Millvale Easter Hunt

We managed to make it to the Millvale Easter Hunt this year and it was a blast. For each preregistered child, they had an Easter basket full of treats and a bag of other goodies. There were also fun games for the kids to play. What I liked most was that they had the 'hunts' separated by age group. The 0-3 group hunt was in the gazebo behind us in the picture and you can see a sign for another age group to the right(ours) of us. Each kid got to have 10 plastic eggs that were filled with candy and Wade was even lucky enough to get a number for a prize. He is now the proud owner of a Ballernia Bunny!

This all went down at the Riverfront park in Millvale. We visit this park at least once a week for bike riding. It is just one very steep hill (Logan street) away from our house. The trail there runs along the river and is very flat which makes riding a bike for a 4 year old and 2 year old (on tricycle) very easy. This trail connects to the fountain between the stadiums and to the Science center. Soon, we'll be able to bike the whole way there!

Staples $1 Paper

After seeing this great deal on my reader from hip2save, I headed out to get my paper! Here's the deal:

I paid 6.99/ream of paper. I will get 5.99/ream back by submitting my receipt online. There is no limit to how many reams of paper you can buy. I bought 9. I tried using the Office Depot $10 off $50 purchase coupon, but Staples didn't accept it. Still $1/ream of paper was too good to pass up. So...stock up now!

I also stopped in at Walgreens to get some free chapstick and shaving gel. What a great shopping trip today!

For all my non couponing friends out there, these deals don't require ANY coupons...just go to the store and enjoy these deals...do it...do it NOW!

List of Marathons on Saturday

I decided to create a list of Saturday marathons. It's on my runpittsburgh site. For all the Sunday marathoners out there, that list will be completed soon too. Eventually I'll have a marathon by state section too. Going to all these different marathon websites has gotten me thinking about training for one. I've got to train for the Raymond 10K first...stay focused Jodie!

Family Nester site

My brother and his wife have started a blog intended to help out families in areas of couponing (a personal favorite), gardening and just plain family life. Check it out!

One Year Stats

Wade had his one year appointment a couple weeks ago. Here were the results:

Height: 31 inches, 80 percentile
Weight 23 pounds 8 ounces, 56 percentile

And he has 12 teeth. He has 4 more coming soon.

Bracelet Giveaway

My sister Megan is amazing at making bracelets. She is doing a contest about it right now. So, enter...enter now. I think today is the last day.

One Year Baby!

Wade had an excellent first today.

The cake however was a disaster. Elle decided we should do a Handy Manny cake, one of the tools. First she wanted Squeeze (the pliers), but we figured Pat (the hammer) would give us more edible cake. The result was a unidentifiable hammer and the letters WADE. Unfortunately, we didn't get a good shot of this beauty.

Happy First Waders! You're a stud.