Lowe's Build & Grow Clinic~ 04/09/2016

Lowe's will be hosting a Build & Grow Clinic on April 09, 2016 at 10am.

If you are looking for a great free activity that you can do with your kids- you should check out the Lowe's Build & Grow Clinics.  Little Michael and Nathan love them. They love being able to do hands on projects with our help.

To sign up for this Build & Grow Clinic, simply go to the Lowe's Build & Grow Clinic website and register all your information. Then when you visit the website to sign up for an upcoming clinic, all you have to do is sign in and check which kids you are signing up. Don't forget to print and sign the waiver. And you and your child(ren) are ready for a really cool FREE hands on project.

Once you and your child(ren) complete the project they will receive a neat patch to put on their Lowe's Build & Grow apron. If this is your first clinic, your child(ren) will receive a free Lowe's Build & Grow apron and goggles:) The more clinics you do, the more patches you get to put on your kids apron and they can show them off with pride:)

April 2016 Monthly Spending

Here is where I will keep a list of our spending for the month of April.  This month is going to be just like last month as far as how we budgeted our spending.  We are still budgeting $400 for this month.  We are very blessed hubby got more in commission than expected.  We decided to use $100 just for Farmer Market and Co Op purchases.  We did ok last month but went over by $9.  Thankfully, we have some money leftover from previous months to cover our overage :)  I can't wait to see how we do this month :)

04/01/2016
$1.50- Big Lots
$4.24- Dollar Tree
$20.89- Save A Lot
$31.20- Walmart
$55.61- Sam's Club

04/08/2016
$3.00- Big Lots
$9.97- Sam's Club
$12.39- Winn Dixie
$12.96- Save A Lot
$16.14- Publix
$28.53- Walmart

04/16/2016
$2.00- Save A Lot
$4.24- Dollar Tree
$4.58- Sam's Club
$16.06- Ada's Natural Market
$36.91- Walmart

04/22/2016
$3.18- Dollar Tree
$4.58- Sam's Club
$7.96- Save A Lot
$15.29- Walmart

$291.23- Running Total

$108.77- Left to Spend

$101 out of $100 for Farmer Market & Co Op Purchases 

I am super surprised that even though we went over by $1 on our Farmer Market and Co Op Purchases, we came in wayyyyy under and still have over $100 left in our grocery budget~ WOOHOO :)

Our Shopping Day~ 04/01/2016

We changed our shopping day to Friday since Chris had the day off and we knew we had a special trip planned for the boys on Saturday.  And it is a good thing we did do our grocery shopping on Friday since we all got sunburned and didn't want to move for a few days :(  What a way to start off April, right~ LOL :)

Here are the details of our shopping adventure:

Big Lots
$1.50- Sunflower seeds

Dollar Tree
$2.00- Toilet paper
$2.00- Hand soap refill
$4.24- Total

Save A Lot
$2.00- Hot Dog buns
$3.99- Potatoes
$14.90- Boneless Pork Ribs
$20.89- Total

Walmart
$1.18- Basil
$2.98- Non Diary Mayo
$2.97- Cashew Milk
$2.36- Cream Cheese
$1.98- Almond Creamer
$1.68- Creamer
$2.00- Bread Sticks
$3.52- Bagels
$3.96- Italian Dressing Mix
$3.28- Maple Flavoring
$2.96- Flour
$1.00- Spaghetti
$1.33- Raisins
$31.20- Total

Sam's Club
$4.58- Milk
$14.96- Meatballs
$13.98- Honey
$8.25- Peanut Butter
$3.83- Ketchup
$10.01- Chicken twin pack
$55.61- Total

Farmer Market & Co Op Purchases:
$36 for Zucchinis, cucumbers, apples, lettuce, mushrooms, green beans, carrots, lemons, bananas, asparagus, blueberries, grapes and strawberries

This shopping trip has been added to our April Monthly Spending post, where I keep track of what we spend for the month of April.

Our Menu Plans for the week of 04/04/2016

Happy April :)  I cannot believe how fast these months seem to be flying by.

