Frugal Friday 250

Happy Frugal Friday!

Here is how we saved money/spent money wisely/made extra money this week:

- I mentioned in last week's post that the kids and I enjoyed our library's Pioneer Day. We filled out a survey at the end and ended up winning one of the prizes. We won the complete Little House on the Prairie DVD set! I loved watching this show with my Mama and sister when I was little and can't wait to share it with the kids.

We enjoyed watching the Little House on the Prairie movie from this set

on a rainy day this week. Thank you JCPL for this great prize! 

 - My parents were here last weekend for Annabeth's dance recital and Father's Day. We enjoyed lots of free fun at two local parks, the library, our local history museum, and our own neighborhood. We love having them here and were so excited to have three days with them! Owen especially loved getting to go out on a date with them for ice cream with a gummy worm and Mark and I loved being able to go Owen-free to her recital!

Hard to believe this was her 5th year of dance classes and her 5th recital!

We are consistently impressed with her work ethic and dedication to dance!

- Sunday afternoon we went to our friend Sophia's 6th birthday party - which was a beautiful Wizard of Oz themed party. The Sichting Family REALLY knows how to throw a party and we all had fun checking out all of the themed cakes, decor, and food. Annabeth loved playing with her dance friends and celebrating Sophia turning 6!

- After her birthday party, we went up north to celebrate Father's Day with Mark's family. The kids had a great time playing with their cousins and we had a good time catching up with the grown-ups. We had an ice cream sundae bar for dessert which the kids talked about all week!

- Monday night Annabeth had to take a white shirt to dance class to tie-dye for Nationals. We chose to take a shirt we already had instead of buying a new one.

- Tuesday we met friends at the city pool for Twilight Swim - just $2/person.

- Yesterday we enjoyed some free, indoor fun at the library while it poured. After dinner, the skies cleared so the kids and I went out on a long, long walk! It started to sprinkle and we loved walking the rest of the way home in the rain!

We are looking forward to this weekend as Annabeth and I are headed to Camp Lakeview for Mother Daughter Weekend and Mark and Owen have a fun "Man Weekend" planned.

Happy Savings to All!