the ice cream man

Aedan usually wakes up before Josiah from naps and today he got a special treat! Josiah wouldn't have minded, though, since he doesn't like ice cream or most things that are sweet. The first time Joisah tried milk chocolate (a Hershy kiss, I think) he spit it out on our friends' new carpet. Aedan, on the other hand, is our chocolate lover!! He likes Reese cups and also chocolate ice cream:)

CVSing ~May 24th

All this for just under $19.00!

Today was a great day at CVS! Here's a list of what I got: 3 boxes of Tampax tampons (40 ct), 12 rolls of Cottonelle tiolet paper, Clearasil daily wash, Playtex tampons (18 ct), 2 tubes of toothpaste, 2 boxes of bandaids, and a bottle of revelon nail polish. This may seem like a lot compared to my usual spending there, but I decided to take advantage of some of their other sales going on and not just the ECB deals. To put it in perspective, one box of the Tampax tampons at Walmart costs around $7.00. They were on sale for $4.99. I got the tiolet paper on sale as well, and used a $1.00 off coupon. The completely free items of the day were the Playtex tampons, the toothpaste, the clearasil, the bandaids, and well, the nail polish was $1.00. (For most of the items I had to use my coupons to make them free.) I have $3.00 in ECBs for next time, and I found another tiolet paper coupon since I've been home, so I may use that and my $3.00 in ECBS to get more tiolet paper. That will make getting 12 rolls for $1.50:) I told Ryan that CVSing is my job...haha! Hopefully, I'm saving us money in the long run.

turn the button!!

Josiah accidently locked himself in the bathroom on Saturday when Ryan was outside mowing the lawn. We kept saying to him, "turn the botton in the middle of the door knob." He never was able to do it, but Ryan finally got the door open from our side! Yay! (on a side note: Josiah did poop and pee in the potty on this trip to the bathroom.)

Here's Ryan and Aedan talking to Josiah inside the bathroom.

the best big boy EVER!

Summer Retreat Location Visit

On Friday, Ryan, the boys, and I went to Townsend, TN (south of Knoxville) to check out the summer retreat location for the teenagers. The retreat has a great view, pool and ping pong table, a pool, decent meeting space, and a kitchen area. Overall, we think that the location will be pretty good for us. The retreat is a four day retreat the first week in August. (Arrive Monday afternoon and leave Thursday morning) I was planning on bringing the boys, but there is really no where to go outside to play (other then the pool). The retreat center is on the side of a mountain, so I'd be stuck in side with them a lot...which wouldn't be easy. Here are some pictures:

up and down!

outside fun

It's been really nice the past two days. We've been able to get outside with the water table. It's been a couple weeks since we've played with it because of the cooler weather and tons of rain. Josiah and Aedan have been really good this week. Josiah has been sleeping later, which always helps, and his eye feels better. (Last week with his eye hurting, he was irritable.) We had an appointment scheduled this week, but his eye seemed better, so we cancelled it. It's been several days now, and his eye is still normal...yay! Here are some pictures and a video:

We have these HUGE pretty flowers blooming in our yard right now.