Simple bath toys for kids?

It's kind of weird to buy toys for the bath and have them become 'yucky'... filled with old bath water, stuck on with grime. Most of all, they're manufactured somewhere else and you had to use your hard-earned cash to buy them!

We teach our kids skills and the natural properties of fluids subjected to gravity ... or so we'd like to think...

Just take clean yogurt containers (after you've eaten the yogurt) and use them as bath toys. Ditto with plastic cups you get at hotels or even juice or soda bottles.

Better yet, we've drilled holes into them and demonstrated how water flows. Our son loves pouring water back and forth during baths and it has improved his hand-eye coordination immensely.

My wife's haircut: DIY hair

My wife and I cut her hair the other day. Probably saved us 70+ dollars in pre-tax income (gas + haircut + wear and tear on the vehicle). It was slightly stressful, but the 'stress' of cutting hair should wear off once we do more.

Anyhow, where did we learn how to cut her 'victoria beckham bob?' Youtube. That's right.

Youtube is a goldmine for learning to do anything. If you have a question that needs visual demonstration Youtube has it.

Go to the library.

Do you really need to buy books for your home collection? You often just read books and then don't read them for a long time.

Have you considered going to the library? It's usually paid through your tax dollars, so taking out books is usually free.

There are some books that could be family heirlooms, but other books don't even make it to the radar. Those latter books you could just take out of the library.

penny pinching

Did you know that you can get instructional videos on how to cut hair (certain styles too), and how to sew zippers onto things?

I'm not ashamed to say that saved about $100 last week cutting my own hair and sewing my own diaper bag...and it looks pretty okay!

Score!