Romantic Sybaris Overnight Stay Giveaway!

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"For more than three decades, Sybaris Pool Suites have proven to be THE anniversary and birthday getaway destination for couples. Being close to home and with flexible times, Sybaris is the perfect place for busy couples to enjoy a special getaway"

Crazy Coupon Carls is having a giveaway for their readers! One lucky reader will win an overnight stay at Sybaris Pool Suites! Please head on over to Crazy Coupon Carls, by clicking on the above link and enter to win. When the Rafflecopter gives you the option for the last entry option of "Invent your own option" please tell them The Thrifty Mommy Reality sent you in the box. Thanks!

Chevron Peasant Dress

Chevron Peasant Dress, on sale this week for just $12.99! Order yours today at http://screamingowl.com/! (If site is slow, please keep trying, this is sure to be a popular item that everyone will try to purchase all at once!)

HOW TO MAKE A COOKIE MONSTER CAKE

HOW TO MAKE A COOKIE MONSTER CAKE:

 

This is my nephew on his 2nd birthday! He had a home made cookie monster cake for his birthday!

 

1 box cake- make according to directions

2 cans of white frosting

1 tube of black decorating icing

1 bottle blue food coloring

2 one gallon zip lock sized bags

 

Bake cake according to box directions, in 2 round cake pans. Once cooled, frost 1 round cake in white frosting. If there's any left over save it for later. Take 3/4 of the other can of frosting and tint it as dark blue as you want to make it as close to cookie monster blue color as you want with the blue food coloring. Save the other 1/4 of the can, can put in the other can of used frosting from the first round cake, then can stir in food coloring in second can. Once well mixed so all frosting left in can is blue, put into a gallon zip lock sized bag. Cut a very small piece off of one corner of bag. Push blue frosting to that corner, make sure all air is out of the bag and bag is sealed. Put second round cake onto first frosted round cake. Dot on blue frosting out of bag, pushing the frosting out by holding bag with one hand by tip of opening and pushing at top of frosting bulge with the other slowly, onto the second cake. Take second bag, put rest of white frosting into it, get all air out, seal tightly, cut small tip of corner off, push frosting to that corner. Pushing frosting out, make circles for his eyes and do any touch ups for around the bottom of the cake that are needed. Take black icing and dot on pupils on top of white eyes and make a half moon shape for the mouth.

 

Now Cookie Monster is ready to be served! :) ENJOY!!!

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Free Samples

Click the link for FREE samples of different products. This way you get to try out the products before committing to them! Say you want to try that new shampoo you saw an ad for but are not sure you will like it, well this way you get to try it for FREE without spending any money or wasting any money when you end up not liking it. :) Free Samples

Free Chore Chart

Chore Chart Click on the link above for a FREE chore chart. It's a great visual for kids to know what their daily tasks are!

FREE A&W Root Beer Floats, Today Only!!!!

Click HERE for more information! Free Root Beer Floats at A&W today only! No purchase necassary! Thanks Crazy Coupon Carls for the heads up on this!

So this past winter I was potty training my now 3 yr old little girl. We were at a local coffee shop and she had a pee accident. I had forgotten to re pack an extra pair of pants for her from her last accident in her bag. I found socks, underwear, a shirt, and one of those child leashes that I have only used 1 time as a child leash and 1 time for this. (I generally do not like these leashes but when you end up in a rock and hard place like this it works or you go somewhere like the zoo where they want to charge an arm and leg for strollers, you don't have room with your over packed vehicle of kids and moms to bring enough of your own, and your child doesn't want to sit in one and knows how to unbuckle to get out of one, these come in handy to not lose them or have them stolen in big places). So the shirt became pants and the leash a harness to keep it on  her until we could get home. This picture is of her by the shop owner showing off her getup. We know the shop owner personally so she did not mind S showing her this in her kitchenette. :)

Pee Adventures...

On the way to the Brewer Game 7/22/13 for Scout Night Z says 'I have to pee' hubby says 'Hold it, we're almost there and we can't get off the road right now' Z starts crying he has to go so bad I ask 'Are you going to pee your pants' Z says 'Not right now but very soon'. So as I am sewing his patches onto his uniform for the parade, have no empty bottles, I take my Propel water and dump ...it out the window, cut the top off the bottle with my sewing scissors, unbuckle and jump into the back of the car, unbuckle Z and help him to get the pee into the bottle, jump back up front and dump the pee out the window. Hubby says 'You can't dump that out the window' and I say 'It's just the road, no one walks here, and I am not keeping an open bottle of pee in the car'. That was our pre adventure, adventure!

Noah's Ark discounted Tickets

Pick N Save, some credit unions, and Kwik Trip gas stations have Noah's Ark tickets on sale at a discount. So far the cheapest I have found is Kwik Trip at $29 per ticket. And 2 and under are free at the waterpark. Also Flammingo Hotel in the Dells has an outdoor pool with kiddie slide and you get 2 FREE passes for Noah's Ark per night you stay there! But be WARNED the Subway coupons for $10 off tickets does NOT apply to already discounted tickets at places selling them cheaper than the park itself. The coupons are for at the gate of the park. That is what I was told at Kwik Trip.

Tie Dyed Butterfly Craft!

Need to do easy crafts with kids without much mess??? Take a coffee filter, let kids color it with washable markers, let dry, then take a spray bottle with water and lightly spray the filter, let colors run a little, set on paper plate to dry. Pinch middle together and glue down with Elmers glue or Tacky glue onto a popsicle stick (found at Walmart or craft stores), take another stick put glue on ...it and press filter between two sticks, put paper plates on top and underneath, set on counter or table, set book on top of plate to hold sticks down in place. Let dry. Can add pipe cleaners to the top of sticks with glue and bend into shape for antennas. And you got a tie dyed butterfly. Easy and little mess for kids. Make sure if kids get markers or glue on them to wipe off right away with soap and water or baby wipes so the stain of markers doesn't set in. Can add small magnets to backs of sticks for a magnetic butterfly to display on the fridge!

FREE Mt Olympus Passes

If anyone has been to a Brewer's Game this year, the ticket stubs save them! You can use them to get FREE passes for Mt. Olympus Waterpark in Wisconsin Dells.

Why a Blog?

So why a blog? Why now? And what is this one about?
*A friend who also blogs suggested that I start a blog. And because I want to provide a place for openness and honesty about parenting. A place for ideas, deals, and advice.
*Why now? Because I know there is a lot going on in my own family's life right now that I'd like to share, maybe it will help someone else, maybe it won't but either way others will have information and some laughs on the trials and errors of parenthood. And why not share good ideas, advice, coupons, deals, and photos with others?
*What is this one about? I am sure you may have seen many other blogs about couponing, deals, advice on parenting, crafting, and such. Well that is what this one is about but all in ONE spot :) I do love all the other blogs I see, but it'd be nice to have them all in one spot so I don't have to go searching for each thing I'd like to find. I have enough going on in my life that I don't have time to sit and look for crafting ideas, cooking ideas, parenting advice or suggestions, etc in a bunch of different spots and then to filter through to find pages that the followers and admins are not nasty to one another and are honest is time consuming. And I am sure many others know what I am talking about and have the same outlook on this.

As for rules:
*No swear words allowed
*No name calling
*If you have an issue with someone or something please find a mature and nice way to say it or don't say it at all until you can find a mature and nice way to say it.
That is pretty much it. Just be respectful while still being open and honest and remember this is not a place to cast judgment but a place to just be able to feel like you can be honest and we can't do that if we are feeling judged.
Have FUN!