My dear friend Jerry has been in the hospital for several weeks.
But today, he is home and feeling better!
HIP HIP HOORAY!
HIP HIP HOORAY!
HIP HIP HOORAY!
We love you Jerry. Welcome home.
Well I found another use for baking soda that I really like. I added water to it and made a paste. I then used the paste as a facial scrub. It feels like many exfoliating facial scrubs out there, gritty. I have always liked that feeling on my face. I feel like I am getting my face clean and refreshing my skin.
So I gently applied the paste for about 5 minutes all over my face and neck. My skin began to tingle, so I knew it was working. I rinsed my face with a warm wash cloth and then applied my favorite moisturizer. Not only did my face feel CLEAN. It also felt REFRESHED and I was very happy to notice it felt TONED as well.
(I am quite sure I didn’t look this good while using baking soda on my face! LOL!)
I will definitely be using baking soda regularly on my skin. It is certainly SAFE and CHEAP, two adjectives that appeal to me!
What is your favorite use of baking soda? Have you tried it on your skin?
Giant bubbles are so much fun, especially in the summer! Here’s a recipe that is sure to please!
Mix water and corn syrup until well blended. Slowly stir in dish soap. This recipe will last for several weeks in an airtight container. (a milk jug works great!)
The greatest gift a father can give to his children is to love their mother.
Does the title make the hair on the back of your neck stand up? LOL.
I admit I am excited for our vacation to begin, but wish I could be beamed there by some fancy start trek time machine. The thought of the long drive with my 6, 3 and 20 month old is a bit daunting. Add my husband who thinks we should be able to drive straight through without any potty stops and it’s just enough to make me want to cancel the reservation and stay home!
But I soldier on. This year, I will be bringing our portable DVD player. The girls love to get lost in movies so that should make much of our drive “easy”. What I am really excited about is the clipboards I found at the dollar general for $1 and the coloring books to go along with them for $1! I also got a pack of stickers for, you guessed it $1.
Then I made a CAR BINGO game for the kids. They need to find the items on their BINGO cards while we are driving. When they find an item, they cross off the box. When they get 5 in a row, they get a prize. This should be a nice distraction from time to time throughout the trip as they discover things on their lists.
Now I made picture one for my 3-year old and one with words for my 6-year old. So they are age appropriate! Feel free to download the files and share them with your kids. download here: CAR BINGO
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Have you heard this express? Yeah, me too. But I assure you it’s not what you are thinking. Yes, I am an eco-friendly, green mama. But this Going Green is about a boy. My boy.
My boy who fell and broke his wrist last night by falling off the playground equipment at the park.
And now he has a fractured wrist, pictured here. I am sure he will love this photo some day and have a BIG story to tell about it.
And the Going Green part you ask?
His shiny new full length cast. (And the enormous sucker the Doc gave him to keep him busy while he made the cast, which worked like a charm!)
Zero minus 2 hours, and he’s already using the cast as a weapon!
It’s going to be an interesting summer!
Love you little man.
(I knew you’d be the first of my children to sport a cast,
God help me to survive your childhood!)
We pedaled our bikes into town tonight to the park. It was a fun ride. The park has playground equipment and it’s been our destination for the last few days as our kids learn how to ride on the road with their “new” bikes.
While at the playground, something very scary happened. My son was crossing over a “bridge” on the equipment, slipped, and slid through the railing and off to the ground on his head. He was about 4 feet off the ground when he slipped.
Now my husband and I both spot him while he is on the equipment, as he not even 2 years-old. But neither of us were close enough to catch him. We both saw it happen and didn’t quite reach him in time to cushion the blow.
It was one of the most awful feelings to see him fall. By the shear Grace of God, our son seems OK. He is favoring his hand a little. Overall, I think we have been blessed with a near miss.
It’s times like these you are really aware of God’s grace. I certainly wasn’t in control of the situation, but thankfully He was. He protected my son from the worst, paralysis, broken bones, who knows?
I think I’ve thanked Him about every 5 seconds since it happened.
I am sure this will be the first of many scary moments as a parent, especially with this very enthusiast little guy in my life. I am also sure I lost about 10 years off my life tonight and that my hair will ALL be silver when I get up in the morning.
But who cares? He is OK.
Thank you God for being in control. Thank you God for being on my side. Thank you God for gracing me with a healthy little boy.
The Eaton Homestead is in Lorain County, Ohio. We passed this beauty on our way home from a weekend camping trip. I would have liked to stop and spend a little more time with this barn. It is so lovely.
I couldn’t decide whether I liked it in black and white or color. So you got one of both. What do you think?
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