Get your frock on

So it's a belated celebration to Jelly Bean day and an early celebration of the royal nuptials. No, it's not the jelly bean that is worth 100K + because it looks like Kate M. These are Jelly Bellys... the best tasting jelly beans out there and are made in the USA. The art piece by John Lewis is fabulous with the different shades of color. You gotta love that you can buy belly flops and all the amazing flavor.

Dear Jelly Belly,

Please bring back your blue mint to market, because I have missed it and your peppermint pink is not cutting it.

Thanks,

A devoted customer

Well, Kate and Will I will toast a cup of herbal tea and eat an English scone with french creme in your honor on friday. I just hope you have a more blissful marriage then Charles and Di. I love your eco-friendly cottage.

Thai Night

Pad ki mow is what I made and we ate for dinner last night. Pad ki mow is spicy pork noodles with lime leaves, instead of pork I used bison (because I had it not very Thai to use bison, I know) it was so yummy. I was amazed at the taste and it was all cooked in 10 minutes. Mr. Incredible liked it as well, though different tasting then Indian and Filippo dishes. I've had Keffir lime leaves around the kitchen from Savory Spice Shop so it was an easy meal to make. It was topped off with a cherry banana smoothie.

Nan-traditional Easter

So yesterday for Easter we skipped out on the traditional ham and made vindaloo and Nan bread. It was so yummy with a berry sorbet! I love the holiday season of celebrating the birth of the savior with eggs and bunnies. I absolutely love Ukrainian eggs, they are amazingly beautiful next year I plan on making alot of them and stuffing them with candy like the old school. It was a fun Easter!

Soap box: Read

I wish that people were more aware of how their political actions can mean alot. Really, I know its hard to believe, when you continually vote and it does not change anything. I love to be more aware of whats happening in the world. I wish more people would take the time to read and learn what is going on. It is about expanding your horizons. We may not have the same experiences as each other but that does not mean you can't enlighten my life by your experiences. You can probably tell by the picture I have been reading alot of genocides and dictatorship. So be aware and read, don't pull a Mel Gibson! I promised along time ago when I talked about bilingual baby about a search engine for Spanish books from PBS its great tool.

DIY Projects for baby shower

One of my friends is having a baby girl at last after so many boys. So I was going to make her a tutu but I found one locally made cheaper then I could have ever made it for. But I decided to make her a tea skirt that was reversible with the tutu. It was pretty easy to make and turned well here is the instructions if you want to do it. I bought her amazing brand new clothes at this fabulous consignment boutique . I love locally owned business that sell locally made clothing.

Here are some of my favorite baby DIY projects to look into if you don't knit and feel like creating something for a shower more then a blanket and without a pattern: Making a Baby/Toddler Sling , resources for sewing slings in all varieties
Baby Sensory Tag Blanket,Newborn baby caps, this one is easy to follow
baby knot caps which I heart, girl reversible dress smooch, Make a T-shirt in 90 mins, No sew tutu you can use ribbon or elastic.

Got cloth diapers?

So in celebration of earth day we decided to sign Peanut up for the Great Cloth Diaper Change for the Guinness Book of World Records. It was more fun then expected! It was at the Lakewood Cultural Center which is pretty cool and hosted by Eco-Politan. We won a Ju-Ju-Be Changing Pad and a $25 gift card. Which we got an awesome race car for Peanut which he still has not put down still he got it. On Wednesday I went to the bookstore and Peanut wanted this creepy looking cat that looked like my Mother and younger sista would pick out from Manhattan toys the picture does not show its strangeness. I walked to the bookstore with Peanut in the Ergo baby carrier he is so big, I wish I had the stroller with me.

Needless to say all of us had a fabulous week. Peanut was even ok with sporting his sunglasses on the playground this week that made him look like Stevie Wonder as he looked at the sun. at the Easter egg Hunt on friday he didn't even care to get more then one egg. He loved playing with other kids toys more then candy.

Charlie's Soap review

In February I wrote on how we won Charlie's Soap I love the spray cleaner. The laundry powder is lame in my opinion, it does not clean stains and when it's being used for Peanut's highly sensitive skin that is what I need. a soap to get stains out and clean the clothes. I'm glad I did not buy it. I would not recommend it! But hey if any one wants to give it a try it's yours for the taking.