Simple Birthday Parties- The Kids will Thank you for it!
I’ve always enjoyed throwing great birthday parties for my children. We’ve done some pretty cool and creative things.
This year my son wanted a swimming party. I thought that sounded fun. The only problem is that my son’s birthday is in February and even though we live in the south, it’s too cold for a swimming party.
Fortunately, we have some great friends who happen to have an indoor, heated pool.
They were so kind to allow us to use the pool so my son got his SpongeBob swimming party after all. It was very fun and very simple.
In fact, one of my family members said to me, “You really have mellowed on your birthday parties.” I smiled and said “Yes, I have.”
See, I’m that mom that has always thought that I had to make the cake myself and come up with lots of games to play and party favors that had to be unique and creative.
The parties have always been great, however I have always ended up exhausted and stressed.
This year, rather than staying up the entire night before (Literally, I do this) baking and decorating the perfect theme cake, it was a beautiful store bought SpongeBob cake—AND THEY LOVED IT.
Rather than planning games and prizes, they went swimming and played together—AND THEY LOVED IT. Rather than spending money on exceptional party favors trinkets (that will be thrown in the trash within days), I simply put together candy bags—AND THEY LOVED IT.
So, it took 8 birthday parties to get here, but I have decided that simple is good. I get sleep, but more importantly, my son and his friends have a great time and that’s all that really matters.
Posted in Family Time, Healthy Kids by charli
Looking for an Alternative to Plastic Water Bottles? Look No Further
I love water bottles! let me say that again…I LOVE water bottles. I keep at least 5 at my desk, 3 in my car and 2 in bag. Seriously. I have every type of water bottle that you could imagine.
I actually started selling water bottles to help pay my way through college. lol.
That said, once this controversy got out over hard plastics I started looking for an alternative to plastic bottles. Which brought forth New Wave enviro’s Stainless steel water bottles and my all time favorite- the corn plastic water bottles.
Not to say that I don’t still drink out of the hard plastic water bottles, because to me the jury is still out. I mean really, the big ’scare’ on hard plastic was quoting a test where they boiled the bottle for 6 hours straight and then it leached-duh! of course it would leach after being boiled for 6 hours at 212 degrees.
Since I am just as equally concerned about toxins from my lotions, shampoos, deodorants and other personal care products and our food source- I figure what the heck- I ‘ll live dangerously and drink from hard plastic occasionally until told otherwise. lol
However, below are the safest reusable water bottles BPA free that we have found on the market. I think the corn bottle is just neat- if you are interested in living green and want to support products made in the USA-then the corn water bottle is the way to go.
Posted in New Product Reviews, Water Bottle Reviews by Melody B
