first week) I think we would be ok now, but I LOVE the safety net of the pull up. He is probably about 50/50 at night... I am sure that that is partly my fault though for not restricting fluids prior to bed time. There is a HUGE reason for this. SAM IS DRINKING MILK! yes, you heard me correctly... I am so excited about it that I will say it again SAM IS DRINKING MILK!!! I do NOT know how or why, but all of the sudden he finally drank some the other day. It had so much chocolate syrup in it it was black, but whatever it takes right? The deal is that he is allowed to have some apple juice if he drinks all of his milk (which, by the way, "tastes wike issss keem" --we will do ANYTHING to get the kid to drink milk, 'it tastes like ice cream' never stuck, until this week!! ) ok, back on topic, since he is drinking his milk (more gets added to the cup each time) he is also drinking apple juice. (thus, a lot of liquid prior to bed) I figure, milk more important than dry pants this week!!
Here is the 1%... Sam came out of the bathroom carrying a new pair of undies, when asked where his old pair was he suddenly didn't know (we get this answer a lot) I found them. (damp, not wet) but we are getting there and that makes me HAPPY (though I am getting tired of visiting the potty at all the local establishments)

Kids have cute summer hair:



yeah, Molly had been SCREAMING just prior to my snapping the picture thus the puffy face and red eyes








Molly has mastered the art of stair climbing (much to my dismay) it is nearly IMPOSSIBLE to keep her awayIt has been raining a LOT lately. Unfortunately the sand box and outdoor play has been limited. We have been able to draw some beautiful artwork ("woads"--aka roads)and we were able to rebuild this beautiful birdhouse about a gazillion times
Sam has been helping me with the laundry. guess he thought he would help me clean the items in the kitchen as well...

well, that about sums it up. Hope your week has been as good as ours!

a sweet deal

MMMM MMMM good! Mars candy is giving away free candy bars! It is called the Real chocolate relief act.

Terms on the site: Offer valid from 9:00:00 AM ET to 11:59:59 PM ET on the Friday only of each week beginning 5/8/09 and ending 9/25/09 ("Offer Period"). Offer fulfilled as a coupon ("Coupon") redeemable for consumer's choice of one (1) single-sized package of any M&M'S® Brand, MILKY WAY® Brand, SNICKERS® Brand, 3 MUSKETEERS® Brand, TWIX® Brand and DOVE® Brand product (together, "Participating Products"). Offer good while supplies last. In order to claim your Coupon, you must submit your complete and correct name, address and email address ("Registration Information") within five (5) minutes of receiving the on-screen message requesting your Registration Information. Failure to submit your Registration Information within five (5) minutes will result in your Coupon being forfeited. Limit: 250,000 Coupons per Friday during the Offer Period. Allow approximately 6 weeks for delivery of Coupon, which will be sent by US mail to the address provided as part of the Registration Information. Limit: one (1) Coupon per email address per Friday and four (4) Coupons per household during the Offer Period


It starts at 9am EST. The good news is that I was able to get in at 10:30 EST and was still one of the 250,000! Also, as I was getting the info just now there was nothing stating that it had met the allotted number yet so it won't hurt to try and get in there now!!
good luck.

More flower pictures

look what I found in my Blog posts--- UNPOSTED:

of course a hello hug upon seeing his best bud, Hanna Yes, I know, I know, there have been a lot of flower pictures lately, but it is springtime in Texas and soon the heat will have destroyed all the flowers so you have to get them while you can right?! Again, it is TEXAS and you have to have a bluebonnet picture EVERY spring right?!
The kids were lucky enough to go 2 times this year :) The second time was with Hanna and her new baby sister Aubree (though I don't have any pics of her, I promise, she was there)

Weed duty

Sam was a BIG helper outside helping Kirk with weed patrol:
He then helped me with planting my floweroh, yeah, Molly was a big help too.

