I set our baby boy down in the family room with the big kids so I could clean the kitchen. He’s crawling now and pulling himself up! So what does he do? He crawls over to the cabinet and pulls down a bunch of coupon inserts!
The big kids, knowing how important the coupons are, start yelling that there is an emergency! I come running to find our little rascal rustling and ripping up coupons! You can see him there on the left having fun!
Can You Relate To This?!
Krista Manton
can I relate? yes, oh yes…sadly
Shelley Kash
Oh Yes I can Relate to this! Up until this past Wednesday my coupons were a mess! Completely unorganized mess all over the place! I was finding coupons in the strangest places! I found a coupon in my underware drawer! (I bought a pack of Socks and it had attached to the plastic packaging and I threw the pack into the drawer). Three days ago I got myself a coupon organizer binder (Coupon Mom) and I sat down to put it together. It took me about 3 hours of uninterrupted time to get it all done. I had fun with my kids having them search all over the house to find any “runaway” coupons! Hopefully, now I will stay organized!!! LOL!
Sarah
Baby loves inserts and ads. I don’t know why they’re so fascinating! But the texture of junk mail is his favorite, beyond any other paper goods. Silly babies…
Rebecca Rowan
Yes!
lisa a roberts
I think it is funny how the other kids call it an EMERGENCY knowing about your coupon use !!!! i unfortunately sometimes have the inserts but never use them — just cant get motivated to do it
dana
oh I feel the pain…and chaos…yet it also makes me smile =)
marci hedegard
I can!
mandy
Oh yes! What a mess…lol. been there for sure.
Maria fink
Oh yes indeed! I panicked when my daughter scribbled in my formula coupons! 🙁 couldnt use them anymore!
carol
Yes!
Kristy
I save adds and old inserts just so little ones can have this kind of fun without causing me any stress 🙂
thriftycas
What a great idea Kristy! There is just something so fun about this type of paper!
casey z.
I can sooo relate to this!! And that is why coupon clipping is now done while my boys are napping:)
becky
My lil man does the same thing!! i keep my papers etc.. on the side table until i can get through them… so this happens!!!
Rebekah Martineau
Oh yes!!! after 4 kids i finally have it figured out – i stock up on kleenex bloxes and let them pull each kleenex out 1 at a time. it keeps them occupied for quite a long time. then, i put the still-usable kleenexes in a ziplock bag for future use on runny noses. i even gift-wrapped a box for my daughter’s 1st birthday (much to my husband’s horror) and it was her favorite gift. with coupons, this is a super cheap game for busy hands to play and keep them out of my more important papers. i also have a large paper recycling bin that i let them play in. they have just as much fun putting the papers back in as they had pulling them out.
Depsy Lamar
Ohhh yes can totally relate!!! I have to put my coupons up high….VERY high where none of my kids can get to them!!!!
anna
My little one does exactly the same the second he can get a hold of the inserts, thanks you made me smile!!
Debbie
Oh man, that would be so frustrating! You wouldn’t know which coupon went to what insert.
Jill W
My baby boy is totally into coupons, too! I have started leaving a stack of expired inserts on the top of my coupon files. That way, he’ll get into those first, and I will hopefully have plenty of warning before he gets into my coupons. Plus, these expired coupons are fun for my older girls to use to play “grocery store” with!
Bridget
I have no children, but I can’t leave my inserts anywhere near my ferrets! They think any kind of paper is great fun, inserts in particular. So I have to hide them, unless I want them to become ferret bedding…lol.