Sleep Deprived

So, nothing really exciting going on ... until today anyway. Keira is sooo excited about trick or treating tonight, it is pretty hilarious. They had a Halloween party at school this week and she loved it. They had a little costume parade and got to bring home a bag of treats. Keira asked to look in her bag on the way home and she said "Boy, there sure is a lot of stuff in there" Too funny.

Wade has inventory at his facility yesterday and today. Which is no fun for any of us really. He left the house at 4:45 AM yesterday and 5:00 AM today. And that is after getting home last night after midnight. Ugh. I don't sleep well until he gets home and then haven't been able to get back to sleep after he has gotten up in the morning since I've got this dumb cold, so the Hacker family could use some sleep. Oh and Keira woke up at 5:30 AM this morning too. So I put her in bed with me, but neither of us get any sleep after that. Here's hoping for a great nap today!

I am sure I'll have some pics to post from Trick or Treating tonight - I'll try to post tomorrow. Have fun tonight and be safe!

Oh and don't forget the time change on saturday night -- ugh, it's the bad one. If you have early risers, you know why I say this!

Almost forgot, other than the Halloween party, Keira's highlight of the week was taking a bath in our tub. She thought it was a swimming pool and was practicing swimming under water - it was hilarious, she was covered in bubbles!

Election Day is coming up!

Election day is right around the corner and some businesses are having give aways if you wear your "I voted" sticker. So far I have seen:

*Chick-fil-A: Free chicken sandwhich if you wear your sticker

*Krispy Creme: Free star shaped donut with sprinkles (Keira would LOVE this) when you wear your I voted sticker

I know I have seen some more, so I will be sure to update you. Also, for all you MOMS clubbers ... our MOMS club is doing a big co-op babysitting event. Moms are taking turns watching kids while other moms go vote, etc. Great way to not have to take the munchins with you.

Pumpkins!

Sunday we painted and carved pumpkins. Keira LOVES to paint, so she had lots of fun and managed to stay pretty clean in the process. She didn't quite understand what Wade was doing with his pumpkin and wanted to paint it too, but after it was done, she thought it was "so cool".

Smile for the camera honey!

Two brushes at once, we are very serious about painting here!

Ooh, I love blue!

She was singing about trick or treating here.

The hat is on backward ... we're very serious about pumpkin design.

This one didn't quite come out as planned, it was dark in the bathroom, so the pumpkin was all lit up, but, darn flash, didn't show the dark.

Boo at the Zoo

So we had a big Halloween weekend this weekend. Saturday turned out to be a beautiful day, so we headed down to the Zoo for Boo at the Zoo. Keira had a great time - she got to wear her princess costume. The funniest thing that happened all day - When Keira put her costume on, she ran around and said, "I'm a princess, I'm a princess, I'm Cinderella" over and over again. Then, when we got back to the car and took her costume off, she said "And like magic, I'm Keira again". How hilarious is that? I have no idea where she comes up with this stuff, but it keeps me laughing! I didn't get too many good pics as she was constantly running to the next area, but here are a couple.

Sick

Sorry no posting, but we're sick. At least I am and so is Keira. Ugh. I've got it worse than her, she just has a runny nose. I've got congestion, headache, sore throat, bleck, all the fun sick stuff. Hopefully we'll be better this weekend.

Deals

Looks like there are going to be lots of good deals coming up for christmas. The Omaha Steak deal is now dead, so hopefully some of you cashed in. I got my burgers today (super quick shipping) and the knife set and cutting board will be going as a gift for FIL with some steaks, so now that is one person to cross off my list.

I posted another deal in the savings section for some really reasonably priced totes - Wade's cousin will be getting the pink set for christmas.

Keep checking back!

Free Chocolates!

Free truffles - keep these for yourself, I give you permission not to share!


http://www.haydeechocolatier.com/sample.php

Chicago

We are back from our trip! We had a great time but are now super tired! The drive took 9 hours each way - and ya'll know how much I love to sit in the car. Here's a pick of Keira enjoying a movie and a snack on the drive.

