First Day of School and Cookoo for Coupons!

Here are my babies on their first day of school this year. Peyton was so excited to enter the 3rd grade! She has one of the best 3rd grade teachers this year, Mr. Cahlink! All the kids want him, and the mom's I know who have had children in his class in the past say he is awesome with the kids. Needless to say we are excited about the year as well. Piper couldn't wait to get to school She wanted a special hairdo for the day and made sure we didn't wash off her tattoo the night before. She had so much fun. Her teachers seem to be great. They both taught together in the public school system for 3 years and now have taught at the preschool together for 2 years. We are looking forward to Piper's Pre-K adventures.



Now, you may be asking yourself why in the world does Kristie have pictures of food on her blog...well I'm cookoo for coupons! I got on couponmom.com and called my friend Tiff and got the skinny on this coupon craze and now I'm hooked! See my gems above, 2 boxes of cereal, 1 tube of toothpaste and 9 composition books.........drum roll please........$4.70! The books were free! Crazy I know!

Here is the grand prize, I saved 38% at Kroger getting all this food. That was $59.06 in coupons! Can you believe that! And it's not stuff we won't use. I was very careful not to buy items just because they were on sale or I had a coupon. I can hardly wait til Sunday's paper comes out and I get a fresh stack of coupons. I wonder how much I will save next week?

Cheerleading and Dance have started....

Yayyy!!! Football season is gearing up and that means cheerleading for the Burge household. This will be Peyton's 4th season cheering. My first season in 2, that I'm not coaching! Guess what I'm more excited about....hahaha! I told Jamie I was going to be the mom on the sidelines sitting in her chair and reading her book. All I wanted to be responsible for was bringing snacks on the night we were suppose to and writing the check for the shoes. We are so blessed to be on a squad that both the coaches are friends of mine from church. Out of the 22 girls on the squad, 6 of them are friends from church. Piper is playing the role of mascot again this year. Which consist of cheering when you feel like it and eating alot of stadium food in the meantime.

Tonight also is a kickoff for us...dance. This will be Piper's 2nd year dancing and Peyton's 1st. Peyton chose not to try out for the competition cheering squad this year so she could give dance a try. I'm so excited for the both of them. They both love music and dance around the house all the time. Of course this means we have a busy week now, at least until football season is over in November.

We also have school starting this Friday. Peyton will start 3rd grade and can't wait! She asked me the other day, Mom...don't I look like I should be going into the 4th grade? She is such a nut, I told her to stop trying to grow up so fast. Piper will start Pre-K on Monday. I'm so sad that we will not be at our precious Neva's house anymore. She has watched over my babies for the past 6 years and I'm truly going to miss seeing her everyday. I will still see her at church, just not everyday. I told her I may need to be medicated to make it through my withdrawals. If Jamie would just agree to baby number 3! haha

With all these activities starting up this week, the Burge household has spent a small fortune on shoes! Cheer shoes, school shoes, ballet shoes and tap shoes. Too bad they can't wear flip flops to school, it would be so much cheaper. And don't even get me started on the school supplies I have to buy. What are my tax dollars being spent on? Apparently not school supplies and teacher's salaries.