Today I'm Thankful For...

Kool Aid Dyeing

Just wanted to share some pictures of the fun! We basically used this tutorial, and partially wung(is that a word?) it. Try it! It's super fun!

Growing Up Green!

I stumbled upon this book last Friday while browsing at a discount store. I didn't really scan through it much, but it was $2.99 and I thought, "Hey, what have I got to lose?"

I LOVE THIS BOOK.

It has so much helpful information for parents who want to live a more natural lifestyle with their little one(s). Just last night I used it as a reference while choosing a natural sunscreen for my sweet girl. If you have ANY interest in going green for your family, definitely check this book out. You can buy it on amazon.com for .01. If you buy it and hate it, then sell it to me and I'll give it to one of my friends!! haha!

Being Thankful

Today I had an idea (or maybe I stole it from someone... I can't remember...) to try to take a picture every day of something I'm thankful for. I'll be trying my best to post them here! (I'm also posting them in a facebook album, so sorry for the repeats, facebook friends!)

5 Months!

4.16.10
I can't believe my little girl is 5 months old! But I guess I say that every month...

She's becoming such a big girl. New things she's doing are:
- Reaching for everything. Including us!! <3 <3 <3
- I don't know if I mentioned this last time, but she'll take a bottle of pumped milk now without screaming!
- She has her 2 bottom teeth!
-Whenever she's laying on the floor she is constantly lifting her head and her feet in an effort to try to sit up. She's not quite ready for sitting though, when I prop her with the boppy she usually slowly slides down to a laying position, but we're working on it!
- She has become a lot more vocal. She talks a lot when she's happy and when she's chewing on things.

My baby chicken is so super sweet. <3

Being Green =D

I thought I would take some time to share some products our family uses and different ways that we consider ourselves to be "green" or natural. I'm just going to list some things and possibly talk about them a little bit.

**I will add more to this list as I think of things or as we do more to be green!**

-Reusable water bottles. We use either stainless steal or BPA free plastic.

-Stainless sippy cups. Z doesn't use hers yet, but we have one!! =]- Dr. Brown's bottles. These are made of BPA free plastic. Z is exclusively breastfed, but she take the occasional bottle of breastmilk if I'm not able to be with her for a feeding.
-Reusable shopping bags. When we get groceries (or anything), we use a giant LL Bean canvas tote, and then the store reusable bags for everything that won't fit.

-Reusable Produce bags. (Which we fill with locally grown & organic produce as often as possible!) I purchased ours from AMK designs and they're great! No more plastic bags to throw away when we get home!
- Cloth napkins & towels. We don't buy paper napkins or paper towels.

-7th Generation Dish Soap.
-Planet Laundry Detergent.- We recycle. Everything our transfer station will let us. Plus we save #5's for the 'Gimme 5' program at Whole Foods.

- Cloth diapers. We use cloth diapers full time. Even at night and when we go out!- 7th Generation Baby Wipes. We had previously used cloth wipes, but switched to 7th Gen when our little one's diaper rash appeared to be going away when we used them.

- CJ's BUTTer. We use this on Z's bum at every diaper change and as a moisturizer all over. You can read the review I did here.

-Burt's Bees baby wash.- Burt's Bees Shampoo & Conditioner for me.-Dr. Bronner's soap for me. (And occasionally Z.)

-Tom's of Maine toothpaste.