Feeling Beachie

The statements: 1. Having _7 kid’s ________ of____different ages_______ helps me__not loose it during the hard stages because I know what comes next. _______ 2. I _go the YMCA___________ to ___work out alone, shower alone, go to the restroom ALONE.____________ 3. The first thing I do in the AM is __take my thyroid medicine and drink a bottle of water_-/li> 4. Tomorrow morning I am going to __go to the YMCA and put children in childcare then work out and then if the baby is still okay I am going to set in the hot tub by myself before showering by myself. This could be the best two hours of my life.___

My Baby Girl and Baby Boy

Wordless Wednesday

This is the face of a child that is awake at 3am. His first sickness was a stomach bug. I hate it for him. He stopped talking and drooling. 

I love that after being sick and not sleeping he can still smile. I love this blessing. 

Pamela

Play dough That Smells Great

I love playing with play dough. Especially homemade play dough. I have made it for years. 

Only now I can add essential oil so it smells so good. So today we made play dough and added wild orange to it. 

I love  this version because it does not need to be cooked. 

2 cups flour

1 cup salt

4 tea spoons cream of tarter

1/4 cup oil

2 cups boiling water

4-6 drops of your favorite oils 

Put all items in your kitchen aid with the dough hook and let it knead for you for several minutes. Make sure you scrape the sides down several times. If it is too wet add another table spoon of flour. 

Pamela

Baby Bathtub

Jacob does not love the bathtub. When I saw this idea I thought I found our solution. He can set up now. This did not solve his dislike of the bathtub but I think it is helping. 

We chose to not buy a bunch of baby items this time. I am trying to save space and only buy what we really need and will use. 

So tell me what baby item did you realize you did not need or wish you had bought. 

  I think my best investment was my ergo baby carrier. 

Pamela