The best part of our trip was our visit to the pumpkin patch. Keira LOVES this place. And I can see why, it has it all. Keira got to ...

Ride a Pony (Twice, acutally!)

Feed Lots of Animals (The Giraffe was her Favorite)

Pick Out a Pumpkin

Ride in Cinderalla's Carriage

And Share a Brownie with Aunt Suzie

We also went downtown for a bit - Keira got to ride the train, she was pretty excited about that, except that on the way back, the train was full and Keira didn't have a seat - she was none too pleased about this, and screamed "Where's my seat, where's my seat, someone took my seat". I was laughing as Wade was holding her and I was 10 feet away, but Wade didn't think it was nearly as funny as I did. We let Keira run around Millenium Park. She got to see herself in the bean and run around that fountain with the faces.

She also just enjoyed some time goofing around with Uncle Ryan and Aunt Suzie.

We sure wish they lived closer so we could do this more often!

It's grilled cheese and tomato soup weather!

And that is exactly what Keira and I had for lunch. Yummy! Though I had more soup than grilled cheese as Keira bogart-ed most of the grilled cheese - it's her favorite. And I am sure that I will be hungry in about an hour. Pregnancy hunger has definitely kicked in. I was starving all day yesterday. Seemed like I needed to eat every hour. Which seems to go along with all the stretching pain I've been having. Sunday I thought we were going to end up in the ER. I was having what I would almost call contractions. Really uncomfortable and some sharp pains too. Not good. My self-diagnosis was dehydration. I have not been great at getting all my water with this pregnancy - but you can bet that will change now. After getting almost a gallon of water in me, I felt completely fine. Ah, the joys of pregnancy.

We are off to the license branch as soon as Keira gets up - she is actually better now - finally - we've got to get plates for Wade's car (yes, we are a little behind on that) and transfer the plates from the Jeep to the van. Fun. I am considering taking the little DVD player - who knows how long we'll be there.

Nothing else exciting - we are headed to chicago on thursday, so I won't be posting this weekend - but should have some great pics to post when we get back. We will be headed to a great pumpkin patch while we are there.

Playing with Peanut

Here's Keira playing with Peanut.

Dancing

Keira loves to dance these days and also loves dress up. Here's a little video of her dancing. Sorry it's the wrong way, I can't figure out how to flip it!

Free and almost free cleaning supplies at Wags

http://www.rightathome.com/offers/OctCoupons/Default.aspx

Through this link, you can find some coupons from SC Johnson that matchup great with Wags easy saver rebates this week. Here are some examples:

Windex $2.50
$2.00 coupon through link
$1.00 rebate through easy saver
.50 overage final cost

Fantastik Cleaner $2.50
$1.50 coupon through link
$1.00 rebate through easy saver
Free final cost

Scrubbing Bubbles Cleaner $2.50
$2.00 coupon through link
$1.00 rebate through easy saver
.50 overage final cost

Shout Wipes $2.50
$1.50 coupon through link
$1.00 rebate through link
Free final cost

Pledge $3.49
$2.00 coupon through link
$1.00 rebate through link
$0.49 final cost

There are others, but that is all I have the patience to type right now! Hurry, the sales prices on these products end on saturday (end of day). That'll teach you to check the site more often ;)

Misc.

I got gas today for $2.90, yeah! If the markets weren't in such a shambles, it would be a yeah in all caps.

Grey's is on tonight, YEAH!

Keira is going through a naked phase, seriously, everytime I turn around she has stripped every stitch of clothing she has on and is running gleefully through the house. I'd post pictures, but I am pretty sure I would be arrested for child pornography.

Unexpected surprise - we had an extended warranty on the Jeep that was still good at time of trade ... did you know you can cancel those and get refunded the unused portion? I am considering it my christmas bonus this year. :)

Went maternity clothes shopping today, found nothing. Ugh.

