Muffin Tin Monday - Dippin' H's

This Monday's theme for Muffin Tin Monday was Dips/Sauces, so I made our lunch an H-themed Dipping Muffin Tin - It's even shaped like Hearts! We got Ham Rolls and Honey Mustard to dip them in, Pita Chips with Hummus for Dipping, and Honey and Yogurt for dipping the Honeydew Melon.

I was sure this was going to be a hit, since my son loves anything that he can dip. I was wrong - he hated all of the dips. I probably shouldn't have gone with Plain Yogurt, I am sure he would have liked it if it was actually sweetened somewhat. I was surprised that he didn't like the Honey Mustard, though. He ate all of the foods - just left out the dips. =]

Be sure to go check out other Muffin Tins that were made today by clicking the button below!

G

Yesterday's letter was..

G! A little late in posting, though, sorry! I originally wanted to make a Garden out of the G, but Jase llooveesss Giraffes and demanded that we make it into a Giraffe. It actually turned out better than I expected! For snacktime, we ate Grapes, plus we did all of our other every day activities for each letter - I'll have to take some pictures to show what our worksheets look like.

For our "non-G" activity, we went to a local park and learned about Butterflies and then got to catch some with nets. Jasey caught the first butterfly - a cabbage white - but it's really common so we let it go as soon as it got identified. We got to see a bunch of other species that the other's caught while we were there, though.

There weren't any special G books - Just "My G Sound Box" and we reviewed our other alphabet books. Now I am off to make our lunch for Muffin Tin Monday!

F

Today's letter is..

F! And my digital camera is still out in my car, so once again, this was taken on my cell phone - sorry! I had no idea how tiring this letter-a-day idea was going to be - I am worn out, and we are already behind schedule! I can definitely already see an improvement, though - Just yesterday Jasey was talking to his Grandpa and said, "We're going to the museum - like, M for Museum!" We haven't even gotten to the letter M and I didn't say anything about museum starting with the letter M, so either it was a lucky guess or he really does understand this stuff! He's also able to recite a large part of our alphabet books by himself and will pick out letters while we are out and about during the day. I'm so proud of him!

Jasey had loads of fun making our F for Flag letter. We cut up squares out of tissue paper to make the stars, and he formed them around his fingers, dipped the ends in glue, and then pressed them onto the paper. He had loads of fun and would have covered the entire blue area with white "stars" if I would have let him! I will definitely have to incorporate this type of decorating into another project soon.

We got the book "Fritzi Fox Flew in From Florida", but honestly, I wasn't impressed at all. It's like the author wanted to rhyme, but then gives up and doesn't have it rhyme for awhile, and then the rhyming starts back up again. Every time I get into a "rhythm" with reading, there is a different amount of syllables, etc.. It's hard to explain, but Jase wasn't that interested in it, either, so two times was enough for today!

AWESOME Kelloggs Cereal Deal!

So I just came across this awesome deal that you can use for Kellogg's Cereal + other Kellogg's items.

To start off, Kellogg's has a great Fuel for School rebate deal going on - buy any 10 Kellogg's items (includes Eggos, MorningStar Farms Veggie Foods, 100 Calorie Right Bites, and more) and get a $10 Rebate Check back from them - as well as a $70 off coupon from Dell. Sign up for an "All K Pass" here: http://www2.kelloggs.com/FamilyFocus/contentcta.aspx?id=1320

Next, Kellogg's has another promotion going on - They've partnered with Feeding America, which is a non-profit organization that is striving to feed the hungry in America. Right now if you go to their webpage and donate at least $5 to Feeding America, you will instantly earn at least $5 worth of Kellogg's coupons. (When donating, you go to the "Other" amount field, and fill in $5) Here's where you find that: http://www2.kelloggs.com/General.aspx?ID=1978 - It appears as if you always receive $1.50 off one package of Frosted Mini Wheats Little Bites, Jumbo Multi-Grain Krispies, or Corn Flakes, $1.50 off two packages of Special K, and $2.00 off any three Kellogg's Cereals.

RedPlum.com currently has printable coupons on their site for $1.50 off any two packages of Frosted Mini-Wheats, All-Brain, or Raisin Bran Cereal. You can print this coupon twice.

Now, as far as the best time to use these - wait til they go on sale. I know Target just had Raisin Bran on sale for $1.88 a box, which ended up with people actually earning a profit after rebate. Meijer has a great deal going on with getting $10 off of a backpack (or a free backpack if priced less than $10) when purchasing Kelloggs, CVS has a BOGO sale going on with Kelloggs - Sales on cereal are really popular, so it shouldn't be hard to find. In the end, you'll end up paying less than $1 each for the boxes of cereal. (Plus, obviously, the $5 donation) You'll not only be supporting a great cause but saving tons of money!

As a bonus, Kellogg's also is offering free DVDs with tokens taken from the boxes - http://www.kelloggs.com/promotions/foxdvd/ so you could earn 1 free DVD and be really close to a second! Feel free to leave a comment and let me know about the great deals that you get!

E

Today's letter is...

E! - and I have to apologize, but Blogger is extremely confusing when it comes to uploading pictures. It's randomly rotating some of my pictures, even though they are not rotated on my computer and I can't figure out why. My camera also ran out of batteries today, so all of these pictures are taken on my cell phone, which isn't as good of quality!

Anyways, for breakfast we had Eggs (Cheese and Turkey Omelette) - and then I was going to make Egg Salad Sandwiches, but I didn't want to overdo the eggs, so we stopped there. We definitely need to go grocery shopping. Here are some of the books we enjoyed today - (Again, we really didn't read "My H Sound Box", we read "My E Sound Box", Amazon just doesn't give me that as an option.)

For our "non-E" activity, we went to A Hands-on Adventure (aHa!) and had a bunch of fun - I just had to take a bunch of pictures =]

Water Play Area

Fishing

Vet Office and Gardening

Pizza Shop

Face Painting (Jasey made himself into a giraffe.)

It was quite a lot of fun! I'm not sure if I will ever go back though - it's quite a far drive from here, but we had to try it at least once!