Guess who's getting a tooth?

Too cute...

Really a little busy...

I'm so busy right now, along with the rest of you! Tonight is the church Christmas play and all the girls are in it. That means 4 costumes! Just finishing up Ellie's today. Ava was an angel last year and so Ellie will be wearing Ava's old costume. I just need to shorten it and we'll be good to go.

Lauren is leaving after the play to spend the weekend with two of her best friends. They go to our church so she'll be delivered to us on Sunday. What will it be like without her for 2 days? We'll see!

My laptop screen died and we thought it would be $400 to fix it (as the local fix it shop told Brian), however we found a brand new one on eBay for $158 shipped. It should be here on Tuesday. Brian can install it.

So I had better get to Ellie's costume while Molly is sleeping. You know the minute I sit down to sew she'll wake up ;)

Okay a new cheap stocking stuffer through Ebates!

I came across another cheap deal if you have just signed up for Ebates but haven't made your purchase.

Super cute mini gel pens from Staples, 2% back from Ebates. $1.99 for a dozen with free shipping. Go to Ebates and then search for Staples. Once there do a search for Mini Gel Pens. There are a couple of different variations. I got the assorted! My girls will love these. Hope this helps!

Another overheard at my house...

Grae is passionate about clementines. He eats about 6 of them a day.

Maddie: "Grae, it's breakfast time."
Grae: "No, it's lemontime (clementine)".

We also listen to him talk about paki. We have no idea who or what paki is. One day he's a puppet that lives outside in a paki house and now he's on cookie dough. I wish we knew what on earth Grae is talking about. 2 year olds are sooo fun!

Follow up to Ebates - some deals

So I'm on the couch with a massive sinus head cold. Bri is taking care of the kids (and made dinner), so I've been scouring the net looking for deals. If you signed up with Ebates (via my last post) you know you need to make a purchase in order to get your bonus.

Here are two great (and cheap deals). I'll post the links but you will need to open up Ebates, search for the store and click their link. Then find the item so you will get credit.

First is Neiman Marcus. You can get Ralph Lauren bath & hand towels for $7.99 shipped. You can even have them monogrammed for free! Go to http://www.neimanmarcus.com and click on Sales & Values (all the way on the right hand side, top bar). Type Towels in the Search Sale box at the top of the page. The towels say Ralph Lauren Closeout. When you want to check out type in WINTER in the promotion box for free shipping!

Here is a direct link to the page but don't order from that link. Go to your Ebates account first.

Next is a 5" black and white TV for $5.00 shipped from Office Depot. This is great when your power goes out. Again first go to your Ebates account and find Office Depot. Then search for 5" Black-And-White TV With Radio, add it to your cart. Shipping is free! Here is what it looks like: . Tv here...

Hope this helps

Easy way to save & earn $$$

I try to use Ebates when I make online purchases. Ebates gives you cash back on all your online orders. Sometimes they even offer special coupons you can use.

For example, I just ordered a Britax car seat for Graedon. I went to Ebates first, searched for Baby Universe (the place I wanted to buy the carseat from) and clicked the link. Baby Universe offered 4% back through Ebates. The 4% will show up in my Ebates account and then Ebates will send me a check or paypal.

Anyway, the carseat was originally $299 but was on sale for $224. I then found a coupon for $20.00 off and the seat had free shipping. So total price was $204.00. Baby Universe gave me $9.00 back in my Ebates account. So I actually paid $195 for a $299 carseat! Not bad at all for one of the best carseats out there!

I just found out that Ebates is offering a special holiday bonus sign up. You can get $10.00 in your Ebates account for signing up and then making one purchase through them. Oh and I also get $10.00! Yippee! Oh the offer expires on December 31 so you need to get your purchase in by then.

Here is the super special link:
Click here!!! My email address for the referrer box is amyshearer @ alittlebusy.com (take out the spaces)

Hope this can help you some as you're searching around buying Christmas presents.