You lebanon girls that participated in the meal swap should know that Wade rates your cooking above that of the kansas girls! (shh, don't tell)

That's it. Keira is still under the weather - she is feeling ok, but the runny nose problem is still just as bad, poor thing looks like Rudolf.

Hugs to all!

Holy Toledo!

Do I have to say Holy Kansas City now? It just doesn't have the same ring :) Anyway, it is only 39 degrees right now, yikes! It is suppossed to get to 75 today, but right now, we are freezing.

Little Miss Keira has a cold. It's so sad. She has a super runny nose and you can just hear the congestion when she breathes. Poor thing, means no school today and we are likely going to miss the hayride this friday. Yesterday, Peanut could tell she didn't feel good, and was resting with her.

Well, I have had to dig out the maternity clothes, yuck! I am only 16 weeks, but unfortunetly, it's time. I don't think I was in maternity clothes until 21 weeks last time, fun. I also came to the realization that I don't have as much as I thought I did. And the majority of stuff I have is more dressy work wear, than SAHM wear. I had forgotten that lots of the stuff I wore last time was borrowed. It was great - where I worked there was a large tub of clothes that was passed around from pregnant woman to pregnant woman. When you were done, you threw your stuff in and gave it to the next in line. Cut down on the expense tremendously. So now it looks like I'll go get to do some maternity clothes shopping. What's worse than wearing maternity clothes? Shopping for them! Wish me luck!

Deals this week

A couple of Wags/CVS deals to note:

Wags has Crest toothpaste on sale for $0.99 after coupon in their rebate book. P&G had $1.00 off coupons in the brandsaver last week - so FREE Crest! Yippe, Crest is my preferred brand! I went and got 3 tubes today. There is no limit!

CVS - I got quite a few things at CVS today - They had Speedstick (Wade's preferred brand) on sale for $0.99 after extra bucks and there was a $0.50 off 2 coupon last week, so $0.75 apiece. Limit 5. Colgate Max Fresh on sale for $0.99 after ECBs with $1.00 off coupon in last week's inserts, so FREE if you love colgate or if you like cheap toothpaste. Limit 1 I think. Bic Soleil razors were on sale $1.99 after ECBs and there is and IP out there for $2.00 off, so free razors. Limit 5 on this one. Unfortunetly, it is one of this internet coupons that you can only print 2 of unless you have more than one computer, so I only got 2. Also, Always Infinity pads were on sale $4.98 with $4.98 ECBs. Free!

Wags had a couple free items in their october easy saver book - Face wash was one of them, I can't remember what else - so be sure to check it out.

Even Princesses have to take snack breaks!

Hmm, I guess we have been boring lately

I've had nothing exciting to post about. This weekend for the most part is the same - though we did make a major purchase. Heaven help us for we bought a minivan. Oh my. Don't get me wrong, the freatures are great - the automatic doors, the seats that fold into the floor - all very nice, it just makes me feel OLD. I never thought Iwould join the minivan generation, but here we are! Wade even likes it - though he won't admit it. He ran to subway last night to grab us some dinner and took the minivan instead of his car! hee hee

Snapfish Collage Savings

Use code collage98 at checkout now through October 5th and save 50% on any collage gift at snapfish. I know everyone in our family loves getting pictures of Keira on things - so this is great for some early christmas shopping. They have collage posters, prints, mousepads, coffee mugs, and calendars. Happy shopping!

It's Fall!

Well, it is definetly Fall here. We are in long pants, long sleeves, and sweaters! Though the high today is 70, it is only 40 degrees right now, yikes! Feels like we should be out picking pumpkins, but instead we are going to the mall - what can I say, I've got a coupon that is going to expire! I got out all my Fall decorations this weekend, so the house looks festive! I need a decoration for the front door and went to Kohl's and guess what I found? Christmas trees! Can you believe that? It is not even halloween yet, ugh.

We've not been up to much this week - park day on tuesday and then Keira had KDO on wednesday. Oh and our smoke alarms have been going off randomly. It must be the batteries, let's hope, so off to get some of those today too.

Oh and I have to post this picture - Keira loves to be Cinderella these days!