The dog days of summer

Here is Andrew with Mojo, our aunt's dog. We enjoyed a refreshing day by the pool with family on Sunday afternoon.

Water fun

Yesturday Andrew and I had a ton of fun with the mom's group from church. The park we went to is my new favorite. Here is Andrew playing in the frog fountain. Moments later he fell forward into the stone frog, giving himself another shiner. Poor guy!



Here is a picture of him today with his colorful eye.



This looks like a bad case of eighties eye shadow!

Beach

Blackjack is in doggy heaven every time we take him to the beach. With so much energy, he is hard to wear out. He swims and fetches the ball out of the ocean. He's a great beach dog and very obedient (though hyper).
Andrew loves playing in the sand and picking up shells. On this trip, he actually enjoyed the water a little too.
He looks so big here!
Pointing to the Creator of this beautiful day!

Little Tasmanian Devil

Andrew has been wearing me out lately. He is all over the place and seeks to get into everything. Today he climbed up on the dining room table and was crawling around on it in circles. He also threw the remote in the toilet. Naps are also hard to come by, whew... I'm worn out! How can I get ahead of this little fireball!

Grocery Savings

I am loving learning the game of coupons and saving money. I just got back from Publix where I saved over %50 using coupons paired with the BOGO sales. I spent 25.48 and saved 30.81. This total includes produce, toilet paper and meat. Here is a breakdown of how it worked:
Cottonelle 24 pack toilet paper on sale for 6.49-.75 coupon = 5.74
2 packs of fruit roll ups of adam's lunch. BOGO 2.75-.50 coupon = 2.25 for 2
2 Ocean Spray 100% juice BOGO 3.99- 1.00 coupon for each juice = 1.99 for 2
Luzianne Tea 24 pack 2.29-1.00 coupon = 1.29
2 Mueller Spaghetti BOGO 1.39- 1.00 coupon for each = -.61 for 2
Bridgeford stick of pepperoni 4.89 (not on sale, but adam's lunch)
2 blocks of Publix cheese (mozarella) 2 for $4
3 packs of blueberries on sale 3 for $5 (1.66 each)- $2.00 competitor coupon = $3 for 3
1 pack of strawberries 2.50

Total 25.05 + .43 tax = 25.48
Savings (including weekly sale and coupons) 30.81

I forgot a few things that I had coupons for which would make them free, so when I return a movie I'll pick them up and hopefully get more pasta and Ocean Spray juice.

Thanks for humoring me!

Hiding Peas

Andrew can be so funny. As I mentioned previously, he has a new fascination with putting his peas down his shirt. He hasn't tried it with other foods. The funny thing is that he likes peas. I guess he hasn't gotten the memo that you are supposed to hide the veggies that you don't like. Maybe he didn't know that kids are not supposed to like peas. Here he is saving his peas for later (as if I don't give him plenty of snacks).

Tough guy

Today Andrew got his first shiner. Well actually it's a bad scrape on his upper cheek, but it looks like a black eye. I felt a mixture of sadness and pride for my little guy. He has not quite learned to run, but he tries. He was so excited as he was bringing me something at the library that his body got ahead of his feet and he tumbled head first into a plastic bin. The bin put a nice scrape in his face. Here he is moments after the fall. I'm thankful and reminded of how great a creator God is that he protects the tender parts of our body. The eye is in a socket for a good reason!