And the winner is....

Anne!!!

After a catalina and a rebate, all the loot below cost me just $9.17!

Anne, email me your mailing address (thebuttonfam@hotmail.com) and you will receive one of those glade candles in your choice of:

Apple Cinnamon

Dewberry Dream

or

Clean Linen

Let me know which flavor you prefer!

Thanks for all your guesses....don't you all want to be crazy coupon ladies, now?

I've been bit....

...by the coupon bug!

For the past few weeks I've been trying my hand at this crazy coupon stuff and yesterday I walked away from Safeway on a savings high.

Here's what I got:

1 box cheerios

6 boxes brownie mix

3 Jugs apple juice

2 jugs grape/pomegranate juice

1 tide liquid stain remover

4 tubes crescent rolls

2 tubes grands biscuits

3 glade candles

3 glade candle refill packs (4 in each)

1 pump dial hand soap

Leave a comment with your guess on how much I scored all this stuff for (26 items total)! The closest guess without going over (Price is Right) will win a prize still to be determined, by me!

And if you are interested in crazy couponing click on the links on the sidebar. The Krazy Coupon Lady and Frugal Living NW are where I got all my tips!

Moose Lips

Do you like peanut butter and apples? We do!

Next time you have the hankering for some, try jazzing them up a bit and turning them into "Moose Lips".

1. Cut an apple into wedges and smear a big glob of pb on one.

2. Press another apple wedge on top and decorate with raisins, mini-marsh mellows or even chocolate chips (as the "teeth), I used golden raisins for the ones below.

3. Present them to your children and watch them gobble up this healthy and filling snack (after they pretend like they are their own lips!)

How I know it's summer

I am not a person who does "change" very well. I like advance warning and time to adjust. So, as much as I anticipate the summer months, it seem like it always take me 'til about the 4th of July to settle down into the summer "routine" (if it can be called that!) Last night I realized I am definitely settled into summer and I wrote down some reasons why I know this to be true:

1. My daughter fell asleep in her wet swimming suit on the carpet at 7pm, and didn't even stir when I carried her to bed and changed her into her jammies.

2. I had to wake the kids up at 8:30 this morning to be at church by 9:00 (WHEN does THAT, EVER happen?)

3. I have a vase of freshly picked sweet peas on my bedside table.

4. We have fresh raspberries on cheerios or yogurt in the morning.

5. Sometimes it takes me several seconds to figure out what day of the week it is.

6. This morning I was awakened by chirping birds and fresh morning air breezing though our french doors.

7. My boys are getting more and more freckles (so am I!)

8. My toenails are painted bright red (so are Anna's!)

9. I took the down comforter off our bed.

10. Applying sunscreen is now a part of our daily routine.

What things just say "SUMMER" to you?

We have a winner

Thank you for all your wonderfully creative and catchy blog names! You girls came up with some really good ones.

Craig and I went over the names last night and he helped me choose one....it was a hard decision but the winner is....

EVERYDAY BUTTONS

Submitted by Alysun!

Congratulations Alysun, $5 coffee cash coming your way.

And Honorable mention goes to Darbi with Oh Button. Darbi will receive a consolidation prize. :)

I'll be working on a blog layout with the new title soon!

Name my Blog

Ok blog readers, it's time to get your creative juices flowing and help me come up with a name for my blog. "The Button Fam" has been in exsistence for 3 years now and it is time for a change. A while ago I got a suggestion from Becca for a name she thought of "Buttons: Cute and Otherwise" and I like it. I really do. But I want to open the table to other suggestions before I make my final decision so here's my proposal:

You leave a comment with a new name for my blog. You can enter as many catchy names as you can think of. I will pick one of the suggestions in about a week and the winner will receive $5 in Dutch Bros. coffee cash!

So let me hear 'em!

The Bubble Rocket: as seen on TV

If your kids watch any amount of TV (which mine do) they have most likely seen the commercial for the "Bubble Rocket". Wyatt REALLY wanted the bubble rocket for his birthday so I passed along the idea to my sister. We had an early b'day celebration for him at Easter and he indeed got the bubble rocket. Here are two short clips of the bubble rocket in action. As advertized in real life by Wyatt and Anna.

Will's comment after asking him how the bubble rocket on TV compares to the actual bubble rocket was:

"On TV the bubble rocket goes really high, but in real life it doesn't go that high."

Enough said.

Family of Mushrooms

This family of mushrooms decided to grow in our front yard. The kids and I realized the other day that it is an awful lot like our family. They must have known we lived here. Makes me smile.

L-R: Wyatt, Will, Mom, Anna, Dad