Mirror, Mirror on the Wall

Did you know that this marker:

works on mirrors as well as white boards?

Bill and I have leaving little notes and pictures and jokes on the mirrors in our master bathroom.  Can you imagine what it's like to get ready in the morning when your mirror looks like this?:

(It's a little tricky to see, but I've been wearing a crown, holding a scepter and seeing a dialogue bubble that reads, "I'm #1".  Pretty funny.  I can't help but smile every morning:)!)

Or to wake up on your 'sleep in morning' to see this:

(Bill and I take turns sleeping in on the weekends.  I get to sleep in on Saturdays, and Bill gets to sleep in on Sundays.  Our early rising kids make sleeping in a big deal around here.)

Here are a few other simple messages:

(We have the world's best initials x 2, I know:).)

 And let's not forget a couple inside jokes:

One of us wore mismatched shoes to Church a few months ago:).  Whoops.

One of us is especially funny:).

Mirror marking is so much fun...and those markers come in 2 packs at the dollar store for $1:)!  Cheap fun is the best kind:)!

Have a fantastic weekend!

Easter Take Two

Aunt Kiki and Cici are here for a long weekend, and we're having a blast celebrating a belated Easter!  We made footprint Easter Bunnies:

Cici's

Lucky's

Charm's

It was hard to get a picture with them all looking my way:).

We did a little shopping this weekend too:

If you liked the black and white striped Olin rug that I posted about in our front room, you may want to check out Home Goods where I stumbled upon a huge pile of flat woven rugs that are almost identical to the Olin rug.  They were available in black and white, grey and white, and several other multi-colored options.  Prices were fantastic at $7.99 for the 2' x 3', $12.99 for the 30" x 50", $29.99 for the 4' x 6' and $49.99 for the 5' x 8'.  

Also, Gymboree had a fantastic sale going on.  I picked up several pieces including this sweater dress (the picture doesn't do it justice!).  The dress was on clearance for $9.49, down from $43.95, and since an additional 25% off was taken from the lowest sale price for clearance items, and I had a coupon for my purchase as well, my cost for the dress was $3.78 (over 90% off)!  Lucky will get a ton of wear out of this next winter.  I heart deal shopping!!  

I hope you all had a nice weekend, too!

"Spring Break" Check In

Our Easter was really fun, although Aunt Kiki and Baby C weren't able to visit because of illness.  Big bummer, BUT they plan to come in a week and a half.  Yes!!  We can't wait.

After church on Sunday, we made a family trip to Home Depot to pick up a few things.  Bill thought the kids were a little overdressed.  I thought they looked perfect:), and I happened to have my camera in my purse so here are some pictures:

Later in the day, Bill read the Hunger Games, while Lucky played with Play-Doh and Charm re-enacted 'Toy Story':

This view was mine for a good chunk of Sunday.  And Monday.  And Tuesday, while I attended to a little continuing education matter than needed to be taken care of:

Luckily, I found a great website with a ton of free CE courses available, so it was just a matter of putting in some time to keep my pharmacist license current for another couple of years.  Now, I can focus on other things like cleaning out drawers and closets in preparation for our big garage sale coming up next month.  It's time to unload!!

I did sneak in some shopping this past weekend, as well.  (I know, the irony, right??  Buying when I should be garage sale pricing:))  I stopped at Goodwill.  I haven't been there in forever, but I thought I'd make a quick stop on my way home from picking up a few Target snacks.  One of the snacks was Alden's Organic Ice Cream, which I love, so I had about 2.5 minutes to go in and get out of GW so there wouldn't be a milk shake in my car when I returned.

Here is what I snatched in my 5 minute raid of Goodwill:

Brand New Zipfy Sled.  We own a red one already that I bought on super clearance at Target last year for about $8.  Now Lucky and Charm each have a Mini Luge.

You can't beat $2.99 for a brand new sled that retails for $35.  My Goodwill store had at least 30 of these on the day I was there.

Brand New 9 Foot Tilting Umbrella that was originally sold at Target.  We knew about one week after purchasing the umbrella that I talked about in this post last year, that we made a mistake.  It didn't tilt, so unless we used the table at high noon, it didn't help create much shade for us around the table.  We've been looking for a new umbrella for awhile now.  A week ago, Bill had this exact umbrella in his cart at Target.  It was $75, and I told him to wait a bit for me to do a little 'research' (aka find a coupon or a sale or something).

$24.99.  There were several of these umbrellas at Goodwill too.  Brand new.  Never been opened.  Happy Day!

Next up was this cute little gold chevron box that I had purchased earlier in the week for $6 on clearance at Target.  The one I found at Goodwill was brand new and was marked $2.99 (originally $19.99), so my earlier purchase went into my 'return' basket in the mudroom.  I go to Target often enough that $3 is worth it to me!

Finally, I found this stool for $2.99 which will be fun and easy to redo with a little paint and fabric.

And during a quick Sam's Club stop this week, I found this genuine sheepskin rug for $14.91 (originally $39). 

And now, I'll be returning to my spring break.  I'll be back next week with something fun, I hope:)!  Have a great week!

Florida Fun!!

I finally got through all the pictures we took from our vacation last week in Florida.  I've added a ton of pictures to this entry for all to enjoy, especially our family!!  We spent lots of time at the beach, including a pancake breakfast there.  We also made a one day trip to the Magic Kingdom, and it was magical!  We enjoyed the Naples Zoo, Uncle D.B.'s birthday party and an adventure on Pine Island!

We had a wonderful trip and are so happy we were able to spend time with both of our families down in the Sunshine State!  Enjoy the pictures!

 We told Charm to go get the bird, so he tried:

The bird got away:

Paper bag robot and princess:

Lucky's quote of the trip, "Charm, where's your off button?"

Disney World:

Back to the Beach:

The Zoo:

Cousins:

Do you like my head umbrella?

I want to take your picture, Honey Badger.

Honey Badger doesn't care!

Pool time:

Back at the Beach:

 Charm's Beach Photo Shoot:

Lucky's Turn:

Artsy (okay, blurry, but fun:)) picture

Just Grandpa and Me:

Have a wonderful weekend!