Starting Preschool Time

I will start in January having time with Girlygirl each morning learning different things. I will call it preschool time. We will do lost of fun stuff. Each month we will theme. Starting with E the first letter of her name then moving on from there. The first week will talk about E over all. Then the last three week we  will focus on one thing starting with that letter. I will post what I plan to do then what really happens. I think this will be fun but we will see. Girlygirl does do preschool like stuff with my sister and loves it.

Can I have an Affordable trip to Disney World?

Sweetdude and I and been talking about take Girlygirl to Disney before she was born. She will be three next year and we hope to go in December of 2009 or before if they have a good deal. We are trying to do it with only using cash. This will be new for us. All our vacations have been put on credited cards that we are just now paying off. So in hopes of making it without adding debt I have already started planning how we can make the trip affordable.

My first step was making a bank to save money in. To do this I cleaned out and old apple sauce. I placed the lid on and cut a hole that a quarter can fit though. I then hot glued the lip on. I put Disney stickers on the front to help Girlygirl understand as she helps save money. I put $25 a week in the jar and all my change. Girlygirl puts $0.25 a week in the jar too. I want her to help save so has something invested in the trip too.

My next plan is to go when they are have a good deal or better yet win a trip. I have found a great web site called mousesavers.com. On it they keep an up to date list of what deals Disney is having at both Disney World and Disney Land in California. I look there often. Right now the have a great deal and I almost did it but then I would have had to stop my debt free trip. In order to get the best deal we are trying to be flexible in looking for a good deal any time from the fall of 2009 to early 2010. By not having a set date we want to go we hope to be able to find the best deal. I saw that ABC new in Chicago was giving a trip away so I signed up to win one. I plan to look for more ways to win a trip but not getting my hopes up.

We are also staying flexible with how we get there. We are not sure if it will be cheaper to fly or drive so we are just waiting to see what the prices are when we know the date we will go. If do fly it will because we saved money doing so. I have found lots of other tips. Be posting them soon. I just have run out of time today. If you are going to Disney World too I hope you enjoy your trip. And come back soon for more tips.

100 Free Things to Do With Kids: 51-75

This is getting hard for me now the first 50 where not bad at all but these may get a little silly. This has been fun for me to think of. Here we go with the next 25 free things to do with your child.

1. teddy bear tea party- can be parten or make lunch into a tea praty
2. clean house
3. jump rope
4. roll down a hill
5. swing
6. write a play
7. act out a play
8. watch birds
9. play dress up- don't have dress up clothing? use your clothing
10. play house
11. catch butterflies
12. make sock puppet
13. feed birds- use old bread
14. play hide and seek
15. paint the sidewalk with water
16. kick a can
17. plan/take an imaginary trip
18. make mud pies
19. visit elderly person
20. tell jokes
21. trust walk
22. tell story three words at a time
23. play I spy
24. lunadery basket ride-until they can't fit in the basket kids love to be puled/pushed in a basket
25. play momory

Wow I made it to 75. When I come up with 25 more I will post the next one. I hope you got new ideas of things to do with your children or maybe just got an oh I should do that monet. Remember to have fun with your children offten. Here are 1-25 and 26-50

Back Yard Scavenger hunt

If you have read my 100 free things to do with kids post then you may have say that I said do  back yard/living room scavenger hunt. You do not need to have stuff to hide. Just make a list of this for your children to find. Maybe get them a bag to hold the stuff. For older kids you can have them draw and write about what  they find if you want. You can make it so the learn new stuff of just have fun. Here are some thought about what you can find.

• sticks-tell how many or how big
• flowers-name a color
• rocks
• toys you have
• water hose
• bird-tell the kind
• leafs-tell how many or what kind
• weeds
• animals-your pet or something that you see off ten in your backyard like a cat or bunny

That is all I can think of right now but you could add to the list if you have more ideas. This would be a great way to get your kids outside and moving. Here are a few great list that I found online.

• Earth day nature Hunt
• Camping Scavenger Hunt- Some will work for things in your back yard too

Happy hunting.

Fall Crafts: 5 Leaf Craft Projects

All this crafts are things you can do with all those leaves in your front and back yard during the fall months. Ours are just now really falling so I put this together kind of late in the fall but here are 5 leaf crafts I found or have done with the kids.

1. make a tree-picture on right of Girlgirl's (I did the glue)
2. Weave Leafs
3. paint them-can just paint or use as stamps
4. Leaf Match
5. make leaf people

I hope that you still have time to enjoy some of these this year but if not maybe next. We just did 1 and 3 this year but I really liked the others so hopefully I get a chance to do them next year. I hope you take the time to enjoy what God has made and talk to your kids about it.

100 Free Things to Do With Kids: 26-50

To keep it going here is 25 more free things to do with your children. Sorry I don't know how to change to numbers.

1. Go to play area at mall
2. go to book store or toy store with a play area
3. watch parade
4. make paper airplane
5. cut a pictures of wants from ads
6. roller skate
7. go to museum free day
8. rake leaves then jump in pile
9. camp in back yard
10. go for a drive in the county or hills
11. get big free box make it to something fun
12. snow ball fight
13. play baseball
14. play football
15. play kickball
16. make up stories
17. dance
18. watch fire works
19. Butterflield open gym-this year starts Jan on Tuesdays-Thursday 12-2
20. do yoga
21. learn new language
22. exercise
23. back yard/living room scavenger hunt
24. bear hunt
25. back yard relay

Remember your children love to play with you so don't let anything keep you from doing it at least from time to time. Enjoy your next fun day with you kids for free and come back to find out the next 50 things.

100 Free Things to Do With Kids: 1-25

After reading some old post on Mommy Savers a great site I just found that is all about great ways to live with the money you got. I am got a great idea for a blog. Here is my first 25 great free things to do with your kids.

1. Go to the Library
2. Read books
3. Rent movie-free from library
4. go to park
5. go on walk
6. make tent with blankets and table better eat lunch in it
7. ride bikes
8. Cosley Zoo
9. Lay in grass and talk nothing to say or kids to young look for pictures in the clouds
10. cook together-try to do it with stuff you have at home
11. play game
12. write letters/make picture for daddy
13. build snowman
14. run in sprinkler-hopefully not same day you build a snowman
15. call a friend to come over for play date
16. trade toys with a friend
17. play tag
18. do each others hair
19. play in the rain
20. play ball with the dog
21. snuggle on couch
22.  fill bag with toys to give away
23. story time
24. picnic at park
25. teach them something new

Come back tomorrow for more of the 100 things. Remember spending time with you kids is one of the best ways to use your time.