6 of my favorite things (baby/child/cloth diaper themed)

Molly's Bottoms
Roo-bugs

Gymboree
Dr Bronner's Baby Mild Soap
Baby Bee Buttermilk Lotion
Hyland's Teething tablets

Molly Bottoms are seriously the most beautifully crafted hand knit diaper covers (shorties, longies, skirties) I've ever seen! We are fortunate  enough to have a few pairs and will hopefully add a few more to our stash within the next month or so! The best thing is that Denise (the mommy/knitter) is awesome! She is seriously one of the coolest chicks I know!

Roo-bugs are definitely the squishiest diapers we own. I just want to roll around in them...LOL. They fit awesome and are very absorbant.  And on top of that, the mommy behind them, Gina, is another awesome chicky!

Gymboree probably doesn't need any explanation. I love the play sets. Good quality clothing that stays in style for a long time. Probably some of our most durable and loved baby and children's clothing. And you can get superb deals on their stuff (which is the only way I buy it). I have no issues with buying used Gymbo either because of the quality.

Dr Bronner's Baby Mild Soap is hands down the only soap that will touch my children's body. It doesn't have nasty toxic chemicals in it. It scores 2 on the cosmetic data base and seriously leaves my children squeaky clean and smelling heavenly! We LOVE LOVE LOVE it!

Baby Bee Buttermilk Lotion is my favorite because a little goes a long way and it smells nice. Now this doesn't score quite as low on the cosmetic database (4 out of 10) but we don't use it every night either.

Hyland's Teething Tablets are my favorite because they work for us and they are homeopathic! Can't beat that :)

Wordless Wednesday

Here is my first attempt at Wordless Wednesday......

 

 

 

 

 

 

There ya go....disgusting, I know!

Motivate Me Monday - Random Domestic Duties

So today is my first day of blogging with my new themes :) So on MMM (Motivate Me Monday's) I will write about what I want to get accomplished and then update later that night.

Must Do:
Prep dinner for crock pot (Italian Sausages with Pepper & Rotini)
Clean Kitchen
Clean Living Room
Clean both bathrooms
Clean Master Bedroom
Call CSAS admission office
Call doctor's about lap-band adjustment self-pay pricing
Prepare reimbursement forms for FSA
Put Kadie's car seat back together (she threw up in in yesterday)
Mail out custom tie dyes, orders
Run to Wal-Mart to pick up a few things
Wash diapers
Dye wool yarn!

Would like to do:
Run to Old Navy to look at a tan peacoat for Kadie and any other sales they might be having
Start working on Kadie's fall closet

Thus far, I have chopped all the ingredients for our dinner and they are now slow-cooking to perfection in the crock pot. I will just have to boil the noodles, bake the bread and prep the salad when dinner time approaches. Hopefully this is good..I think Chris will like it!

While the children are happily watching Yo Gabba Gabba I'm going to tackle the rest of this list, so I will update later.
Update: Well I didn't quite finish my list but I did get quite a lot accomplished.

Here is a picture of dinner - served with salad and bread. It was pretty filling and my kids actually ate it! Chris liked it too! I'm not a huge fan of Italian Sausage but I didn't mind this at all. There was enough for us all to have a serving and for Chris to take it to lunch - plus one more!







I was able to get the kitchen and living room cleaned but never got to tackle the bathrooms or master bedroom. My mom came by for a couple of hours so I was able to run my errands. Here is what I came back to:

This is our playroom. And yes it does get pretty messy during the day, but seriously? Surprisingly it didn't take that long to clean! Some of it infiltrated the living room but was quickly relocated when I got home. And yes, Kadie is talking on a "phone". Harrison is behind the gold chair playing kitchen. And just so you know, that gold chair is older than me :) It belonged to my mom and dad and I begged them for it when we moved.

So I guess you could say my efforts were needed elsewhere! LOL

When I called CSAS I was pleasantly surprised to find out I have the date to submit kindergarten applications wrong! It is not October 3rd but rather October 24th so that means I might get to camp with the crazies!
I'm waiting on some return phone calls with my lap-band adjustment. I discovered it will likely be $250-300 with my current physician and awaiting a call back from another one. Thankfully we can flex it so hopefully I'll get that scheduled soon so I can lose some weight! Still carrying around 20 lbs from K's pregnancy...not cool.

Here are some cute pictures from the day. My son loves to dress up and he pulled out his Halloween costume that he wore at 2 years.

They have so much fun together!

And she is just too cute!












I've got my diapers in the wash right now and I'm prepping my dye to start the yarn tonight so I will wake up to freshly dyed yarn to rinse tomorrow!
Just one more picture before I close. Kadie threw up in her car seat yesterday so I had to wash the cover. So I reassembled everything and put her in it to make sure it looked right.

And just in case you are looking at this picture and thinking her chest clips are not at armpit level or feel compelled to tell me the cover is coming up on the side....I know! Relax, she is just inside and we practice extended rear facing and all other forms of car seat safety :)

Playing with black dye

I finally decided to try black dye again. My last experience with it was not pleasant. I'm quite pleased with how most things looked after the final wash. I mixed 2 different black dyes to get this color, which for the most part is a true black.


My first dye project for myself with my professional dyes - the heart is a little off centered but doesn't look bad when I wear it


Diaper Cuts for Sugar N Spice Congo


Shirts for Harrison and Kadence - the black in his shirt did not turn out as well

I washed them on 2 hot washes so it is a true black! I'm dyeing wool yarn tomorrow...super excited about that!

Going to try to start blogging regularly

I always have great intentions and great ideas in my heads but just never do it! So I've decided to be better about it! I'm having trouble sleeping here lately so I might has well make use of my time. So I thought I would work on some theme days to keep me motivated.
Motivate Me Mondays - will write about things I am motivated to do that day
Wordless Wednesdays - got this idea from several friends blogs
Funny Fridays - will tell something funny or post funny picture

I will try to blog in between but I figured having some themes might keep me motivated to write!