Moms of Multiples Tell It Like It Is
Food: you need it; you crave it; you can’t live without it. But, food is one of the biggest on-going expenses of our lives. When blessed with multiples, your food costs also seem to multiply! ldskatelyn and MandyE are sharing what they have learned about saving money at the grocery store through couponing and price-matching.Couponing … Continue reading Foodie Fridays: Saving Money at the Grocery Store
As a parent of multiples we routinely see that our finances work out a little differently than the parents of singletons. Our children are both going to daycare at the same time, they outgrow clothes at the same time and they’ll likely go to college or university at the same time. Since there is no staggering … Continue reading Sit or Stand – Money Saving Solutions to Babysitting
Thanks to all the bloggers for sharing their posts on our theme of saving money with multiples. Here’s a summary of what’s been posted over the theme weeks: Every Little Bit Helps by Leslie H. Avoid Throwing Money Away in the Diaper Pail by Jen Wood The New-to-Us Shopping Method by Rean Bean Cloth Diapers … Continue reading Saving Money with Multiples Theme Week Round Up
As we drove home from the fateful appointment where we found out we were expecting not one baby but two, my husband sat quietly seemingly forever. He is usually thoughtful and easy going, but perhaps this time a tad overwhelmed. When he did speak he said, “We have to buy two of everything… like BIKES!” … Continue reading Avoid Throwing Money Away in the Diaper Pail
We’ve decided to have another theme week. With the costs of back-to-school and the upcoming holiday costs, we thought that you’d appreciate a week all of posts focusing on saving money with multiples. You can look forward to posts about saving money on diapers, saving money when shopping and saving money on activities. If you … Continue reading Saving Money with Multiples Theme Week
In trying to decide what to write about this week, I came across an email I’d sent my sister in May 2005, when my twins were almost 9 months old and my daughter was not quite 3. The email was 316 words of me freaking out over our family finances. We were paying for part … Continue reading Back 2 the Future: Baby, you’re so money.
For the first year of my kids’ lives, I didn’t really need to buy them any clothes. After two baby showers, and tons of enthusiastic and generous gifts, our nursery was packed to the gills with cute little clothes, sizes 0-3, 3-6 and 6-9. And of course I added to the collection because that was … Continue reading Saving Money on Clothes for Your Kids
Early in January 2008, I posted this picture on my personal blog: and I’m pretty sure some people thought I was crazy. This was the result of a huge Huggies sale at Target. Hi, I’m LauraC, crazy couponer and bargain hunter. That diaper stash lasted us about nine months. Very few people asked the obvious question – … Continue reading Saving money on diapers
Disclosure: I received a $35 credit plus free shipping from Personalized Ornaments for You in exchange for an honest review. Images are shared with permission. We absolutely love decorating our Christmas tree. Since my twins are responsible enough to handle breakable ornaments, I trotted out all the special ornaments this winter. These are the one-off ornaments that hold … Continue reading Personalized Christmas Ornaments for Twins and More
Once upon a time there was a girl who loooooved the holidays. She loved the decorating and cooking. She couldn’t wait to wrap and bake. She enjoyed every part of the holidays: the smells, the planning, the parties, the crafting. She loved it all! When The Holiday Girl grew up she had lots of babies. … Continue reading Twinfant Tuesday: The Tale of the Holiday Girl
