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Whats for Lunch???

Ask a 3 year old what she wants for lunch and you'll get "Pancakes and Berries" as your answer! 

And that's exactly what we had, homemade pancakes with strawberries and blueberries!  

I make homemade pancakes about every 3 months, I freeze them and then take out however many I need for the meal and heat them up in the microwave, 

super easy and you know what is in them!  

Here is the recipe for my Pancakes that was given to me from my momma.  I also make 2 batches of pancakes and they last about 3 months in my house.  1 half gallon of buttermilk will make 2 batches!

Large Batch of Pancakes

4 cups sifted Flour

1 cup Sugar

1/2 cup Baking Powder

1/2 teaspoon Salt

4 Eggs

1 quart (4 cups) Buttermilk

Mix all ingredients together until smooth.  Set griddle at 300°-350° and spray with non-stick spray.  Laddle or pour batter onto griddle.  Flip pancakes when edges bubble.  

You may have to adjust for temperatures depending on your griddle.  Once done, let sit until room temp, put them in a ziplock freezer bag or container and freeze away!  

To reheat, cook them for a minute and a half and flip half way through!

Mini Levi

This is Levi's mini me, Liam James!
 This picture was taken at Liam's 2nd birthday party this past March, he turned 2!
Mr. Liam is an ornery adventurous little boy but is very much a momma's boy!

Mini Me

 

This is my mini me, Madison Grace!  

This picture was taken on her 1st day of preschool this January!

She loves preschool and has learned so much, she can write her name, Madi which is what we call, right now at home I'm showing her the ABC's in sign language.  

We've made it to E and now mommy is brushing up on her ABC sign language 

because I'm not sure what F is...

  

GIVEAWAY!!!

Who doesn't like a GIVEAWAY!!! 

 I joined forces with some other bloggers for this Giveaway and what can you win??? 2 winners will each win a code for $20 worth of Shutterfly 5x7 personalized photo cards good until March of 2014!!! I'm thinking Christmas Card for this year or birthday invitations!!! The giveaway goes live April 4th at 12AM EST and will end on April 15th at 11:59PM EST.

Thanks Nicole at David's Mommy

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CVS Trip

My CVS trip for today... spent $15.28 out of pocket and got $12 back in Extra Care Bucks.

Here is my breakdown

Milk $2.99
Milk $2.99
Always Radiant Liners $3.50
Pampers Baby Dry $9.50
Pampers Baby Dry $9.50
CVS Diapers $5
CVS Diapers $5
Schick Hydro Silk Razor $12.99

Subtotal $51.47

Coupons Used

CVS 20% off non-sale items (found here) used on Razor for $2.60 off
CVS $10/$50 purchase expired in January
(my CVS allows expired CVS coupons and ECBs, not all stores allow this)
$1/1 Always Liners from P&G 3/31
$1.50/1 Pampers Baby Dry from coupons.com
$1.50/1 Pampers Baby Dry from coupons.com
$5/1 Schick Hydro Silk from Bzz Agent Kit
$16 in ECB (handed her an extra $4 in ECB, oops)

Total $13.87 plus tax = $15.28 and $12 ECB to use next time!

If your like my husband, your thinking, why didn't I get it for FREE.  Yes, you can get stuff for FREE but not all the time.  I look at it like this, I'd rather pay $15 than $50 for everything especially when it comes to Diapers and Milk, those don't last long in our house!

If you are interested in learning about how to use coupons and where to get them, please visit David's Mommy and start saving!

2,000 + miles in One Week

This past week has been busy and hectic for us!  We, well I drove 2,000 + miles over the course of a week, 1,200 in less than 48 hours, we were in 4 almost 5 states, visited a Zoo and now sitting back at home and staying put for awhile!

Last Sunday the 24th, Levi and I dropped our kids off at friends (had to sneak out and prevent some tantrums) and hopped in the car and drove 11 hours to Weedsport, NY for training for his new job.  While he was in training, I hit the outlet mall and did some minor damage, but got the kids some new cloths for spring and summer from Carter's, OshKosh B'Gosh and Old Navy.  3 hours later than expected we were on the road again headed back to Indiana.  Outside of Cleveland, OH we stopped for a potty break and I got myself a Hazelnut Macchiato from Starbucks and OMG I'm in LOVE!  I normally am just a coffee with some milk type of girl but from now on whenever I get the chance I will be stopping and getting one of these!  The downfall of getting one of these at 10PM is I couldn't sleep whenever we got home at 2AM... but I think it was worth it!!!

Next on the traveling list, was a last minute, I have to drive 2 hours through Stop Light City Kokomo and to the south side of Indianapolis to get to the Indiana Dept. of Revenue before they close at 4:30... I made it with 15 minutes to spare, unfortunately it took an hour to process all the paperwork and the ladies had to work late, but they told me if I made it there by 4:30 I would be helped and I'm so thankful for that!  What was I doing at the INDOR???  Getting plates for Levi's new Semi so he can travel not only in Indiana, but Ohio, Michigan and Illinois for his new job.

Last but not least, the kids, 2 dogs and myself traveled down to my parents in Santa Claus, IN for Easter weekend.  While down there we visited the Mesker Park Zoo, now this isn't the greatest Zoo in the world but we all got a great workout from the hills and and the mile we had to walk to see everything but hearing my kids yell and laugh when they see a new animal was priceless!  Easter Sunday was spent attending church, hunting easter eggs and blowing bubbles and NO naps from to much chocolate and candy thanks to Mimi...

After this past week, I think I will be staying put for awhile!