Homemade Laundry Detergent and Baby food. Only not together.

I used my MEA weekend to further my "prairie mom" skills. Well, I don't think prairie moms had food processors, but whatevs. I pureed a bag of organic pears and froze them in some tiny individual containers I got at the dollar store. Violet loves her pears! So far the only veggie I have made is peas, which I pureed and froze in ice cube trays. Pretty easy!

I also got an idea from my lovely www.craftster.org, and made my own powdered laundry detergent! This turned out awesome, but I have yet to wash the diapers with it so I will post and update about it's poo-fighting ablities...

To make your own cheap and awesome laundry soap you will need:
1. a food processor
2. 1 bar of soap that you like- I choose Kirks Castille because it was cheap, at my CUB, and it's all natural and fragrance and animal product free. I did also buy a Kiss My Face Olive Oil bar, but it was 4x the cost, so I am using that in the shower!!
3. 1/2 cup WASHING soda, not baking soda- I found it at CUB in the laundry area.
4. 1/2 cup Good old Borax- and you thought that was only used for making homemade silly putty!!

All you do is chop up the soap really fine in the FP, then add the powdered stuff and blend, then VIOLA! I use an old coffee scoop- one scoop per load.

Now if only I can figure out how to make my own proactiv solution I'll be set.

First Food, September 6th 2008

Yummy

Halloween Thrift score!

Mike and I went a little over board at the Unique this weekend. We bought Violet enough halloween clothes to last until she's in her terrible two's! I also got a bunch of wooden toys and blocks, and yet another toy guitar! Spoiled baby.

Becoming a Person

I posted this picture on Myspace and my friend Stacy marveled at the fact that Violet suddenly became a little person! It's true, she has moved from the teensy little grimace monster who barely made a peep and had a bad case of "the crazy eyes", to a book loving gigglebee who can screech louder and higher then a dog whistle. Amazing. p.s. I lOVE this crazy thing she is sitting in- it's called a "Bumbo" of all things, and it helps lil sprouts like Vie who want to sit up, but just can't quite yet.

Lyra's Knit hat from the Golden Compass Movie: baby style

I fell in love with the hat Lyra is wearing in the Golden Compass! It looked like a cinch to knit- and I was right- it took about 20 mins to knit up a baby sized one for Violet. Pretty cute!

I got the free pattern from Lion Brand website:http://www.lionbrand.com/cgi-bin/patternFinder.fcgi?search=Search&searchText=lyra+hat&Go.x=0&Go.y=0

Nikki Mclure

Yesterday I succumbed to the "Mom" hair cut. That's right, I chopped off my very long locks in favor for a short, non-baby accessible hair-do. Thats not really the point though- as I was under the dryer, I was was flipping through the new Bust and came across this print by artist Nikki Mclure. It made me instantly regret my ponytail-ectomy. Birthday present anyone?

My favorite diaper cover!