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Free Books From Kelloggs & Walmart

April — Fri, 16 Sep 2011 13:51:04 +0000

Want to earn some free books? Of course you do! Who wouldn’t want FREE books???

All you have to do is purchase specially marked Kellogg’s products at Walmart and receive a $5 Book Coupon for every (2) Kellogg’s codes you enter! You can earn as many $5 Book Coupons as you would like between now and July 1, 2012 – there’s no limit! Your Kellogg’s codes can be found on the inside of the boxes of participating products sold at Walmart only.

Enter your codes here to receive your $5 Book Coupon! And if you’ve seen a Scholastic Book Club flyer, you know that they always have books under $5, sometimes you can score them for $1!

You can redeem your coupons one of these two ways:

1) When your child brings home their Scholastic Book Club order form, you can either order online (if your teacher accepts online orders), or choose one book from the flyer ($5 or less), write the name of the book on your coupon, and give it to your child’s teacher with your Book Club order form! If you do order online, your teacher will receive one free book for each order that will be for classroom use!

2) If your child does not receive the Scholastic Book Club flyers, order online at Scholastic Store to select your free book! Orders under $25 will be charged shipping and handling. Only one $5 Book Coupon can be used per transaction.

To see a list of participating Kellogg’s products go here!

Free Online Baby Book

April — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 16:34:05 +0000

Create a FREE online baby book to privately share photos, movies, and more with friends and family. The site has over 80 cute designs for your pages, and is completely secure. We had an online site for Trey while I was pregnant and it made it so easy to share my progress with family and friends. Plus we just printed it out and added it to his baby book when he was born. Click here to start yours!

GUEST POST: Daddy Bucks Can Pay Off Big

April — Tue, 14 Jun 2011 19:00:17 +0000

This is a guest post from Tracie over at Penny Pinchin’ Mom. To check out more of her posts, go here. Thanks Tracie!

Tracie is a stay at home mom to 3 young children ages 22 months – 5 years, in Raymore, MO. In November 2007, she and her husband decided to get out of debt and made changes in their lives to do so. In 27 months, they eradicated over $37,000 in debt through both budgeting and learning how to live a frugal life. She now shares her knowledge in order to help you stretch your hard-earned dollars so can live the life you want.

No need to adjust the image on your computer screen. That in fact IS a dollar bill with my husband’s face on it. Or, what we affectionately call “Daddy Bucks” in our home.

While I could have called them “Mommy Bucks”, it just didn’t have the same ring to it – plus, there is something about earning money from dad that makes it more worthwhile.

So, what are Daddy Bucks? Quite simply, it is a way for our daughter to earn privileges as well as money towards those special items she wants (but doesn’t always need). Let me say this — these things WORK. They are like pure magic in our house.

What brought this on in our house was actually two-fold. One – our daughter wanted things from the store I wouldn’t just buy her (a.k.a. The Backyardigans Super Spy Movie), and Two – we needed to find a way to get her to do the things she was suppose to without having arguments and meltdowns. So, daddy bucks were born.

She earns them for doing some things she should and even BONUS bucks for doing things that we don’t even ask her to. Since she is 5, she doesn’t have too many responsibilities around the house, so she doesn’t earn them for things such as picking up her toys, making her bed, brushing her teeth, etc. She earns them for other items.

For example, when she helps clean up the play room that her brother and sister have destroyed, she can earn $2 in daddy bucks. If she picks it up all by herself — without complaint – the price goes up to $5. So, we find tasks around the house that we want her to do and she earns money.

In addition, we are using daddy bucks to help her grow up. She has a blanket that she is extremely attached to. While I understand security and need to sleep with it at night, it does not need to be drug all over the house during the day. So, each day that her blanket remains in her room, she earns $3 in daddy bucks.

Now, on the flip side, when she is defiant or blatantly refuses to listen/behave, she is threatened with paying me daddy bucks. I will say that the mere mention of paying mom immediately changes the attitude and she straightens up right away. Can you tell that mommy loves daddy bucks too?!!?!

So, what does she get with daddy bucks? In our house, the redemption for items she wants is double bucks. So, if her movie costs $15 at the store, she must have earned $30 in daddy bucks to get it. She is yet too young to want to do sleep overs and the like, but we will work those into her “budget” as she gets older. Here are some ideas:

Stay up 15 minutes late: $10
Play computer games: $5 (for 30 minutes)
Go to a friend’s house: $15
Have a sleepover: $30

If you are intrigued in starting your own daddy bucks (or whatever you wish to call them in your house), you can created your own money by heading here (select your denomination and currency from the drop down menu).

This system has truly been a lifesaver for us. It is not only teaching our daughter responsibility and things she should do to help our family, but also the importance of saving and working towards a goal, be it personal or material.

Thanks Tracie!

Disney’s Family Fun Magazine Subscription Only $3.99!

April — Sat, 30 Apr 2011 02:33:48 +0000

Right now you can click here and get a one year subscription to Disney’s Family Fun Magazine for only $9.99. But it gets even better, because when you use coupon code FUN, it takes $6 off, making it only $3.99!

A Cute & Frugal Way To Countdown To Events

April — Sat, 16 Apr 2011 05:07:19 +0000

As some of you know…we’ve been counting down to our Disney trip for a while now. As of right now we have 60 days to go!!! Trey still doesn’t know for sure that we are going to Disney, but I wanted a fun way for him to countdown to his surprise. So, we came up with this…

I had Trey color (or in this case he wanted to stamp) about 8 pages of construction paper.

