What a steal!!!

I love a good bargain. Garage sales, craig's list, clearance racks...count me in! While my wardrobe has always boasted some nice second hand deals, there is nothing like an Alabama thrift store.

So far I have been to two down here. Every time I go I've had some major thrifting cheer! Here are some pics of recent purchases. If you're like me, you will high five your neighbor when you see these deals.

From the Vapor:
Lincoln Logs, and a stack of board games (around 1.50 each)


cutest little dress and shoes (1.00 each)


dvds for a buck a piece:



From the Alabaster Thrift (deemed by locals "the Alabaster Boutique"):

what a sweet outfit (2.25)




I've also found multiple pairs of cheap earrings that get tons of compliments whenever I wear them. Just some rubbing alcohol on the hooks and I felt safe and stylin!


If you're ever down this-a-way, briing your piggy banks and let's go shopping!!!

boys vs. girls (and the new place)

Being the mom of a boy and also the mom of a girl, I can attest that the two are very different. The workers at the YMCA childcare center will agree wholeheartedly that my little munchkins are nothing alike...

Noah will sometimes be so well behaved that I have to blink and make sure it is really him sharing and playing nice with his peers. Usually by the time I open my eyes from the blink, he has sucker puched or tackled some kid while yelling at him to shut up. Then when I ask him why he did that he will say "you don't do that, you don't say that, that's not nice." hmmmm

Autumn on the other hand will play quietly by herself for the entire two and a half hour time limit and the staff seem reluctant to let her go home with me.

Now that we have transitioned from a girls home into a boys home, I have noticed additional differences. The girls we had were minimally dramatic, but had many more needs than our laid back, fun loving boys. I have heard that the big boys are still known to sucker punch in the blink of an eye, but so far the only bully living in our house is my three year old.

PS POTTY TRAINING FUN-
(Heard from the porcelin throne: "Look mommy, it looks like a rocket ship!!!" -sigh-what a creative little guy)

warm rain=another alabama treat!

"clifford"

the (looooong) way to civilization.........

our wrap around driveway/yard/woods

the other way down to the wilderness


I love it here. we have found the right church and all 3 of our boys r believers. it's a very amazing season for healing, growth and God's power!!

"I sent you to harvest where you didn't plant; others had already done the work, and now you will get to gather the harvest." -John 4:38