Community Days This Weekend!
$35 Admission to LEGOLAND
Support our local science, arts and after school programs this Saturday and Sunday!
Specially-priced $35 LEGOLAND tickets include admission with Park hours extended to 8 p.m. for even more family fun!
Buy your tickets online here. You can also get tickets to the SEALife Aquarium at Legoland for just $9!!
This event is very crowded, so please remember to be patient!
It’s back! After a long hiatus, I’m back to meal planning! If you are new to meal planning, check out my article on how to get started here.
This week I’m starting off by doing a quick fridge and pantry inventory, and making a batch of cookies.
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Lil’ Man has started eating a small toasted bagel with cream cheese for breakfast along with yogurt and fruit. Mr. C has been eating Oatmeal (from a awesome recipe I found online and altered) every AM, and I usually have an HMR Protein Shake, or I’ll make myself a bagel too.
Lunches for Lil’ Man are usually a grilled cheese, yogurt, a granola bar, and fruit (cut up apple, orange, or banana). I have leftovers or a frozen entree, and Mr. C usually a salad or leftovers or an HMR protein shake (He did the program last year and really digs on the shakes), or he has a business lunch and opts for a salad and lean protein.
Now I’m off to make a big ol’ batch of cookies!!
Recently I received a neat little box on my porch from Kabrita and Moms Meet.
It contained a canister of KABRITA Goat Milk Toddler Formula and fruit & yogurt pouches.
Immediately, Lil’ Man snagged one of the three pouches (well, not until I got this photo), and he retreated to the table to enjoy it. I gave the mixed berry to Itty Bittums, and she gobbled it up!
In the afternoon, I gave her a bottle of the Goat Milk Toddler Formula after she had some puffs and banana slices. She loved it, and I loved that it didn’t give her a rumbly tummy or gas. She’s got a sensitive tummy, and we had tried countless formulas to find one that made her tummy happy. Now that she’s getting older and is branching out to table foods, we are finding that some cow’s milk based products don’t agree with her.
That is not the case with the KABRITA Goat Milk Toddler Formula! She is a happy little girl, and I’m a happy mommy! It’s super easy to mix up- Just one scoop per ounce of water. There is a handy little scoop in the canister.
What I love about the fruit & yogurt pouches is that they are great cold, frozen or at room temp. They come in three yummy flavors:Banana and Natural Vanilla Bean, Mixed Berry, and Mango Peach. I toss them in the freezer and slip one into Lil’ Man’s lunch bag, by lunch time, it’s nice and slushy! A perfect, healthy way to finish up lunch.
Did you know that Kabrita has a trial offer? You can learn more about it here.
Disclosure: I received this product for free from the sponsor of the Moms Meet program, May Media Group LLC, who received it directly from the manufacturer. As a Moms Meet blogger, I agree to use this product and post my opinion on my blog. My opinions do not necessarily reflect the opinions of May Media Group LLC or the manufacturer of this product.
SQUEE! It’s back! 50% off at Schoola! Just use Coupon Code SPRINGBRK at checkout. And in addition, if you are new to Schoola, they are offering $20 free and free shipping when you sign up here.
In addition to offering awesome gently worn kids clothes, Schoola also gives a percentage (40%) of each sale to a school. So you can feel good twice: Once while your saving $$, and again because you are helping support a school in need.
To get started, click here. And I can’t wait to see what you have scored!
The price per unit helps you determine if the jumbo sized drum of applesauce is a better deal than a regular sized jar. How to determine the price per ounces is easy, most of the time stores do it for you! Take a look at the shelf tag- it should give you a price per unit, usually in ounces (oz.) or pounds (lb.).
If the price per ounce/pound on the larger container is smaller, then it is a good deal. When comparing, make sure both containers are using the same unit of measurement
Here is an example of what the shelf tags can look like:
The majority of shelf tags will list:
This is also a great strategy to see if the store brand or a brand that isn’t your usual brand is a better deal than what you normally buy.
If your store doesn’t have shelf tags that break down the price per unit, here is how you can figure it out- I recommend using a calculator.
Take the price of the item and divide it by the number of ounces/lbs/units in the package.
Let’s use for our example the Uncle Ben’s Buttery Ready Rice, pictured above on the left.
$1.93 divided by 8.8 ounces equals .219, which is 21.9¢ per ounce.
If you keep a Price Book, you might want to include a space for unit price, you would write 21.9¢ in the Unit Price Column. You can round up, or leave it as a fraction of a cent, to get an exact price for comparison. Learn more about price books here.
I’m no doctor, but I do know that when we don’t feel good, nothing is more soothing than lemon and honey.
