Honestly!

I am one of those strange people who actually enjoys cloth diapering most days (more on that for a later post).  But there are times when I just need to be able to use disposable diapers.  Let's face it, asking your extended family for the use of their washing machine to clean your child's dirty diapers is probably not on the top of the list of things you want to do while your visiting.

With now near four years of diapering little people under our belt we've used A LOT of diapers, cloth and paper.  I think we've almost tried them all.  Both our children broke out in rashes with Huggies, and while they seemed to be able to tolerate Pampers alright, the way that the diapers stuck to their bottoms when it was hot, and the fresh powdery smell that they exude is just a little bit disturbing to me. Target diaper seemed to work OK, but the more I read about all of the chemicals that most diapers have in them, and the more little gel pebble I found when changing my son, the more I was swayed to stick with the natural diapers.  We tried a lot of those too, with varying success.  Eventually we landed with Seventh Generation, and I would still happily use them.  They are fairly soft, hold a lot, and keep babies bottom dry!  What more could you ask?

Well... with our second child, I ran across a company called Honest.  Super cute natural diaper shipped to my doorstep when I need them!  We tried them, and I am in love!  They don't keep baby quite as dry as Seventh Generation, but they do about as good a job as any cloth diaper, and the company is just plain amazing!  They let me mix and match the quantities and sizes of diapers - I just placed an order for 3 sleeves of size 3s and 1 sleeve of size4s for my daughter, and two sleeves of training pants for my son.  All in the same box! All here by the end of the week!  Every time I call the sales reps are so friendly and helpful, and the products are just wonderful!

I am totally sold, and very, very content!

Thanks Honest!
Honestly :)

Kitchen - without an 'e'

My amazing husband just introduced me to the most delicious blog!!

http://www.thekitchn.com/

Craving a plum cake, and don't want to take the extra trip to the store for ingredients. Found this recipe.




Looks super yummy, think I might try it......

Muffin Balls!

Our three year old now associates the glorious green siren that dots America's highways with the infamous Pink Birthday Cake Pop.  He LIVES for cake pops!  It's can be a great motivational tool.

Some times, however, we do like to eat healthy things... About once a week I aim to make these boring, yet healthy whole wheat muffins, which some how my entire family loves.

One weekend, during a family shopping day at TJMaxx, we found a cake pop baking tin & snatched it, thinking we might get ambitious and actually make cake pops for our little fanatic.  While that has yet to happen, I found an even better use for the pan.

Muffin Balls!

Like I said, it's just a simple, whole wheat muffin recipe, but the disappear even faster than before, and it's a great portion size for little hands who very seldom have time to stop wrecking trains and flying airplanes to sit down and eat. 

My newest addiction

I chose to start this blog by posting about my newest current obsession.
Those who know me, know that I LOVE hats.  I wear hats as often as I can, and my children, and my husband also rarely leave the house with out a hat.  My son even sleeps in his hat, but, let's face it, who can resist the power of Thomas the Tank Engine?

When it came to finding a summer hat for my daughter I ran into a bit of a problem this year - she thinks it's great fun to remove hats as soon as they land on her head.  Once I discovered that the search began to find a  cute, comfy, summer hat that I could tie to her head.  Do you know how impossible it is to find that?!?
We found one adorable one from Baby Gap, - of course, I can't find a photo of her in the hat to share right now -  but alas, one hat really is not enough.  I gave up on looking for hats and started looking for hat patterns.  I scoured Etsy.com and found Lea & Lars shop and knew this was it.  Simple, cute and totally customize-able.  What I didn't know is how easy it would be!  And I am not a professional sewer!  Two hours later, give or take, a super cute, super functional hat!

If it weren't past midnight, and my two little people weren't taking turns waking up at three for various, inexplicable reasons, I would whip out some more fabric and make another, and another, and another.

Here, finally, is the pretty little hat on our pretty little girl!