Cloth Diapers easier than you think!

Baby in Alva cloth diaper pushing a toy

I never thought I would use cloth diapers When I first thought of using cloth diapers, I was very hesitate because I didn’t understand how to use them or how budget friendly they are! I have used them for several months now and love them! They are easy to use, clean, and have saved me close to $200 a month! …

Huggies Diaper reward stickers are pointless to save!

huggies reward sticker

Huggies Diaper reward stickers are pointless to save! My husband and I started saving Huggies Diaper reward stickers when Buddy was first born over 3 years ago. We saved them consistently and every now and then would enter them into the Huggies.com. A couple months ago we were running low on diapers and I thought I would finish entering in …

Reclaimed Lumber From a Hot Tub Deck

A stack of reclaimed lumber

We are always looking for ways to save money on the East Texas Homestead. With our friends knowing this, the other day a friend of mine let me know about an opportunity to get some free lumber. I couldn’t pass this up. He was going to be reconstructing a hot tub deck and needed the original deck removed. The wood …

Butterfly Craft

paper plate butterfly craft

One morning Buddy’s Grandpa brought in a beautiful butterfly that had died attached to the front of his truck. It was a big butterfly that was yellow and black. Buddy immediately wanted to know what kind of butterfly it was. So instead of telling him we didn’t know, my husband looked it up and we discovered it was called a …