Beautiful Calling

I am a happy cloth diapering mama! With baby #2 that is. With baby #1, I gave up quite quickly and want to share with you what works for me when it comes to cloth diapering! Stay Home In hind sight, I think one of the reasons that my first cloth diapering attempt failed miserably [...]

I have a beautiful life! It’s made up of so many facets of my God-given Beautiful Calling: to be His child, His ambassador, a wife and a mother. Some days I struggle to view the daily tasks and responsibilities as a high and noble calling. I look around and feel discouraged and overwhelmed. Usually it [...]

This may be a lame WFMW post but I came across this site Skin Deep (thanks DH!) and was amazed (shocked, appalled) at the results of some of the ingredients and ratings of every day products we use such as lotions and shampoos. I was very surprised to read that there are cancer-causing agents in [...]

Photo adapted from Zanastardust Swimming and summer go hand in hand. Though your summer may be filled with sprinkler fun, chances are you are heading out to the beach or the pool at least once this summer! While we aren’t very close to a beach, we do live close to my parents who own a [...]

So we all know that part of good sun safety is sunscreen. What do you do when you have little ones with extremely sensitive skin and bad eczema? Well, I have two year old and a 11 month old and I’ve been trying to figure it out. I keep them out of the sun and [...]

Photo adapted from Zanastardust I grew up in Northern Ontario where a nice beach day was about 23 deg c (73 deg F). Most of our cars didn’t have air conditioning and neither did our houses. We did have a rogue hot day but with no humidity, it was nice. I now live in Southern [...]

Photo by Retail Packaging I’ve had several reviews, giveaways and such on my blog lately. Is this the focus of my blog? Absolutely not! A sponsor asked me the other day how readers know that they can trust my reviews. That answer is what prompted this post. Let me share with you what works for [...]

Photo adapted from Zanastardust We’ve had some rain around these parts. Ugh. It’s summer and we want to be outside but rain does happen. Don’t let it dampen your summer fun! Use these ideas to have a great summer vacation regardless of the weather!   Build Forts – eat snacks in your tent, play silly [...]

Photo adapted from Zanastardust Fun in the water is the number one summertime activity and a definite must for a Sizzling Summer! It is also one of the most dangerous activities. Water-related accidents happen every day and are the second leading cause of accidental death in littles aged 1-14. Drowning can take place in as [...]

It was the simplest of ideas; cheap, easy to make, and lasting… Rock Critters! This is one of the last rock critters we have kicking around. I would say he’s about 20+/- years old. He resides in moms garden. His eyes are missing so he just has rocks propped up on him. We used to [...]