Arbys

LOOK HERE: there will be FREE with purchase stuff at ARBYS on WEDNESDAYS all summer long (sorry I missed yesterdays, just saw it TODAY :))


May 13th - Free RoastBurger with soft drink purchase

May 20th - Free Chocolate Malt Swirl Shake with sandwich purchase

May 27th- Free Regular Roast Beef with soft drink purchase

June 3rd- Free FruiTea with sandwich purchase

June 10th- Free Roast Chicken Club with soft drink purchase

June 17th- Free Regular Side Kicker with sandwich purchase

June 24th- Free Regular Roast Beef with soft drink purchase

July 1st- Free Regular Beef and Cheddar with soft drink purchase

July 8th- Free Orange Cream Shake with sandwich purchase

July 15th- Free Regular Roast Beef with soft drink purchase

July 22nd- Free RoastBurger with soft drink purchase

July 29th- Free FruiTea with sandwich purchase

August 5th- Free Regular Roast Beef with soft drink purchase

August 12th- Free Roast Chicken Club with soft drink purchase

August 19th- Free FruiTea with sandwich purchase

August 26th- Free Roast Beef 'n Cheddar with soft drink purchase

From what I "hear" you won't need the actual coupon as there are posters up at the ARBYS stores, but you can sign up here in order to be safe.

free redbox code

HERE it is... the Redbox code for today Monday 5/11 only. 6A43JK

Here is some news as well: Redbox recently announced that the free weekly codes are going to stop soon and they will give out codes once a month instead.

Free KFC meal deal.... go here to print your coupon for free 2 piece grilled chicken meal. hurry though, last time to get this coupon is til 11:59 pm CDT on May 6th (that is today) here is the small print:

This site could experience heavy volume at times so please be patient.

*Terms: Free offer good for 2 pieces of Kentucky Grilled Chicken™ (manager’s choice) and two individual sides and a biscuit at participating KFC restaurants located in the U.S., while supplies last. Limit one offer per coupon, one coupon per person during offer period. Must be redeemed in person. Not good with any other offers. No photocopied, mechanically reproduced or altered coupons accepted. Coupon can not be sold or traded. Valid only if printed from UnthinKFC.com. Applicable tax extra. Void where prohibited. By printing coupon, you agree that KFC is not responsible for any technical problems or malfunctions of computer systems, servers or printers or lost or unavailable network connections. You are limited to 4 online prints of coupon. Coupon fraud is punishable by law.

attention all nurses...

Look what cinnabon is doing for us in honor of Nurses week. (May 6-12th)
Yum, yum, yum mmm mmm good:) bet everyone wishes they were nurses now!

COUPONS/SAMPLES/FOOD DISCOUNTS DAY

80% off Restaurant.com code.

Get 80% Off with every order of $25 Gift Certificates. Use code LUCKY and pay ONLY $2 for each $25 Gift Certificate thru 4/30.

**If your unfamiliar with how restaurant.com works:
Restaurant.com had partnered with tons of Restaurants to offer deep discounts when you dine out. Basically you search through the participating restaurants by typing in your zip, choose one you like and purchase a certificate to get a HUGE discount on your meals. Before the certificate can be used, you do have to purchase a minimum amount at the restaurant. This amount varies depending upon the certificate amount you purchase. For example: if the restaurant says you have to have a minimum purchase of $50 dollars, then that means you will have to at least spend $50 before you can use the $25 gift certificate. So you would end up getting $75 worth of food for only $50 after the gift certificates used.***

I have never used these or tried them. Have heard about it several different places--- even the news a few weeks ago. I have seen several restaurants that are in my area on here so I think I might give it a try and at these rates why not right?!

~let me know if you have done this before or if you do it now and what you think about it~

this sounds so cool! dry erase board paint. Go here to see it. if you want a free sample go here. What a neat idea for a kids playroom huh?!

Coupon for a FREE CroisSonic breakfast sandwich from Sonic with any large drink purchase! Just go here and enter your email address to get this coupon
I did this this morning and got it in my inbox pretty quickly. Looks good to me, guess I will get a chance to try it out now for FREE!

