A few months ago I set-up two baby registries. One was though Target, which is one of my favorite places to shop and the other was through Amazon, which is one of my favorite places to shop online. 🙂 Both of these registries offered great registry gifts, so I thought I would share. Continue reading “registries”
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toddler room ideas
Recently my son turned 3 years old and we decided it was time for him to move to a big boy room. We were hoping the room would get him excited about moving out of the old room to make way for our new baby. We have a new baby coming this Spring and we needed to move my son down the hall. So, for his birthday we decided to give him a room makeover! We used a lot of items that we already had and bought the rest from IKEA or Amazon.
We already had a twin bed, dresser, and nightstand (these were mine as a child) plus a few other items we used for decor. So the picture above shows many of the items we purchased from IKEA (I know it looks like a mess!).
We decided to do a Lion Guard themed room since that is my son’s favorite show right now. He got a Lion Guard bedding set from my parents for his birthday, plus my husband found some great wall appliques on Amazon.
Here is the finished product:
His bed with the appliques on the wall. He already had Kion and Simba stuffed animals. Plus we had a green throw to add to the bed and the lamp (from IKEA) for the night stand.
All of the bins were from the Dollar Tree. I love their bins! They have so many colors and, of course, everything is a dollar. 🙂
The shelf ($34.99, but we purchased during a sale) for his books and toys is from IKEA and so are the tables ($7.99) I used to make a train/play table. To hold his books that are on the wall, we used IKEA spice racks ($3.99)! We got his stool ($7.99) and stool cushion ($4.99) from IKEA as well. We already had the car track rug and tent (both from IKEA).
The rocking chair was a hand-me-down from my mother.
I added a number and alphabet banner to the wall, which we already had (purchased from the Target Bullseye Playground). The lamp on his dresser is also from IKEA and was in his old room. We added a few of his toys around the room because we were hoping he would want to play in his room more often. We are thinking that when the baby arrives we might need to spend more time upstairs and we wanted him to actually want to be in his room.
He LOVED the room and slept in it the first night. Since our son is an early riser, we have discovered that he will even play in his room by himself in the morning until we get up and dressed. He never wanted to do that before and always wanted to come watch TV in our room.
I am so happy with how the room turned out! My son said “I LOVE my new room” and he walked down the hall and said “That’s the baby room now” to his old room. It all worked out perfectly! 🙂
❤ Kia
Best Jeans for Kids
I have been looking for the best jeans for my kids that are cost effective yet durable since my kids play hard. After searching high and low I have ranked the best jeans for your money.
- The Children’s Place – they have jeans that are $7.99 pretty much every day of the week. They claim it is a “sale” price yet the sale never ends. They have skinny, straight and bootcut pants options which are good for kids of all sizes. My son is very skinny and the slim jeans fit him rather nicely. They aren’t too tight and they aren’t too baggy. For the price of $7.99 it can’t be beat.
- H&M – if you have an H&M near you they are the 2nd best option. They provide the slim look that all the kids are crazy about these days and they are only $9.99.
- Old Navy – everyone pretty much has an Old Navy close to them. The sale price of their jeans typically falls right around $10 but you must catch them at the right times. Like The Children’s Place, they offer the different styles that will fit your kid just right.
- Crazy 8 – what I like about them is their Rockstar jeans. They have the perfect fit to them and my son looked absolutely amazing in them, he even won best dressed at his football banquet when having them on. What puts them at number 4 is only because of the higher price of $12 which isn’t really even high at all.
For my parents with kids out of the child sizing (5-14) I believe one of the top stores for girls is Forever 21. They have skinny jeans that come in at the low low price of $7.99. You aren’t going to find that price for adult jeans anywhere. For those with the older boys, I will have to recommend Old Navy as they tend to have more sales than most places and the jeans are offered in multiple styles. If your child likes the distressed look you can also easily YouTube how to do it yourself so you aren’t paying an arm and a leg.
Happy Shopping 🙂
❤ A
daily deal: St. Patrick’s day shirts with FREE shipping
Check out the link below!
Shirts range from $1.99- $4.20. All Children’s Place sizes.
Get them while you can!
https://www.childrensplace.com/
❤ K & A
Free Summer Downloads
We’re baaaccckkkk!!!
I know it has been a while, but my sister and I have been extremely busy the last few months. I am finally getting my bearings and able to start blogging again! Yay! I started a new position at work and my sister found out she is pregnant!!! Needless to say, we have both had a full plate.
So to get back in the swing of things, I wanted to share a few FREE printables I have found. You can think of this as your welcome back gift. 🙂 Continue reading “Free Summer Downloads”
bathtub fun!
Want to make your child’s bath time a little more fun? Here’s how! Continue reading “bathtub fun!”
Who Wants Some Daily Deals
New year new savings. I saw some interesting deals and thought I would share with everyone. These are especially good if you have children:
Best Deals for Today
Hi All,
I saw some really good deals online today so I thought I would share a few with everyone in case you are still in need of a few things. Continue reading “Best Deals for Today”
Sharp Prints
I hope everyone had a fabulous Thanksgiving.
I thought I would share with you a wonderful website I found for printing pictures that I had taken. Continue reading “Sharp Prints”
meal planning with emeals.com
I recently tried the meal planning site emeals.com. In case you don’t know about this site, here is the rundown. Continue reading “meal planning with emeals.com”