Weekend {and Beyond} Recap

This weekend was a busy one and I think we are due for another photo dump. I am losing track of what has been posted where and when yada yada yada. If you follow me on Instagram...most likely you know all of this.

These are my kids. Words that come to mind are: cute, clowns, eternally happy, frenemies, and hilarious.

Fell asleep in her canopy.

Micah got to see his first movie back in February...of course it was FROZEN. 

{Lo got to go again!}

I knew he would do great. He LOVES to veg out on tv/movies.

He can now quote every.single.line from the movie. Every line.

Lo she could take or leave it. 

 

For our Kidzworld {Kids Church "Sunday" School} the BIG idea was Forgiveness, using Frozen as the theme. We had to dress the part.

Mommy FINALLY got a hair cut. I know it doesn't look drastically different, but trust me it is!

It was too long and lost all shape. YAY! A friend who does hair had an opening on my only night off and I jumped on it!!

 

Have I mentioned yet how much I LOVE my sewing machine?! I love just whipping up projects. In case it isn't abundantly clear I CRAVE creative outlet time. I really should look into a craft weekend. Anyway, I needed an exercise arm band holder for my iPod. Boom! Done.

I also whipped up this maxi skirt. I am NO seamstress, but I love pretending.

In other BIG BIG BIG!!!! News, MW at the tender age of 3 years 3 months gave up his BELOVED paci!!! We were down to one. IT got lost. The end. Wait, then we found it--but it had already been 2 days so we said good-bye and got FUNSHINE bear!! The end.

The adorable Fur baby!!! Thatchy Beau Jangles.

Speaking of Thatchy...he loves me and his sass. When she is outside he goes beserk trying to climb out the window to get to her and then once he figures out how to go out he goes beserk trying to get back to me. He is a mess.

Lo and I started reading chapter books before bed. I love this photo. My mom has one similar when I and my sister were kids. #fullcircle

NOW onto the Weekend...yes, that was all just the last 2 months worth. HA!

I am an RD for the Red Cross GO Red program.

Here I am passing out words of wisdom on Emotional Eating. 

Then it was off to my nephew's FIRST birthday.

He is so freakin' cute!! #nofilter #noedit #thoseeyesarelegit

I will leave the party to my sister...but here are some misc photos from the day.
My Grandparents with ALL but ONE great-grandkid. This is a feat as everyone lives near and far.

Once upon a time these two little girls fit in this bucket...now they are all grown up.

Then I went home and finished making my niece's FIFTH birthday cake. TWICE! As two minutes after I snapped this pic the top layer completely fell off! I cried and then I put my big girl panties on and went to the store and got stuff to make another one. The end.

We had a low key park/zoo party.

She LOVES Elsa and Frozen too!

Melissa ridin' in style. {It was for grandpa}

These two are the biggest BFFs. They just thrive off each other. 

MW reuniting with his orangutan family.

And finally...did you stay with me?!? I planted my garden! Please little seedlings grow!

{I have the black plague of thumbs!!!}

Cold and Flu Bomb

In the previous post I mentioned we were hit by the flu and cold bug.
Chad was definitely hit the hardest.
The kids and I were more cold/sinus-ish.
However I was on a mission to beat this thing and quickly.
"Ain't nobody have time for that."

On my RD blog I wrote about the miracle of essential oils. If you aren't on the essential oil bandwagon you might get a ticket and try it out. I promise you will be amazed.

My favorite blog regarding essential oils {EOs} is CampWander. You should check it out. I linked her getting started post. I don't know a lot, but I have been impressed with the results.

I know you may not be on board yet, but check this video out on how viruses spread. I spent one small group evening laughing at my germ-a-phobe friends and their persistent need to wipe down carts and drown in purell {my hubby is guilty of this of well} while me; you won't ever catch me doing that. Why? because viruses like the flu are airborne. All the purell use and hand washing (which actually I am a greater advocate of than purell using) isn't going to keep that sneeze that your friend just had from floating up your nose and gettin' busy.

Don't believe me watch this: {for the science nerds out there like me!}



Believe me now. You need a strong immune system. One that is ready to fight before you notice you are sick. I am living proof. Chad bathes in purell after touching darn near everything. Guess who brought home the flu? Well, it wasn't me who only washes hands AFTER I arrive home. It wasn't the kids who do the same and are very rarely sick. {In Chad's defense he is seldom sick too.}

Here is why EOs are so effective. More effective than OTCs and drugs.
Please click HERE and check out her post. I don't want to steal her thoughts.

The short and sweet of it if you don't click over, is that EOs can PENETRATE the cell and get to the virus while it is doing it's thing. Synthetic drugs can't. Hmmm. Interesting.

Okay back to my scientific trial this past week.

I found this recipe for the "cold and flu" bomb. The thing about using EOs is making sure you have EOs on hand to create these recipes. I am slowly building my supply up; and thanks to my neighbor I had all I needed to get this protocol going. We did the foot rub.

Recipe:
3 drops each of Oregano, Sheild or Theives and Melaleuca {tea tree oil variety} in either a 00 capsule, shot glass with at least 2 TBSP of water or rubbed on the feet using a carrier oil like coconut.
Dose every 3 hours until symptoms start to slow or disappear and then CONTINUE for 3 more days 3x/day. This makes sure the virus is good and dead.

I used tea tree oil and mixed my own Sheild/Theives since I couldn't get my hands on any.

Chad he wasn't that into it so he stayed sick. The kids and I got better and we are on day 3 of the protocol and when we woke up this morning we were feeling much much better. To prove my theory we only took our mucuinex meds for 1 day. Chad he is still on them. He finally came around one night as he was coughing up a lung. I begged him to trust me and give the cough/decongestant protocol a try.

His cough stopped within 5-10 minutes and he didn't really cough again until the next morning.

I think I am completely hooked. Again, I am totally grateful for modern medicine, but sometimes it is nice to get back to mother nature and let her cure us. Sometimes mother nature knows best.

I will keep testing out things and using us as guinea pigs.
Let me know if you have tried anything and what has helped you!

Peace Out!

P.S. Also keep your home healthy and sanitized by diffusing sheild/theives in a diffuser. If you don't want to buy a fancy diffuser you can use other alternatives, like your humidifier, scentsy warmer, or old fashion reed diffuser. I am using one of my scentsy warmers with water and 2 drops of my DIY theives. It is my understanding this helps grab those airborne germs and helps get rid of them. So we will be diffusing this from now until spring.

Essential {Oils} for your Health

Let's talk about oils.
You are probably thinking "you are a RD, what do you know about essential oils?!"
You would be correct. I don't know much. However, I am learning a lot along the way.

Check out my "other" blog the RD Files to see what I am learning.
It helped clear up my sinus infection in 2 days and helps my daughter{who never sleeps or goes to bed well} and me for that matter SLEEP!!!!

Because I am turning into one of "those" moms. :)