the land of abundance

     Yes, I know, we just had Christmas.  It's not really the time to be buying toys in abundance.  We are SO blessed in the United States to have way more than we need and want.  I was just complaining on facebook the other day that I don't have enough storage space in our small house.  I was feeling cramped with all of the toys the boys got for Christmas.  Somehow when I leave the house and enter the wonderful world at walmart - or any store - I forget about my storage woes at home, and just can't pass up the unbeatable prices!  In my defense, every toy I bought will act as a gift at some point, and they are not all for my boys.  I purchased birthday gifts for my 3 nephews and 1 niece also.  I also came clean with the purchases immediately when I saw my husband! Are you dying to see the breakdown of what I bought?  I thought so....

Karate Chop Buzz Lightyear $6.25

Burger Bulider Play-Doh $2.75

Cars Color Changing Ramon Station $5.00

Princess Leapster Game  $6.22

(yes, it's for Asher, but at that price, I'll let him play with the disney princesses)

Hook and Ladder Lego set $3.75

Hello Kitty Key Chain $1.25 (it's not too early to think of the operation christmas child boxes for next year!)

Strawberry Shortcake Roadster $3.75

Cars Laptop $8.74 (I feel the need to tell you that the price on this was $34.96! can you believe what a good deal that is?  Asher got a mickey mouse laptop for christmas, but he won't get this one until July, and 2 play laptops can't be that bad, right?)

Mega Blocks set $4.97 

Cars (set of 4) $2.50

Color Changing Mater $1.50 (ok, I confess, this wasn't on sale, but the guy at walmart was on a roll, so I just didn't stop him, when he took 75% off) :)

4th of July hot wheels $.50

Toy story magic pen book $1.25

Lego set small truck $1.25 (again for Operation Christmas Child)

I bought 2 other things:  the reason I went to walmart was to get contact solution, which I did get for $2.84, and I bought a package of holiday cups for $1.25. 
SO...including those two things as well.  my total today at walmart was $57.53!  Not bad for birthday gifts for 6 kids!!    even if I divide it all out, it's less than $10 per kid.  Now, I just told my husband that he needs to make sure to remind me when june, july and august come around that I'm not allowed to buy any new gifts!
Now, where to store these things?

abandoned

my poor abandoned blog.  I think about updating it often, but do you think I make time to write a post?  NO.  It would probably help if writing were one of my outlets...maybe someday in the future.  until then, here's short list of updates:

• andrew is 11 months old!  can you believe that?
• we got new windows, now we need a new bathroom.  will the list ever end?
• one of our neighbors (who we thought we were friends with) moved and didn't even tell us, or say goodbye.
• my christmas cards are on my counter waiting to be sealed and stamped.
• poor little andrew doesn't have a stocking yet this year.  oh well, it's jesus that's the reason anyways, right.
• speaking of my little andrew....he hates sleeping and acts as if he's about to give it up and never sleep again.  we've been doing some major sleep training with him thanks to a book I ordered from paperback swap. 
• I'm still subbing.  I had a TERRIBLE day at one school that made me never want to step into another classroom.  I've decided to only sub (unless I'm desperate for a job) at 2 schools that I love.
• we're getting ready to go skiing with family.  should be interesting.
• sure I could go on, but that's good for now
• pictures will have to come another time because they take FOREVER to upload.  how do people always put pictures in their blogs?  i clearly don't have the patience which might be why I don't write on here more often.  hmm.