I recently made a very soothing syrup, and I had to share it with you. I put 1/3 cup of the syrup in the bottom of a coffee mug and pour boiling water over it. I have been drinking a mug full twice a day.
It’s quick and easy to make!
Ingredients:
Directions:
If you’re looking for the science behind all of this, Lemons contain a lot of vitamin C! Honey is very soothing and coats a sore throat. Remember that honey should not be consumed by anyone under 12 months of age. And ginger contains anti-oxidants.
If you’ve got a kiddo that loves robots, building, or STEAM type activities, this camp is PERFECT! Right now, ROBOTS-4-U Summer Camps Now Enrolling and my readers save 60% Off with Code: TEX1660M15 www.ROBOTS-4-U.com This offer expires 3/31/16 I know that when Lil’ Man gets older, he’s definitely going to be interested in this camp! He loves building robots and machines with his Legos!
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We eat a lot of protein bars, especially when when we are on the go on the weekends and on busy school mornings. I love a cup of black coffee with a protein bar in the morning!
Right now you can score a free box of pumpkin pie Quest bars from Vitacost.com when you use code FREEPUMPKIN at checkout with any $25+ purchase.
I love Vitacost- They have great deals on vitamins, supplements, and natural skin and body care. They usually have great promotions and freebies too! Just type in Free Sample into the search bar here.
Oh and it gets better! Free Quest bars, Free Samples, and $10 off!! Sign up through my link here (I get a $10 discount off my next order of $30 or more too) and you’ll get $10 off your order of $30 or more.
Not sure what to buy? I get PB2 from Vitacost!
Henry informed me the other day that he wants to be a farmer scientist. We’ve started our garden of tomatoes, strawberries, bell peppers, lavender (to encourage bees to visit our garden), wild flowers, and a succulent. Henry really wanted to have a cactus garden, but I worried about Birdie being around pokey plants once she’s a little bigger and able to play outside on the patio.
I am super excited to take him and Bitty Bird to the San Diego Festival of Science & Engineering 2016 down at Petco Park on Saturday, March 5th.
The event runs 10 a.m. to 5 p.m., we’ll be there at 10 on the dot. Henry is excited to get hands on with all kinds of experiments and fun! There are scheduled to be more than 130 local businesses, corporations and organizations providing interactive, hands-on science, technology, engineering and math exhibits and activities to budding K-12 science lovers.
If you are looking for a fun, free event to take your kids to this weekend, check out the Festival! I hope to see you there!
Spring break is just a few weeks away for most of us. We get two weeks, and I know some schools get three (you have my condolences). If you are looking for some fun, frugal stuff to do to pass the time, here are a few adventures we’ll be having:
Santee Lakes Splash Pad should be open. They are re-surfacing the ground there right now!
Shell Hunting at the beach: Low tide is the best time to go. Check the tide charts here.
Balboa Park offers Free Tuesdays at various museums in the park.
Hiking and a picnic at Old Mission Dam
Gillespie Field Duck Pond: Located on Billie Mitchell Drive in El Cajon, it’s a great place to stop, check out ducks and turtles and explore a little nature in the big city. Plus afterwards, you can stop by the Aerospace Museum Hangar on Kenney Road. It where the Aerospace museum keeps their place that are off exhibit or are being restored. It’s donation suggested, but you can pop by for free. The guys who work there are excited to have kids stop by. If you are feeling peckish, stop by the Gillespie Cafe and have a bite on the patio and watch the planes take off and land.
Los Penasquitos Canyon Preserve: Lots of fun trails and paths, and if you’ve got it in you, there is a trail that leads down to some cool, hidden waterfalls! Don’t forget water and a snack!
The playground and Waterfront Park downtown are always fun. However, the water park area will be closed for maintenance for most of March. However the playground is RAD!!
Looking to enjoy a little bit of history? The Missions in San Diego are fun and educational. There are three in San Diego County: San Diego de Alcala (in Mission Valley), San Luis Rey (in Oceanside), and the Santa Ysabel Asistencia (in Santa Ysabel). If you go up to Santa Ysabel, stop for pie and bread at Dudley’s!
It’s wild Flower season out in Borrego Springs! Head down and check out the flowers, the fun
(and free) museum, and don’t forget to check out Galleta Meadows! The awesome metal sculptures in the Borrego Springs area by artist Ricardo Breceda. Check out a printable map here, and here is a video about the awesome sculptures. This is one of Henry’s favorite things to do!
If you are looking for other fun stuff, here is an article I wrote last summer about summer fun!
Hewes Family Fun 