Kaake Family Blog

So much has been going on here in our household. Nothing that God can't handle and for that I'm thankful. First up, the reason I have not posted much is because ever since I've had my son, my health has been very up and down. Praise the Lord for his guidance as to what needed to be done. I'm still building myself up but I'm doing much better. The kids and I had been very sick for a couple weeks as well (not nearly as bad for about 9 of those days). I'm hoping the creeping crud stays away now. lol! Most interesting is that my son, Joshua is such a joy. He's an amazing little boy with such a great personality. He's always so happy and LOVES to talk. Him and his brother will have so much fun as they get older, I just know it. HE's so in love with each person in our family. Lyshie plays like a little mommy and takes good care of him when I need her for a few minutes. They sure love each other! As a family we're learning a verse p...

I used to shop at Aldi a lot more frequently than I have been. So, as a "test" I thought I'd get everything but my milk, meat and cleaning products there. Here is what I got today for only $93.75!!! Needless to say, I'll be doing most of my shopping here once again. It was a good day. :) Dairy: Eggs 4 lbs butter 3 packages cream cheese Produce - which by the way, the selection and quality was GREAT!: 2lbs carrots Romaine Hearts - 3-pack 1 packages flat leaf spinach 3-pack green peppers 1 package mushrooms 1 package celery 1 cucumber 6lbs golden delicious apples - only a couple were bruised 3 pack roma tomatoes 3lbs onions Misc: 3 plastic aldi bags 1 brown paper bag Gallon freezer bags - 20 pack 2-pack sponges Meat: Cheddar Bratwurst Frozen Foods: 1lb peas 1lb whole green beans 2 boxes of French Bread Pizza (4 pizzas) 1 package chicken egg rolls 1 container frozen white raspberry and grape juice 100% juice Bakery items: 2 loafs ...

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...