A Sweet Valentine Present

Kaley girl has one day a week where she goes over to her Auntie Wendy's house for the day. She has such a fun time there and today was no different.

I went to go pick her up and she had a surprise waiting- a beautiful pink cake that she baked with Wendy. Wendy asked her if she wanted to make brownies, and Kaley said that she wants to make a cake for daddy and mommy and chloe. When Wendy asked her what kind of cake she wanted to make, she said a pink cake with sprinkles-and that is exactly what she made! Wendy makes THE best cakes and it was delicious!

It was such a sweet thing that she did. I love to see this genuine, loving and caring part of her personality come out. What a precious little girl. And a big thank you to Wendy for doing such fun activities with Kaley, she sure loves her time there!

DIY Headboard

My amazing and very talented husband has been hard at work again! Well, to be completely honest, this project has been done for about two months, but I am just getting to post it now...such is my life:-)

We bought our bed shortly after we were married - mostly because we would have killed each other had we continued sleeping in a double bed. Needless to say, back then we had enough money for the bed, but wanted to wait until we moved here to think about a bedroom set. It will be 10 years this December, and we have YET to buy a bedroom set:-) I'm actually glad that we didn't, because the furniture that we have fits perfect in our space.

But, we have wanted a headboard for quite a while, so Mark asked if I could find a picture of what I liked and he would work his magic and add his special touch on it, and thus created this...in one afternoon! He really enjoys being able to make things like this. He does such a beautiful job of giving our home character with his special touch.

The next big project when we have the money saved up, is to add some paint colour to the walls, so when that happens, you will really be able to see the headboard even more!

Canadian Coupon Sites

The other night, Mark and I were watching a show called Extreme Couponing. It was a really neat show and I must say that there was a part of me that sparked an interest. After that show, Mark and I went on the computer to find out where and how to get coupons in Canada. Here are quite a few internet sites where you can find coupons to use here in Canada. Have fun!

Just coupons:
Web Saver-http://www.websaver.ca/en_ca/
Go Coupons-http://www.gocoupons.ca/
Right at Home-http://www.rightathome.ca/default.aspx
Coupon Click-http://www.couponclick.ca/
Loonie Coupons-http://looniecoupons.ca/
Fabulous Savings Canada-http://www.fabuloussavings.ca/

Company coupons:
Proctor & Gamble-http://www.brandsaver.ca/en_ca/coupons/index.php
General Mills Canada - https://lifemadedelicious.ca/#
Kellogg Canada-http://www2.kelloggs.ca/

Store deals/Promotions/Coupons:
Smart Canucks-http://smartcanucks.ca/
Frugal Shopper Canada-http://www.frugalshopper.ca/links/
Canadian Free Stuff-http://canadianfreestuff.com/
Flyerland-http://canadianfreestuff.com/

Blogs for Canadian coupons:
Money Saving Canadian Mom- http://www.moneysavingmomcanada.com/

Canadian Attractions:
Attractions Ontario-http://www.attractionsontario.ca/

What about you? Do you have any favorite internet sites that you use?

The Princess Sleeping Bag!

Ever since reading the story, Franklin Has A Sleepover, Kaley has wanted a sleeping bag. She has made sleeping bags out of her blankets and pretended that her Woof Woof is sleeping in one too. We looked for them here, and there was a pink one, but she wanted a princess one. No such luck:-( My mom said that she would look at the stores in Minnesota and sure enough, they had a princess sleeping bag in her favorite color...pink!

Here are a few pictures and a video of her opening it up! Thanks dad and mom, she sure was excited to get a package in the mail:-)