How was your weekend?  We had a great weekend except for getting sunburned- OUCH :(

Here are our menu plans for this week:

Breakfast
Bagels with fruit X2
Waffles with fruit X2
Oatmeal with nuts and raisins X2
Scrambled eggs and fruit

Lunch
Salad with homemade dressing and a banana for myself and hubby
Sandwich with carrots and grapes for everyone else or leftovers

Dinner
Meatball Sub with carrots
Pork Loin, mashed potatoes and zuchinni
Baked Chicken, mashed potatoes and zuchinni
Fish Sticks, Mac & Cheese and peas
Garden Chicken Veggie Skillet
Dinner at Church for Respite Night :)
Spaghetti with zuchinni and garlic bread

Snacks and Desserts
Apples
Grapes
Bananas
Strawberries
Blueberries
Carrots
Roasted Carrots
Popcorn
Cucumbers
Hot chocolate with marshmallows
Pretzels

Walgreens deals for the week of 04/03/2016

Things to keep in mind when shopping at Walgreens:
1) You must have as many items as manufacture's coupons
2) Register Rewards (RR) are considered manufacture's coupons
3) You are allowed 1 manufacture's coupon and 1 store coupon per item
4) When redeeming a Register Rewards against the same offer may not receive another RR
5) 2 coupons can be used with Buy 1 Get 1 FREE Sales :)

Check out Walgreens Coupon Policy here:)

Walgreens has a program called Balance Rewards. You earn points you can later redeem. Click here to read more about this program.

Puffs or Dawn- $0.99
$0.25 Puffs cpn- 04/03 P&G

Pantene- $12/3
$5/3 Pantene cpn- 04/03 P&G
$2/2 Pantene cpn- 04/03 P&G

General Mills cereal or Kellogg Pop Tarts- $1.88
$1/2 General Mill Cheerios cpn- 04/03 SS
$1/2 General Mills cereal cpn- 03/20 SS
$1/2 General Mills Cheerios cpn- 03/20 SS
$1/2 General Mills cereal cpn- 03/13 SS
$1/3 General Mills Big G cereal cpn- 03/06 SS
$1/3 Kellogg PopTart cpn- 03/13 RP 

Smart Water or Vitamin Water- $3/3 and get 1000 points

Glade Plug In refills 2pk or Automatic spray refill- $4.99 and get $1 RR
$0.55 Glade cpn- 03/20 SS
$1/2 Glade cpn- 03/20 SS
$2/3 Glade cpn- 03/20 SS 

Irish Spring or Softsoap body wash- $3.49
$1 Irish Spring body wash cpn- 04/03 SS
$1 Softsoap body wash cpn- 03/20 SS 

Finesse hair care- $2.99 and get 2000 points

Listerine- $4.49
$1 Listerine cpn- 04/03 SS

Poise Impressa sizing kit- $2.99
$2 Poise Impressa kit cpn- 04/03 SS

CVS deals for the week of 04/03/2016

Don't forget to....
1) Go to cvs.com/email and sign up for the ExtraCare email and receive a $4/20 cpn
2) Stop by the Red ExtraCare coupon center and get CVS cpns

3) You can use a manufacturer's cpn along with a CVS cpn
4) You can use a B1G1Free cpn along with a B1G1Free sale to get both products for FREE

To view CVS Coupon Policy- click here:) 

Pantene- $12/3
$5/3 Pantene cpn- 04/03 P&G
$2/2 Pantene cpn- 04/03 P&G 

Dawn or Puffs- $0.99
$0.25 Puffs cpn- 04/03 P&G

Coke 12 pack cans- $10/3
Use $2 CVS App cpn

Tampax Pearl, Radiant, Always Radiant or Infinity- $3.99
$0.50 Tampax cpn- 04/03 P&G
$1 Tampax Pearl or Radiant cpn- 04/03 P&G
$1 Always Radiant or Infinity cpn- 04/03 P&G
$0.50 Always pads or wipes cpn- 04/03 P&G 

Spend $12 on ELF cosmetics and get $4 ECB- Limit 3

Spend $12 on Almay cosmetics and get $4 ECB- limit 6

Spend $12 on Beauty 360 cosmetic brushes or implements and get $4 ECB

Spend $12 on CVS body wash, hand soap, refill, bar or sanitizer and get $4 ECB

Irish Spring body wash- $3.49 and get $1.50 ECB
$1 Irish Spring body wash cpn- 04/03 SS

Suave hair care- $6/2 and get $4 ECB
$1 Suave Professionals cpn- 03/20 RP
$1.50 Suave Professionals Gold cpn- 03/20 RP
$1 Suave Men hair care cpn- 03/20 RP
$1 Suave kids hair care cpn- 03/20 RP 

Spend $10 on L'Eggs Sheer Energy, Silken Mist hosiery, Hanes X-Temp leggings, t shirts, sport bras, underwear or Stylessentials and get $4 ECB