Boston Market has a new coupon available; get a FREE $5 Value Meal when you purchase one. This coupon is valid thru 4/30/09.

Don't forget about this coupon that I previously posted also valid thru 4/30; buy one crispy crunchy chicken item (sandwich, salad or meal) and get one FREE!

Einstein Bros Bagels is offering up a great coupon. Save $2 on ANY Lighter Fare Lunch item.

**This coupon is valid thru 4/30/09!

Are you all sick of the Arby's Roastburger deals?!?

If not, here is yet another one. Just text Roasted to 74700 to snag a FREE Roastburger with any drink purchase. You'll just need to show the reply message when you order!

cici's pizza has a neat promotion going on right now. They are dropping pennies near their store. if you find one pick it up a see what you have won... they are also donating returned pennies to big brothers/big sisters. click on the link to see if your cici's is participating.

Free TCBY ice cream on Mother's day. select stores... check site to see if yours is offering this

Free Carvel Iceburg TOMORROW April 30th from 3-7pm

Farm day

My parents have some friends that own a ranch north of here. Since my dad is a farm boy at heart he has really enjoyed being able to help out up there by tending the cows, doing maintenance on things and now growing a huge garden etc. One of the spring calves was abandoned by his mother so he is by the house and fed by bottle etc. Sam was able to go to the farm one day last week and help Pa do all the farm duties:

1. meet baby cow

2.) help feed baby cow a bottle 3)talk to and hug baby cow while Pa finished feeding the bottle4) hop on gator5) sit there/hold on while riding around on the land6) allow Ma and Molly along for the ride6)put feed out for the deer (got to make sure it is smooth :) )7) meet Dottie's horse

8) hug and kiss Dottie's horse9)watch BIG bull come charging and snorting at Ma and a napping Molly on the gator as we continue to visit the nice horse (yes, I realize this picture is well, BAD, but it is the only one that I have of this HUGE angry animal charging)10) watch big angry bull calm down as we drive off out of his 'turf" 11) head out to take a QUICK look at the lake. (Sam didn't care for the moving dock very well)Top it all off with a cheeseburger at the local truck stop and you have yourself a WONDERFUL day on the farm with PA.

Thanks for a great day PA

Happy TAX DAY :(

Well, it is the dreaded TAX day. April 15 UGH. Hope you have all filed and are anticipating a refund (we can all hope can't we?) The ironic thing about it being Tax day is that it is the first night of our Dave Ramsey Financial Peace study at church. I know that Kirk and I are looking forward to it, as well as many families in the church.
Anyway, on to the post. In hopes to make today a little brighter I have found a few freebies and or good deals:

Free cinnabon bites. 5-8pm while supplies last

Maggie Moos one free single-scoop of ice cream in honor of Tax Day. MaggieMoo's will create its own "e-cone-omic" ice cream stimulus package for customers

P.F. Chang’s China Bistro Discount - Stop in for a meal and get 15% off your bill.

Chick-fil-a Rebate - I can’t find an official press release from them, but a few different news outlets are reporting on this so I feel it’s fairly legit. Go to your local Chick-fil-a on Wednesday, make a purchase, and save the receipt. Then take the receipt back any day between April 16-30 and get a free meal of whatever you purchased!

T.G.I. Friday’s Gift Card - Spend $15-$25 on April 15th and receive a $5 gift card. Spend over $25 and receive a $10 gift card.

Papa John’s Tax Day Pizza Special-Get a large cheese pizza and add up to three free toppings for only $10.40 when you order online.
Use the promo code 1040M (code expires 4/15/09)

McDonalds is giving away free chicken biscuit w/ med drink purchase (in AM) or free chicken sandwich w/ med drink purchase (in PM).. yet again, can't find the press release, so might want to ask prior to doing this one

Hope this helps ease the pain of taxes just a little bit