Viva Mom's savings for the past 2 weeks May 12-26

Yay! This month is almost over, so close to summer break!  Viva Mom has been busy with work, errands, kids, cooking, and cleaning!  So what have I been up to in the savings dept for the past two weeks?

Baby Food, Baby Food, Baby Food!! I can't seem to keep up with my little eater.  I've made peas, sweet potatoes, peaches, pears, and pineapple.

My homemade granola bars are now a major household  favorite, so I have to make a batch each week.

Doing lots of oil/butter free baking to prevent my gallbladder from acting up.  Made breakfast muffins and my applesauce chocolate chip cookies (will post recipe soon!)

We didn't eat out for dinner for close to two weeks.  Went to Sweet Tomatoes last Friday night after I'd forgotten to put dinner in the crockpot!

Used up the rest of my canned cream of soups and chicken broth and made my own cream of chicken soup mix. recipe here When I need broth, I add a tsp of chicken bouillon base to 8 oz of water.  Much more cost effective!

Cooked several chicken breasts in the crockpot and shredded them to freeze in for chicken wraps for work lunches and chicken enchiladas for dinner.

Purchased the YMCA family summer pass for $199.  This will give us membership for 4 months and access to the waterparks, group fitness classes, and childcare.  Regular family membership is $56 a month plus an enrollment fee, so this is a good deal.  

Ryan started working on the master tub project again.  He ordered the plumbing parts from Amazon and a few other places after comparing costs online.  My cousin and Ryan's dad came over the three day weekend to help with getting the plumbing components installed and then the drywall and water proofing up.  It is now ready to tile!!

So the countdown to summer is on, next project is to plan all my summer projects!