Right Guard or Dry Idea- $3.49
$2 Right Guard Xtreme Odor Combat cpn- 04/03 RP
$1 Right Guard Xtreme cpn- 04/03 RP
$2 Right Guard Xtreme Odor Combat cpn- 03/06 RP
$1 Right Guard Xtreme cpn- 03/06 RP
$1 Dry Idea cpn- 04/03 RP
$0.50 Dry Idea cpn- 03/06 RP 

Speed Stick Gear- $3.99 and get $2 ECB
$0.50 Speed Stick cpn- 04/03 SS

Speed Stick- $5.50/2 and get $2.50 ECB- Limit 2
$0.50 Speed Stick cpn- 04/03 SS

Colgate Optic White toothpaste- $3.99 and get $2 ECB- Limit 2
$0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 04/03 SS

Colgate manual toothbrush- $3.49 and get $2.50 ECB- Limit 2
$0.50 Colgate manual toothbrush cpn- 03/20 SS

Colgate Total toothpaste or mouthwash- $7/2 and get $2 ECB- Limit 2
$0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 04/03 SS 

Oral B toothbrush 4 pack- $8.48 and get $4 ECB- Limit 2
$0.50 Oral B toothbrush cpn- 04/03 P&G

Thermacare- $5.99
$3 Thermacare cpn- 04/03 RP

Calendula cream- $8.99 and get $6 ECB

Zantac- $18.99
Use $18.99 Mail in Rebate on cvs website

CVS Jumbo pack diapers or training pants- $8.99 and get $3 ECB- Limit 2

Tide Pods or Gain Flings- $3.94
$2 Tide Pods cpn- 04/03 P&G
$2 Gain Fling cpn- 04/03 P&G
$5/3 Gain, Gain Flings, fabric softener, dryer sheets or Fireworks cpn- 04/03 P&G 

Square credit card reader- $9.99 and get $9.99 ECB

Hefty Slider or Ziploc- $6/2 and get $2 ECB

Quaker instant oatmeal, granola bars or cereal- $1.99

Honey Bunches of Oats, Great Grains, Cocoa, Fruity Pebbles or Dole fruit cups- $1.99
$1 Honey Bunches of Oats Chocolate cpn- 02/28 SS

Mars chocolate, Air Heads or Mentos singles- $0.99 and get $0.75 ECB

Colgate Max, Total or 2in1 toothpaste- $3
Use $2.50 CVS Coupon Center cpn
$0.50 Colgate toothpaste cpn- 04/03 SS

7Up, A&W, Canada Dry, Sunkist or Dr Pepper 2L- $0.99
Use $0.30 CVS Coupon Center cpn

Spend $12 on Sally Hansen and get $5 ECB- Limit 3
$1 Sally Hansen Complete Salon Manicure color cpn- 04/03 RP

Gold Emblem or Abound nuts- $5.99 and get $1 ECB

M&M's- $2.49
$1 M&M cpn- 04/03 RP
$0.50 M&M cpn- 03/20 RP

Our Saturday Family Fun Adventures

Our Family Fun Adventure took us to the Children's Museum of Naples also known as C'MON :)

When we arrived, we discovered 2 floors of fun stuff to do.  We decided to go to the 2nd floor and work our way down.  When we got upstairs Nathan discovered this area:

Curious Kids for ages 8-14 and No Parents Allowed.  Nathan had so much fun.  While he was discovering the Curious Kids area, we discovered these:

Keva blocks.  I have never heard of these thin stackable Keva Blocks before. We had a blast making a bridge and when Nathan got done with the Curious Kids area, he helped us with our building project.  These blocks are incredible.  If you go to the C'MON Facebook page, you can see the pictures of the incredible things people have built with these amazing blocks.

We went downstairs and had a blast with the space exhibit:

Hubby even had a blast geeking out making a paper rocket which they got to "blast off" :)

The boys even went "fishing" and caught some interesting fish and even an alligator :)

There was so much to do and see that we ended up not being able to do everything.  We will definitely be coming back to discover the rest of the museum.  We accidentally discovered 3 scavenger hunts hidden in the museum.  The boys are making plans to go back and do the scavenger hunts.

After the museum we headed over to the Naples Zoo, saw the new exhibits and went on the Primate Cruise:

We used our Red Robin gift cards to have dinner and ended up at our favorite Italian Ice & Ice Cream place for dessert.  What a way to end such a great day :)

We had such a blast on our huge Saturday Family Fun Adventure Day.  We can't wait to see where our next Adventure takes us :)