Dinasaur Bones

We had COOL Easter eggs this year! (Thanks to last years clearance!) Stu insisted they were Dinosaur bones, NOT Dinosaurs!

Happy St. Patrick's Day

 Even though the Leprechaun's skipped our house today... {{Stu doesn't even know what a Leprachaun is yet so we are safe!}} we still had lots of yummy treats and green food!



We did get rainbows and gold! {Stu pounded like 10 of these today.}

We had green mango crepes for breakfast!! Stu only ate the "green pancakes" and he ate them like a monster! When I said stop eating like a cow he said "eat like a horse??" He does know his animals! (:

{This is what he does when I tell him to look at my phone so I can take a picture. So obedient, right?!!!}

A {not so warm} walk to church.

Boy in green #1.

Boy in green #2. {The one who refuses to LOOK at the camera!}

 And, finally a close up. (:

Hope you had a great St. Patrick's day!!

Happy March

Can you believe it is already the middle of March!! 

Crazy~ I am always excited when this time of year comes along because it means Corned beef and Cabbage! If you have never tried Corned beef and you don't make it every St. Patty's day and maybe other days too just because, you need to try it!! It is SO good!

Like my St. Patrick's day decor?!! Stu especially likes the "chocolate money." You can download the printable here.

Today---

8 Months Old

I CAN'T BELIEVE THIS KID IS 8 MONTHS OLD!!! Where has the time gone?? O yeah, it left while we were not sleeping and trying to transition to a life with two cute boys. Our life is kinda crazy but it sure is worth it! I love these two naked crazies!!

better late, than never

Stu's Valentine's. 

As easy as--

{1} 

 {2}

{3}

Hope you all had a wonderful Vday spending time with those you LOVE!! We sure did!

Homemade Laundry Soap-- my version

My Mom and Mother-in-law have been using homemade laundry soap for a while and got me to love it! I hate, hate, DOUBLE HATE how much laundry soap costs. So I was happy to try it. After a few tries and changes here is my version, that I LOVE!

Homemade Tide

 Ingredients 

Borax (~$2.99)

Arm and Hammer Super washing Soda(~$2.99)

Fels-Naptha Soap bar (~$1.60)

50 oz. bottle of your favorite scent of Tide (~$7.99)

(all can be found at Walmart)

You will also need: a cheese grater and a 3.5 gallon bucket (or similar size)

Grand Total =  ~$15.53 for 112 loads!! That is about 14 cents per load! And, the savings will be even greater the next time (8 cents per load) because you will only have to buy the soap and the Tide. 

*Compare to Tide at 26 cents per load.

WAHOO!!!

1st-- Grate the bar of soap

**Make sure that you let everyone know that you are grating SOAP and not CHEESE! No samples needed!!! (0:

2nd-- add grated soap to 4 cups of water and stir over medium-low heat until melted and there are NO lumps. (about 10 mins.)

3rd-- Fill your bucket 1/2 full of warm water and add 1 c. of washing soda and 1/2 c. of Borax. Stir.

4th-- Add entire bottle of Tide.

5th-- Add melted soap mixture.

 6th-- Fill your bucket the rest of the way with warm water and let it sit over night. It will thicken up a little. (You will need to stir it before each use. A lot of the soap settles to the bottom.)

7th-- Wash all of your clothes and smell how clean and amazing they smell! Don't you just LOVE the smell of tide??!!!

** You can transfer your soap into cute bottles or milk jugs or like me just keep it in the huge bucket. I keep the lid from the Tide bottle and use that to scoop out the amount that I want. I use about 1/4-1/2 cup per load. (Depends on what Stu has been playing in that day!)

I hope you love this laundry soap like I do! And, if you don't change it up until you do.