Blogging is so last year.

I've fallen off the blogging map, big-time. I don't mean to sound whiny here, but 2 kids! School's out! I'm totally having a Jesse Spano moment - there's nooooo time!

I'm finding it easier to tweet and Facebook. (Oh, that's so obnoxious - I just used a noun as a verb.I hate myself.) It's just more manageable to produce 140 characters at a time. I'm less funny in paragraphs.

So, in 140-character bursts, let me update you on our life as of late:

• Sadie has 8 teeth now. EIGHT TEETH. She drew blood while nursing. I'm not sure how much longer I can nurse. I fear the vampire baby!
• Josh is at VBS all week. Thank the LORD! He's only been home for 3 weeks but Oh. My. God. It takes twice as long to do ANYTHING!
• Bought an inflatable pool yesterday. I figured out why it was on clearance - it's the EXACT yellow-green that bees love. SWARMS! Duck & run!
• My beautiful, wonderful, quirky little niece is 5 years old and changed overnight. It gives me hope - so far 4-1/2 is pretty much killing me!
• Sadie was sleeping through the night! 12 hours! Then we went on vacation. Not sleeping through the night! Waking up at 12 & 5. Am resentful.
• Hey, did I mention vacation? Virginia Beach...full of awesome. Ocean, lame museums for the boys, and did I mention ocean? Loves it.
• My brother-in-law turned 50. Happy birthday Peter, we love you! I'm so glad to have an ally in the fam when everyone is all high & mighty.
• My baby sister turned 30. That made me feel old - older than when I turned 30. Because I am older - gee, I'm smart.
• We've been camping 3 times in the last 4 weeks. Two kids in a tent. It's interesting, to say the least. I ate way too many marshmallows.

So that's my June in a nutshell. My Flickr stream is chock-full of supporting evidence...you have to be my friend to see the pics - so if you're not, send me Flickr mail and as long as you're not creepy, I will happily add you.

That was easy. Maybe Twitter is on to something after all...

So big!

First/last days

First/last days
Originally uploaded by sjross

Same outfit, 8 months later. Completely different face, lots more arm sticking out. He looks more like 2 years older to me...

Boys with diplomas

Boys with diplomas
Originally uploaded by sjross

Bad boys

Bad boys
Originally uploaded by sjross

Adventures with boys...

This has been quite a year for Josh. We started school with a broken arm, and now we're finishing with a black eye. Josh tripped and fell on the climber at his preschool playground (obviously he has my sense of balance) and landed just right. And kaboom - he looks like a prize fighter.

I suspect with this full-contact boy, it's the beginning of many similar adventures...

Growing song

Growing song
Originally uploaded by sjross

From Josh's preschool concert last night. The audio is bad and that guys head is in the way, but whatever...

Singin' In the Rain

Singin' In the Rain
Originally uploaded by sjross

Walgreens this week

Transaction #1
Skintimates Shave Gel - $2.99
OOP = $3.13 (on a Wags gift card)
RR earned - $3

Transaction #2
Edge Infused Shave Gel - $2.99
-$3 RR
OOP = $0
RR earned - $3

Transaction #3
Physician's Formula Bronzer (40% off this week) - $8.39
PF Foundation - $7.19
-$3 RR
-15% off coupon (for Earth Day)
OOP = 10.24
Submit to Walgreens for $11 rebate AND $7.13 PF rebate

Final OOP = -$4.76

CVS this week

Okay, so I started w/ ECBs so it's not quite fair, but here's what I did:

Transaction #1
Natural Dentist Mouthwash - $6.99
Edge Infused Shaving Cream - $2.89
Bayer Advanced Crystals - $2
TOTAL = $11.88
-$2.00 ECB
-$2.00 ND coupon
OOP = $7.88
ECB Earned = $8.89

Transaction #2
Dove Skin Vitalizer - $4
Natural Dentist Mouthwash - $6.99
TOTAL = $10.99
-$3.50 Dove coupon
-$2 ND coupon
-$4.89 ECB
OOP = $0.69
ECB Earned = $4

TOTAL OOP = $8.57 (but I used a prescription gift card so really nothing OOP)
TOTAL ECBs remaining = $8

And on top of it, there's a rebate for the ND mouthwash - $10. So that means I will have spent -$1.43, and will have $8 in ECBs. Pretty sweet!