As we kick off summer this year, I find myself enjoying making smoothies more and more each morning. Smoothies are cool, refreshing, healthy, tasty, and pretty easy to make. But, unless I have a handy list with ideas of what to put into my smoothie {such as the free printable included in this post}, … [Read more...] about How to Make the Perfect Smoothie {Plus Add-in Ideas}
Recipes
How to Naturally Clean Vomit Off Carpet or Furniture {Plus a Post-Vomit Cleaner Recipe}
Toddlers are weird. When they have the stomach bug, food poisoning, gag themselves, or otherwise need to vomit, they shun any bucket, bag, or trash can that you *try* to get them to puke into (sometimes even as though they're afraid of it!). Instead, they projectile vomit all over your nice clean … [Read more...] about How to Naturally Clean Vomit Off Carpet or Furniture {Plus a Post-Vomit Cleaner Recipe}
Essential Tip Tuesday: How to Eliminate Unpleasant Odors with Young Living’s Purification {Plus a Homemade Febreeze Recipe}
Something that I miss are those little round, flat, yellow, plastic discs commonly sold by the diaper pails at discount stores and baby super stores. They're the diaper pail deodorizers. I gave them up a long time ago after learning that they were chemically laden and terrible for the human body … [Read more...] about Essential Tip Tuesday: How to Eliminate Unpleasant Odors with Young Living’s Purification {Plus a Homemade Febreeze Recipe}
Honey Citrus Body Scrub
Something that I have been trying to incorporate in my daily hygiene routine is using a body scrub (I use it mainly on my hands and feet, then dry brush the rest of my body). Here are some of the benefits of using a body scrub: Exfoliates. It sloughs off dead skin cells which helps towards … [Read more...] about Honey Citrus Body Scrub
How to Make the Best Homemade Nut Butter
Nut butter is definitely a most beloved condiment in our home. Though my very strange husband doesn't like any nut butter {gasp!}, both of my boys and I love it. We use them atop sourdough bread for sandwiches, in smoothies, in baked goods, as fruit dip, and so on. And since we aim to eat as … [Read more...] about How to Make the Best Homemade Nut Butter
25 Real Food Snack Ideas for Toddlers
Some toddlers can be picky sometimes. Okay, a lot of times. So it helps to have variety when it comes to snacks so that things are kept more interesting. But when you're a busy mom with a million things on your mind, it's sometimes difficult to think of such an assortment of snacks. And you don't … [Read more...] about 25 Real Food Snack Ideas for Toddlers