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If you have been thinking about joining Sam’s Club, now is the time!  They are currently offering a tremendous deal!  Simply enter your email to receive $45 back!  The $45 offer* is an Instant Savings** offer and loads directly onto your membership card within 72 hours of joining.  You then have 60 days to use the savings on your purchases.

If you’re looking for the elusive Germ-X Hand Sanitzer, it is currently available to purchase on Amazon.  There may be shipping delays, but it will get to you eventually!

4- 32 Oz Bottles 

12- 8 Oz Pump

24 – 3 Oz Bottles

We’ve been homeschooling for over 6 years now.  During that time, I’ve found products that I loved and some that didn’t quite hit the mark.  Here’s a roundup of some of my favorite math manipulatives.

Counting Bears with Cups –  These are awesome for counting and sorting.  You can even work on patterns by setting the bears up in different color orders.  We’ve had our set for years and have used it with all of our children.

Learning Cubes – These are great for learning patterns and colors for younger ages and as the kids get bigger, you can continue using them with addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.  My oldest is about to start 6th grade and we are still using them in fractions and such!  Probably one of our most used items.

Wooden Pattern Blocks – These were always one of my favorite things to play with in school.  You can make some fun patterns with them!

Learning Geoboard – You can use these to learn about shapes, area, perimeter, and they are a ton of fun for kids as well.  Really cool to make designs!

Learning ResourcesFraction Tower  – These connective blocks help immensely with learning fractions.  With some kids it’s hard to picture fractions on the page.  It’s easier when you have something to actually touch.  Even better, it shows the decimals and percents.

Double Dice – I actually had no idea about Double Dice until another homeschool mom friend showed them to me and told me how she uses them.  I was amazed at all the ways they can be used!  For example, give one child a double dice.  They roll the dice and whatever the dice comes to, they have to do a math problem.  Keep going until they have created and solved 20 or so problems.  For example, the outer dice is 5 and the inner dice is 2.  5+2=7.  Or for older kids do multiplication,  5×2=10.  Love this!

Do you have any favorites that I haven’t mentioned?  Leave a comment and tell me about it!  I’m always open for checking out new stuff! 

Good morning everyone!  My oldest turned a whopping SEVENTEEN years old yesterday.  Wow.

Last week was crazy for us and I didn’t get a chance to blog much.  If you ever are looking for deals and info, please remember to check out our Mommy Octopus facebook page.  I will often post deals that are good for one day on there.

Here’s our menu for the week!  Have a great one!

Monday: Lasagna, salad

Tuesday: Sandwiches

Wednesday: Buffalo Chicken Dip

Thursday: Leftovers

Friday: Pork chops, veggies

Saturday: Dinner with famly

Sunday: Burgers

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• A One-Year Costco Gold Star Membership with auto-renewal
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• A $40 Costco shop card (gift card is valid towards any purchase, including gas)
• $40 off any order of $250+ on Costco.com

For 2 days only, Carters and OshKosh are having a $10 Doorbuster sale on their swim items, when you buy 2 or more online!  They have the cutest sets for kids!

Shipping is free on orders over $35 or you can select to pick up in your local store, where available.

Be sure to also check out their clearance section to enjoy up to an extra 40% off!

Amazon has their own brand of office supplies called Amazon Basics.  Currently, they have a big sale with FIVE pages worth of Amazon Basic office supplies on sale.  If you need to restock the office or gather some supplies for homeschool, it’s a great sale to check out!

These are so cute for fall decor!  Head on over to Jane.com and you can score a Custom Yard Flag for $9.99 and shipping is free!  There are many more flags available that aren’t shown here, too.  We recently had one made for our camper for when we travel and I love it!  So cute!

Happy Monday!  We are on our fourth day of homeschool and working to get into our routines.  So far it’s going well!

I hope everyone that is starting a new school year has a great and safe one!

Here’s our menu for the week –

Monday: Tacos

Tuesday: Zucchini Quiche 

Wednesday: Grilled Chicken Salad

Thursday: Lentil Soup

Friday: Ravioli & Salad

Saturday: Fried Chicken

Sunday: Dinner out

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Don’t worry, there are some fun videos that you are likely to watch anyway!  Once you’ve watched 5 hours, you will receive an email confirmation with instructions on how and where to redeem your credit.  More information can be found here.