Cheap or thrifty?

So today we were at Mc Donalds, and the boys wanted to eat inside so we went in. I always get them just one happy meal and they share it, even the toy. So today the lady at the register looked at the boys and asked me "do you want 2 juices?" I told her no, they just share. So she just gave us our food and we went to find a table. She could see us from where she was, and she probably noticed I wasn't eaten (I wouldn't eat at McDonals if my life depended on it!) , I don't know but she must have thought we were so poor that after a few minutes she came to our table with free ice cream cones!!!

So the truth is that we've never gotten 2 happy meals, they just share one.
We never buy kids meals at restaurants, they just eat off of us. It's good for the diet too.
When we go to Andy's we just get them the little sample cones. FREE
Jake's birthday is in November so if he gets too many presents, we take a couple presents and give them to him for Christmas!! He never notices.
We buy our kids 3 presents for Christmas. (That includes the recycled ones)
Ethan wears mostly recycled clothes.
Mmmm, I know there's more, but I can't think of more right now.

Well, at least they've learned to share!!

Happy Birthday mi amor!!

I'm so thankful for such a great husband, and another year we get to spend together, Te amo.

Sexy
Tender and loving
spEcial
Precious
Honorable
Encouraging
fuN Okay, I'm not good at this.

Why have more babies!

Why have another baby when we can play with all these cute babies!

My fun little boys

I wish they would stay this age forever. I wish I could put them in a bubble and protect them from everything that could hurt them. But all I can do is teach them and help them make the right choices. And what a blessing it is to see them make the right choices even when we're not there. And I'm also glad that they're faced with those choices. Little things, like watching the right shows, Jake will immediatly change the channel when a cartoon he's not supposed to watch is on, even though he really wants to see the shows his friends are talking about. I have to say that when Mr. Rider talked to him about being careful about what he sees because it goes to his brain, I didn't think he would understand. But he does, he understands that it is important to protect his heart. Different times we live in, I didn't expect my little 5 year old to ask "what are drugs?" but unfortunately that is something we have to talk about now, because he'll face that choice someday too.