My Lucky Little Man

We were at a party yesterday during the Preakness horse race.  Everyone decided to start a betting pool and throw a few bucks in.  Tyler got to pick our horse (drew the name from a hat) and he picked the winning horse, Shackleford.  I think he will be picking out my lottery numbers from now on!

The Joys of Teething

Tyler has 2 bottom front teeth now and I was so excited for him to get them.  That is, until I saw this upon walking into his room:



Of course, he has no concept of what he did was wrong or that he is ruining a really nice piece of Pottery Barn furniture so I can't get mad at him.  I should have thought ahead and known this would happen.  I researched teething guards and the aftermarket ones you can buy were rated really low on both BabiesRUs and Amazon.  Everyone said it takes a couple hours in the crib and the baby will learn to just tear them down, throw them out of the crib, and continue to chew on the wood.  You can also see in the corner of the picture that the front rails have a plastic teething guard on them that came with the crib.  He is biting on that side, too.  The wood just under the plastic is chewed and looks just as bad as the sides.  I've decided there is nothing out there that is going to help my cause so I took matters into my own hands and devised my own  teething guards.  I used fabric from crib sheet that matched the bedding set but was too small for the mattress and  put a layer of batting under it just to make sure his little shark teeth couldn't penetrate.  I had to hand sew them because I don't have a sewing machine and I used Velcro to attach it to the rails so they look really awful (and like they were made by a 3rd grader).  Here's a picture of my solution:

I need to make another one for the front rail.  Hopefully it will look a little better since I now have a sewing machine! 

Couponing: CVS Deals

Here were my deals at CVS this morning:

Gillette Fusion ProGlide Razor: $6.99 - $5 coupon = $1.99
CVS GreenBagTag $0.99 - $0.99 Target Coupon = FREE
Trident Vitality Gum on sale for $0.99 - $0.99 CVS Extrabux = FREE

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Gardening

While Tyler was napping today I decided to get out in the yard and plant some impatiens.

I love impatiens, they remind me of my childhood where every house in the neighborhood had at least one impatien growing.  Most had several, lining the gardens all around the yard similar to this:

Image from here

I loved going around and popping the seeds.  A gentle squeeze of the pod and it burst open and seeds flew everywhere.


Before





After Popping


















I found some at Lowe's, $1.88 for a 6 pack, and planted them around the tree in the center of our front yard. 

I would love to have bought bigger ones.  It would look more finished but $1.88 was in my price range.  It's hard to spend money on plants when I don't exactly have a green thumb and run the very high risk of killing them.

Perpetual Motion

Tyler is the definition of perpetual motion. I take lots of pictures of him but they rarely turn out because he never stops moving.

Here he is in his latest hang out: the dishwasher:

Couponing: Target

Here is my latest Target deals.

Nivea body lotion for $5.04 - $3 Target coupon - $2 manufacture coupon = $0.04
Nivea body wash on sale for $2.43 - $3 manufacture coupon = they paid me $0.57
Aquafresh Travel Size Toothpaste $0.99 - $1 manufacture coupon = paid me $0.01
Aquafresh baby toothbrush $0.99 - $1 manufacture coupon = paid me$0.01
Sally Hanson Nail Polish $1.99 - $1 manufacture coupon - $1 Target coupon  = paid me $0.01
Eyebrow Brush $1.99 - $1.99 Target mobile coupon = Free
Degree Travel Size Deodorant $0.97 - $1 manufacture coupon = they paid me $0.03
GE Reveal Light bulbs$2.99 - $1.50 Target coupon = $1.49

Couponing: Beechnut Baby Food

If you have a little one still using baby food make sure you join the Beech Nut family on their website.  Every now and then they send out coupons in the mail for free items.  The coupons i received earlier this week are for a free box of cereal and any two jars of baby food.