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12/19/2004 |
| Name: Pamela Age: 32 Home: Texas Occupation: Stay at home mom of three under 5 years old Family: Casey 35, Drew 4.5 years, Dylan 19 months, Kassiday 8 months What Funny Things Do Your Kids Do/Say: My 4 year old has a quote...One day my sister in law and I were talking about goals and my son joined into the conversation. I asked him if he had a goal and he said, "I have a goal, Mama; I just don't know where it is." That same son also told me while riding in the car one day, how you make a tater tot, "You take a tater and you put it in bread and then it comes out tater tots." The Most Rewarding Thing About Parenting: I could name just one thing. I often just watch my kids playing and think to myself how lucky I am that I have three beautiful and healthy children. As the old saying goes..."My cuppeth overflows". The Most Challenging Thing About Parenting: Patience, Patience, Patience. Dinner time is always especially stressful. With two that are only 10 1/2 months apart, they are both very demanding and dinner time is extremely demanding. They both usually want something at the same exact time and I have to decide who gets what first. Favorites: We have a whole library of every book you can imagine. We don't have any particular one that we like best - we LOVE them ALL. Money Saving Tips: Budget. I make a list of what I need for the week and I have an estimate of what each one costs so I write the price down by the item on my list. If something is on sale, then bonus or if something else is more than what I predicted, then it evens out. I am usually either right on budget or under. I usually shop more than one store because I search ads for the best price. Sometimes a lot of running around but it has been worth it since all stores are relatively close. Best Bargain Ever: I shop Garage sales and Goodwill stores. I can usually find such cheap clothes for under a dollar. Even if they have a stain or two, I bring them home, put stain stick on them before washing and once out of the wash, they are as good as new. In the Kitchen: I subscribe to www.budget101.com. They have recipes in there for just about everything. They have a section in there for making your own shake and bake and fish fry coating. You can truly make just about anything with your own ingredients and save a ton. Organization: I use big buckets for certain toys for my kids. For example, big toys like trucks and cars go into the toy box but little toys like Lego blocks and other blocks have there own bucket with a label and a picture of the item on the bucket so my kids know what items go in that bucket. |
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