a really cute green shop

I just found this site while playing online this morning. It's super cute and has a great selection of natural/green products! Hmm.... what should I order?

What would you order?

www.gogreenbabyshop.com

return used bpa bottles to babies r us

I have heard throught the grapevine for the last few weeks that you can return your Avent and Dr. Brown's bottles that contain BPA to Babies R Us for a credit. I haven't tried this yet, not can I find a true article online stating this, but I wanted to post it anyway because if it's true, this could turn out to be a great deal! It's totally worth a quick call to my local BRU to confirm whether or not I should drive up there. I will post an update when I find out if my local BRU is taking back used bottles or not.

Have any of you tried this? If so, let us in on the dirt! Share what you know!

grow a garden

Now that summer has officially started for us, I'm going ahead and apologizing if my posts are not quite as frequent. Preschool is over and summer fun has started!

About a week ago I took Charlie to the store to pick out some plants and start a small garden in our backyard. We planted some parsley and mint. We also planted, organic greenbeans, cucumbers, squash, and roma tomatoes. We are having some much fun watching everything sprout up and get tall. It will be even more exciting when we actually have some fresh veggies to pick from our garden.

I am by no means a green thumb, but I have really loved watching my child learn from getting his hands in the dirt, and seeing his excitement each morning as he peeks out to see if his veggies are growing! Hopefully, growing his own will encourage him to eat a little more.

By far the funniest part of this experiment was when we opened the bags of organic top soil to put in our garden. Organic = stinky.... there are only so many ways to rename poop....in the end it still smells like poop!

Do you have a garden? If so, share some tips with me!

chemical free beauty??

I am trying to eliminate as many chemicals in my house as possible. I have already tackled our cleaning products and we are chemical free there now, so next project is health and beauty products. It's ridiculous the amount of chemicals we tend to put on our skin and scalp a day. When you start to think about it, no wonder the cancer rates soar (ps...this is my opinion, with no scientific data backing it up!).

This site: http://www.cosmeticsdatabase.com/, can help you sort through it all. You can search by type of product or type in your favorite and see where it ranks safety wise. It's amazing! I am truly amazed (and some what disgusted), how many products that are deemed "natural", are anything but! I will definitely be making some different purchases over the next few months as I do our personal product overhaul!

If you have a favorite natural or organic health and beauty product, please share it with us in our comments!

teething bling = brillant!

Have you ever heard of Teething Bling? This idea is genius! You know how your baby always is pulling at your necklace or bracelet and putting it in her mouth. Well, Teething Bling is jewelry that is made of silicone and totally safe for your little one to chew on.
"Smart Mom Jewelry is non-toxic, phthalate, BPA and PVC free and all pendants come with a breakaway clasp. CE marking approved."- www.smartmomjewelery.com

My friend Amber at Heavenly Hold just started carrying this line on her website and I was fortunate enough to get to go and look at it in person over the weekend. Now I can wait to get my hands on some! It's so cute!

Go check it out at www.heavenlyhold.com and help me decide what color necklace and bangle I should get. Leave me a comment letting me know what you think! Oh and if you want to get some Bling for yourself, use the code "WEARME" and get 10% off your order!

bye bye teflon

I know the verdict is still out on Teflon and whether or not it poses any health dangers to those of us who cook with it. I wasn't really freaking out about it until the other day when I went to boil some pasta and saw some Teflon floating in the water. Surely that can't be good for us to eat. So, my sweetest husband added a huge purchase to my Mother's Day, but purchasing the above Calphalon Tri Ply Stainless Steel Cookware set for me. So far I am loving it! I especially love the pasta insert for the large pot! And I love that the handles are cool touch, so you don't need a hot pad to remove them from the stove.

What do you think about Teflon??

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