Then I cut the papers into strips.

Number the strips for the amount of days you are counting down from.

Then staple them together like a chain link.

And there’s the final project. Every day I let Trey tear the last link off and tell me how many days are left. He LOVES it…it’s the first thing he asks to do in the morning every day now.

New April UPromise

April — Mon, 04 Apr 2011 04:02:09 +0000

If you aren’t already a member of Upromise, I HIGHLY suggest you sign up now. It’s 100% free, and I have personally been a member for 6 years. Basically, you sign up, then register your loyalty shoppers cards from various participating stores, and you earn money on select products that you may already be buying anyways. You can do this for grandchildren too, so even if your kids are already done with college, you can still sign up!

I personally sign up for all the coupons, just in case. If you don’t use them, there’s no penalty or anything, so I put them on there anyways.

Here’s some new coupons for the month of April to add to your account!

-$0.50/1 Bounty Paper Towels 6ct or larger
-$1/1 Charmin Mega Roll
-$0.50/1 Bounty Napkins
-$1/1 Charmin Basic
-$1/1 Weight Watchers® Frozen Novelty
-$1/1 Charmin Freshmates
-$0.50/2 Puffs Plus with Lotion
-$0.50/2 Puffs Plus with Vicks
-$0.50/2 Puffs Ultra Soft & Strong
-$0.35/1 Sister Schubert’s Frozen Item
-$1/2 Snyder’s of Hanover 6 oz or larger
-$0.40/1 NO YOLKS
-$0.40/1 WACKY MAC Veggie Pasta
-$0.40/1 WACKY MAC & Cheese Dinner
-$0.25/1 New York Croutons and Toppings
-$0.25/1 New York Frozen Bread
-$0.35/1 Diamond Crystal Kosher Salt
-$0.35/1 Diamond Crystal Salt Sense
-$0.50/1 Heinz Cocktail Sauce
-$0.50/1 Fisher Snack Almonds, Cashews, Mixed Nuts and Pecans
-$1/1 Heinz White Vinegar or Heinz Cider Vinegar
-$1/1 Fisher Chef’s Naturals Baking Nuts 4oz or larger
-$1/1 Farmland Fully Cooked Bacon
-$0.55/1 Farmland Breakfast Links or Roll Sausage
-$0.55/1 Fisher Culinary Touch Cooking and Baking Nut Blend
-$0.55/1 Fisher Fusion Snack Mixes
-$0.55/1 Diamond Crystal Sea Salt
-$0.35/1 Marzetti Dressing
-$0.55/1 Farmland Sliced Bacon
-$1/1 Farmland Seasoned Pork
-$0.55/1 Farmland Cubed, Diced or Julienne Ham or Turkey
-$1/1 Farmland Fully Cooked Breakfast Links or Patties
-$0.50/1 Diamond Crystal Water Softener Salt
-$0.50/1 Krazy Glue
-$0.50/1 Elmer’s School Glue, Glue-All or Glue Sticks
-$0.50/1 Elmer’s Project Popperz
-$1/1 BIC® Flex 4® Shaver
-$1.50/1 BIC® Hybrid Advance® Shave
1% on Florida’s Natural
1% on Lucky Leaf Pie Filling
1% on Lucky Leaf Apple Juice
1% on Musselman’s Apple Sauce
1% on Musselman’s Apple Juice
1% on Musselman’s Apple Butter
3% on any BIC Shaver
1% on Filippo Berio Olive Oil

Free Handwriting Worksheets For Kids

April — Mon, 28 Mar 2011 01:44:22 +0000

I’ve seen lots of different freebies for handwriting sheets before, but this one is great! You can choose the picture, whether the child is left handed or right handed and more! You can even make your own customized sheets! They are too cute!

Head on over here to print yours!

Fred’s Diaper Sample

April — Sat, 26 Mar 2011 22:28:31 +0000

Compare to Huggies
Day & Night Absorbency for Extra Leakage Protection
All Around Stretch for a Better Fit
Soft to the Touch for Baby’s Delicate Skin

Head on over here and sign up for 2 free samples!

Weekend Activities – 03/19

April — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 19:37:53 +0000

Thanks to Janae for a list of this weekends activities. For the rest, click here.

Babies R Us – Saturday Noon-3pm, “Let’s Get Pumping” Event: Learn about breast pumps. Sponsored by Lansinoh.

Jo-Ann Fabric & Craft Stores - Saturday 11am-1pm, Free Demo: Papercrafting with Cricut & Gypsy.

Michaels – Saturday 10am-Noon, The Knack Family Event – Clay Pot & Saucer Make-It Take-It with purchase of clay pot and saucer. Turn a clay pot into a giant decorative cupcake.

Michaels – Sunday 1-5pm, Bead Event.

1pm Halcraft Sea Breeze Necklace Make-It Take-It with purchase of pendant
2pm Hirschberg Pearl Cluster Earrings Demo
3pm Trinkettes Bracelet Make-It Take-It with purchase of bracelet
4pm Beadalon & Blue Moon Twist Tie Flower Ring Demo

Walmart Event Finder – enter your zip code to see what is going on in your area.

Free Parenting School Years Magazine

April — Fri, 18 Mar 2011 17:59:56 +0000

Another magazine freebie! This one is for Parenting School Years March Issue. I’ll definitely be getting this one since my little boy will be getting going to kindergarten this year (tear tear!)

Head on over here to get yours!