Saturday we had a big Mom2Mom sale at our church. For those of you who don't know what that is it consists of only baby/toddler/children's items and moms rent a space to sell their stuff in (this is the fundraiser aspect of it....there is also usually $1 entry fee at the door). If you go to one of these sales you will find tables upon tables of kids items....it's pretty close to heaven for an avid garage saler. :) It is all indoors so no matter the weather it will be open. It is almost like going to 20 garage sales in one place.....which saves on gas too! I rented a couple tables and made some decent money.....I then spent some of it during the sale since there were such good items/deals there. My goal was to make enough to buy All About Reading Pre-level....and I did plus some nice garage sale money for the rest of the month and to treat Zak to some dinner as a thank you for so gladly watching the kids on Friday and Saturday during the set up and the sale.
Anyway, this may be boring to some of you since it is all clothing, but I know there are others that will enjoy it. Silas got the least just because he will be inheriting a lot of Asa's clothes. I still picked up some things that I needed for him (or wanted....). 2 long sleeve dress shirts, 4 short sleeve polos, 2 nice sweaters, 1 sweater vest.........
2 sweatshirts, 1 long sleeve tee, and 9 pairs of pjs (this is one thing that we really needed in 3T size)
Asa got the most. I was so happy that there were 4 tables with 4T stuff there because he pretty much had nothing to wear that fit him before this sale. 4 sweatshirts, 2 sweaters, 5 long sleeve dress shirts, 6 long sleeve ts....
.....4 pairs of pants, 5 short sleeve polos, 11 short sleeve/sleeveless ts, a great pair of boots.......
......4 pairs of shorts, AND 2 pairs of pjs!
Also, these really nice snow pants for next winter. :)
There were a couple tables with girls 5T clothes. Annabelle is in need of clothing too so I picked up as much for her as I could. 5 summer dresses (this girl LOVES dresses), 3 pairs of jeans, 1 pair black dress pants, 2 pairs of cute boots (one pair is an almost brand new pair of airwalks!), 1 pair of crocs.......
......3 pairs of shorts, 2 skirts, 4 short sleeve shirts, and a really cute bathing suit.....
.....last but not least....a really nice winter coat (for $5)....it has the liner and everything. It is from TCP and is in GREAT condition. :)
All in all I am extremely happy with my finds. I got all of this for only $60!!!! Incredible....just clothed my children for the whole summer and winter. I really wouldn't have to get much more for any of them after this weekend. Garage sales are the way to go for clothing littles (and many other things). Looking forward to going to another Mom2Mom on May 5th (not selling....just shopping). If you enjoy seeing other people's garage sale finds
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I printed this letter matching game on pretty cardstock. It is from the Homeschool Share Jesse Bear lapbook.
Washcloth folding.
Sock matching.
Hanging clothes on the clothesline. I bought the clothesline and the clothespins from the Dollar Tree. The clothes are made of felt. I got the templates and the original idea for this from Money Saving Mom.
Clothespin number match from Confessions of a Homeschooler.
....and finally some fun printouts from Homeschool Creations Jesse Bear pack.
Working on her frog tongue for the notebook.....and being silly. :)
We had a good time with the lily pads. She picked one, I would read the question (ex. What are baby frogs called?), and she would give me the answer. Then I would cut out the answer and she would paste it in under the answer flap. She did really great and only missed 2!
We worked on a frog craft for a couple of days. Here she is learning how to accordion fold. She picked it up no problem.
I think that he turned out pretty cute. :)
At the end of this week we made a toad house in our yard. We're hoping that a toad will come and live in it. I told Annabelle that it might not happen though because we have a nice creek across the street where they are more likely to live....we may have to set one up and Grandpa and Grandma's house (or cottage!). Don't ask me what she is wearing.....I couldn't tell you....lol
Finished toad house. I think that it looks pretty comfy (if you're a toad).
So much fun! Happy blogging.
It really just made an ordinary lunch a whole lot more fun for them.....
....AND they sat down and ate it quietly. I don't know about anyone else's house, but that is a HUGE accomplishment here.
We even had special drinks (aka Sprite).
They enjoyed this so much that I might just pick up any cheap party items like this at garage sales this year and do it every so often throughout the year. BONUS: All throw away, so no dishes.....YEA!! Happy blogging.
To start our Easter festivities we went to the Easter Egg hunt (Easter Egg Dash) at our church that hosts it for the community. As you can see the 0-2 year old area was nice and subdued....
Not so much in the 3-5 area. lol
Baskets full of eggs.
After the hunt we had my parents and sweet Jude over to help us color eggs.
Asa was dismayed there was a crack....
Silas was delighted that there were cracks....and cracked every one of his eggs intentionally....
So pretty. Question. What does one do with 2 dozen hard boiled eggs? I've already made egg salad out of a dozen of them....
On Sunday after church we went to our good friends house (something we've done every year since I was 16). The kids got to have another egg hunt. Annabelle was so distraught that there were bumble bees that she only picked up 7 eggs (all pink of course).
Enjoying their spoils.
We really tried to get nice pictures of these three......
....and these four.....they weren't having it. They did really good most of the day, but this was at the end of a LONG weekend so cooperating for a posed picture just wasn't happening. lol
Annabelle and her dear friend.
Jude and his dad (my brother) Jacob. He was trying to make him laugh and look at the camera...this was the result. lol
After that fun afternoon we came home and spent the evening together. It was a lovely end to our busy week. We did the kids baskets (which I LOVED....everything except for the crayola products came from the dollar store....drawing paper, school books, stickers to color, glowsticks, fun pencils, punching balloons....so fun. 3 baskets done for a whopping total of $35!)
Excited to dig in.....
All he wanted was the candy....a kid after my own heart. :)
I hope that everyone else had an absolutely lovely Easter. HE is risen! Happy blogging.