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Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Library Haul #12

This post is late because of the holiday weekend. I am loving these library hauls. They are a good memory lane backtrack. So, on to the haul>>>>>>

1. Miss Rumphius

I have never read this book before yesterday. It was a good little story and has some very good morals in it.

2. Jerry Seinfeld Halloween

We got this on Halloween. We didn't read it that day but we read it yesterday and it was so silly.

3. P is for Palmetto

This is a great book and is basically an A-Z of South Carolina facts.

4. Candy Eperiments

The first book of this series. I already have the second one and we will be doing some experiments this week. We haven't done any experiments yesterday or on Monday. We did two today and I have picked out a few more for the rest of the week.

5. I Love Rocks

Another book for Sammy to read by herself.

6. Harold and the Purple Crayon

Who doesn't love this childhood classic. I read this yesterday and I swear Sammy was hanging onto every word. It was just too cute watching her wait on what would happen next.

7. Bambi 2

I have never seen this. I believe that all the old Disney cartoon movies should not have sequels. It messes them up big time, but I am going to be giving this a chance.

8. Bambi

The only thing I liked about this movie growing up was Thumper.... that's it. I hated this movie because his mama got shot. I hate sad movies like this. But my kids like this movie.

9. Nickelodeon All About Fall

We are going back to talking about fall this week and next week until we start talking about Thanksgiving.

10. Harry the Dirty Dog

This is another book for Samantha to read on her own. She is getting good at reading sentences, but she is still sometimes forgetting to sound out words and looking to me to say them for her. It is very frustrating.

11. Harold and the Purple Crayon: Opposites

I didn't know that there were multiple books under this title or that it was even a series. I got this one for Addy. I am going to start getting one book a week for her to read along with our books.

Tuesday, November 3, 2015

Crest Pro Health BzzAgent Review

Back in August, I got my first BzzAgent campaign invite. It was for Crest® Pro-Health Advanced + Extra Whitening. I was excited to try it because Cayce had been waiting to get some more mouth wash. Before this, I would occasionally use mouth wash. I had been using some medicine from my dentist for my gum infection.

We got the package in September. I was giddy to receive my first campaign for an actual product to use and give my honest opinion. That night, we swished for the first time. Right when we started to swish, it started to foam and it was so unpleasant. It wasn't a bad tasting mouth wash and it didn't burn, but the foam was the biggest concern. It made us look like we had rabies.....lol.

After we spit, it seemed like we had to spit several times to get it out of our mouths. While we were getting ready for bed, we felt our teeth, and we were surprised by the smoothness of our teeth. It felt like we had just walked straight out of the dentist office.

The next morning, when I woke up, my mouth felt so scratchy and dry. So, I like the mouthwash but I will not be buying that particular variety.

Monday, November 2, 2015

Halloween 2015

Halloween 2015 has come and gone. It was so fun this year because we got to do more with this holiday and it was sooo much fun. Our Halloween school week was better this year and if you want to read about it, click here.

Halloween day was so enjoyable. We started the day off with getting dressed in Halloween outfits.

Sammy picked out these to wear. She is a diva, I swear!!!

Ariana was wearing a black cami with a orange skirt that had spider web designed lace over it.

My sweet Addy baby. She was not in the mood to take pictures and was on the verge of crying in this picture which makes it so much cuter.

Cayce had to work most of the day, so we lounged around the house eating candy we already had on hand and watching Halloween movies. We watched Scooby Doo: Monsters Unleashed, Haunted Mansion. Around 4:30, when Cayce got off work, I started to clean the kitchen a little. I usually clean my kitchen in the late afternoon, I don't know why, but it helps me calm a little and we spend most of our time in the kitchen.

Our annual Halloween dinner is tacos. The past 3 years now, we have had tacos. It's a tradition that the girls love. They were begging for their tacos all throughout the day, so when supper time rolled around, they were ready. We then got them in their Halloween costumes. Addy went trick or treating again this year. She didn't go last year or the year before because we didn't want to push a stroller. This year she walked and she did so good. She said trick or treat and it was so adorable.

Ballerina

we named Sammy's costume Hot Mess #2

Fairy

Cayce and I dressed up. Cayce went as a farmer and I went as a Georgia Nerd. My Bulldogs lost to the Gators, but I still repped my team proudly.

Farmer AKA Hot Mess #1

Georgia Nerd

After we got done trick or treating, we went by the store to get some sustenance. We were parched. While Cayce was in the store, I snapped some pics.

We then went by my parents house to show off the girls costumes and my dad scared Addy. That was the 2nd time she got scared that night. The first was when she went to go get candy and there was a smoke machine that she saw get Airy and Sammy. It was so funny because she has the cutest little scream and she was laughing afterwards. Of course the people asked us if they could do their act and try to scare the girls and we said hell yea, because we don't want to be those parents and also, we are twisted. Samantha loved it and Airy was hesitant but did it anyways.

After we got home, and dressed for bed, the girls passed out. They were so tired from all the excitement and walking that they forgot to ask for a piece of candy before bed. The funny thing is that when Addy put her shoes up, she went right to her bed and started pointing at it and was saying bed.

Halloween 2015 was a success! They are already talking about next year.

Sunday, November 1, 2015

Freebie Haul 10/26- 10/31

The beginning of the week was glorious and bountiful. I got my Shop Small kit and it was massive and way more than I was expecting. But, let's go in order from the days, shall we?????

Monday: NO FREEBIES! But I did get my long awaited amazon order. That wasn't free.

Tuesday: I got my Shop Small kit from FedEx and a crap ton of freebies in my mailbox. I will start with the Shop Small Kit.

The 40lb box

buttons

window decals

one design on 50 tote bags

crowns for the kiddies

2nd design on another 50 totes. it was 100 tote bags in total

balloons

welcome mat

There were multiples of these items. I don't have the paper that has the count of everything. Not for the freebies out of my mailbox.

Bellaginevra coffee.

2015 postage chart.

more cat goodness for my Missy

coupon for a free Plenti Yogurt

Target sample of Scotch Felt patches

Scottsdale, Arizona travel guide

November 2015 issue of Family Circle

October 2015 issue of Cycle World

November 2, 2015 issue of US Weekly

2015 Toys R Us toy catalog

Wednesday: Today was a easy freebie day. One was an audio book and the second was travel guide.

Slasher Girls and Monster Boys audio book.

Chandler, Arizona travel guide

Thursday: I got one freebie today in the mail.

November 5, 2015 issue of Rolling Stone

Friday: I got a total of 4 freebies today. 2 physical freebies and 2 digital. The digital freebies were 2 free movies tickets to go see Creed. I am a huge Rocky fan, so I jumped on those fast. The next digital freebie was Brad Paisley's moonshine CD from google play. The physical freebies was a magazine and some coupons.

Grizzly dip. I gave these to Cayce to give to two of his co-workers who dip.

November 9, 2015 issue of US Weekly

Saturday: I got an few things today. The most surprising one was an October Allure prize. I have checked the August and September free stuff calendars and I won it this month. I also got some magazines and another free yogurt coupon.