happenings. and a giveaway

I can hardly believe it's Friday already.

And

a Friday in September, to boot!

On Wednesday, Lily and I made a batch of deodorant.

I've been using my homemade stuff for over a year now

and have been quite pleased.

Tyler had two containers that were just about out

and we had some leftover deodorant

after Lily filled my container

so we scraped out the remains of his

and added it to the remains of mine.

I figured he'd appreciate the manly smell

and this would be a good marriage of

homemade and chemical laden.

The thing about the homemade version is

it's soft.

The tomato lady suggests using a 'light hand' to apply.

It's especially soft for the the first few days after making.

I forgot to tell Tyler we'd switched up his deo

and when he went to use it this morning

he

well

he didn't use a light hand

seeing as how he didn't know he needed to....

It was hilarious

but I suppose you had to be there.

~

Look what came today!!

I'm both excited and terrified.

The battery is charged

and I'm on page 16 of the manual.

I think I might end up on page 16 for quite some time.

~

We also got our Rainbow Resource package today.

If you homeschool - you really must get their catalog

and even if you don't, you might want it - it's packed full of goodies!

When I order school stuff,

I always try to buy a few art supplies to add to our collection.

This year

I picked a couple of winners!

I ordered Lexi some rock crayons

and she loves them!

She likes to color

but regular crayons just don't always show up real well

with the light hand of a little one.

One stroke on the page with a rock and she was sold!

We also ordered a product I've looked at for the past three years

but just couldn't talk myself into.

This year

I was a little bit shy of the $150 in product

to qualify for free shipping

so it was the perfect chance to get them;

I figured

I could either pay for shipping

or I could pay for crayons

and have something to show for my money.

Excellent decision!

I only wish I would've ordered them three years ago.

These are the most amazing crayons I have ever touched

(and I was thoroughly impressed with Lex's rocks!)

The boys both said, "Oh, these are beautiful!"

right after they began coloring.

A half hour later

Lily woke up from her nap and we showed her our new treasure.

As soon as she put crayon to paper

she said,

"These color beautifully!"

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You know what?

I think I'll do a give-away!

I am so excited about these crayons,

I'm going to give away a set of 24!

No kids?

No problem!

I'm pretty sure if you won these

as soon as they arrived in your mailbox

the kid in you would come out to play.

To enter the drawing

just leave a comment

telling me what you would draw a picture of first

with your silky new crayons

if you won.

I'll draw a winner (draw a winner - haha)

ahem.

Sorry.

I'll draw a winner Monday evening.