Kaake Family Blog

Today was so much fun! We headed down to Ann Arbor for some resale shopping and some fun for the kids. This was Joshua's first trip to Ann Arbor and since it was game day we put on his "My Very First Michigan Shirt" - U of M of course! We had to take a picture to commemorate. lol! Our first stop was Value World - that is where I like to go to find larger amounts of resale clothes for the kids if I can't find them up here. I had a list of things Joshua and Jonathan needed so we headed down. For around $30 we got all you see below. Here's a listing.... Exersaucer Little People Barn with Animals 2 pair jeans for Joshua 1 pair jeans for Jonathan 2 shirts for Jonathan 2 outfits for Joshua 2 sleepers for Joshua 1 sheet for the boys room to make into curtains - it's Disney's Cars 1 pack-n-play sheet for our co-sleeper 1 set of books for Lyshie - they are Misty (the horse) books 2 books for Matt 1 book for me 3 misc. books for the kids 3...

Today we went to Goodwill again. Thankfully it's only 3-4 minutes from my house. We usually don't find anything for Allysha but this time we hit the jackpot! We got her two pairs of jeans that fit perfect! That in itself is very hard to do. You can see the pretty embellishments in the picture above. We also got her the jean jacket you see in the picture and all the shirts as well as the little dress (which will be worn over pants). The dress, and one of the shirts still had the tags on them! The red hooded fleece jacket I got for myself. I got it a size or two bigger so that I can wear my son in a sling and still put the coat over him. It zips from the bottom up so that I can only zip it up as far as we need to. I'm super excited about that! Last but not least, I got Joshua the little hat and Allysha a picture holder. You know those pretty boards that have ribbon on them and you slip the pictures in? Well I got her one of those. It is purple with butterflies...

On Thursday my daughter and I went shopping at the Salvation Army. While I didn't find what I was looking for, I did get a like new pair of maternity shorts and a shirt for the summer. The total was a whopping $3.18!!! Today, the whole family went out and stopped at Old Navy. We got the following for $25.08 2 shirts for our son 1 pair of water shorts for our son 1 winter coat for our son for next year 1 shirt for our daughter 2 bras for our daughter 2 pair of pants for my husband So all in all, the deals we've been finding have been wonderful! Yeah!