Tuesday Talk

Random thoughts for today:

• I just realized I was defriended on Facebook by someone.  I wonder why?  I hate that old high school feeling I get when stuff like that happens.
• No one in my house got nearly enough sleep last night.  This is looking to be a VERY GROUCHY day in my house.
• On the good side, I am still enjoying the Trim Healthy Mama way of eating!  I LOVE the food, I never feel deprived and I LOVE the variety of food I am allowed to eat!  And oh btw, I have lost 8 lbs in two weeks!!
• Little Prince isn't secure in his walking and has only really taken a couple of steps now and then, but he is so cute when he is teetering there trying to get his balance.
• One thing I am liking about Mrs. Potts living next door is that we tend to eat together.  It is fun to have a sort of pot luck, I cook something, she cooks something and we all eat together of whatever we like. 
• It is good for my kids to have other kids like Maurice and Chip around too.  It is good for them to learn to get along with other kids.
• Princess Magpie was sick yesterday.  Poor baby was so pathetic and listless.  You just wanted to kiss all her yuckiness away.
• Another good thing, I am getting SO MUCH unpacking done!  I am unpacking things I haven't seen in years.  I need more shelves for some stuff now, but it is fun unpacking stuff.
• It is funny to see Little Prince in his cloth diapers because he has such a tiny little bottom and when you put those on him, he looks like he has this giant bottom with tiny little legs coming out.

Tuesday Tidbits

• My weigh-in is tomorrow.  I hope I do well.  I am working hard to get fit and to win this contest!
• My baby boy sleeps unswaddled now.  The first time I saw him sleeping with his little arms out from under a blanket, he looks so much like a big boy and not a tiny baby, it made me cry.
• I also cried the first time I had to put away diapers because they didn't fit him anymore.
• I bought the cutest little animal print cloth diapers yesterday and I love that they are so soft!
• I am looking forward to getting back into homeschooling again. 

Thursday Thirteen

Thirteen things about my day:

1. Princess Magpie is still not going potty on the potty.  She is waiting until bedtime and using her pull-up.  She has tremendous bladder control, I have to tell you.  I am giving her time.  She likes the potty, but one of the things about her that makes me wonder if she is on the autism scale like her sister is her insistence on routine.  She is convinced that a pull-up or a diaper is where that goes.  I am working on making her feel better and letting her spend as much time as she likes on the potty and hopefully she will go one day by accident and then I can celebrate and she can get it.  
2. On the other hand, Princess Snifflefritz has seen us working with (just turned 4 year old) Princess Magpie and asked us for underwear and asked if she could go potty too.  I figured she is only 2 1/2 but what the heck, I gave it a shot and she DID IT!!!  First try she did it!!  She doesn't have the bladder control her sister does but she has managed to go every time she sat on the potty.
3. I made a roast chicken dinner for my family.  With my guest still staying with us, I had to make 2 chickens but it was a HUGE hit and everybody loved it.  It was worth heating up the house.
4. I get a kick out of seeing all the cloth diapers on the clothes line.  It makes me happy to see them out there every morning shining in the morning sun.
5. I love my guest, he is great and so helpful with Little Prince but I do miss alone time with Prince Charming.  I miss our evenings alone watching our shows and chatting.  
6. I LOVE this house.  I wish we could stay here forever!  But I know that at some point Little Prince is going to need a bedroom and that sucks.  I didn't know that he wouldn't be able to share with the little girls because Princess Magpie will be at least five or six by the time he is old enough to be in the room with them.   And while Princess Snifflefritz would be young enough, Princess Magpie likes sharing with her little sister and Princess Belle likes having a room of her own. 
7. I am glad to be putting my diet back on the list again.  I need to do that.  I even went out and bought scales.
8. I bought some earings at the dollar store!  I know it is silly but they look nice, I won't be heartbroken if they break and I LIKE wearing earings again.
9. There is a nice kid in our neighbourhood.  He has said to Princess Belle that he doesn't care if she is a little odd he knows she has autism and that isn't her fault so he likes her anyway.  He isn't judgmental and it makes my life easier to see her happier.
10. I did discover that the one little hoodlum that loves to make her miserable, loves to make a LOT of kids miserable.  I think he actually likes Princess Belle but he is only 8 and doesn't know how to show it, so he makes her feel bad.  
11. I am still on top of housework in this place.  Or at least I am better on top of it than I was elsewhere.  I have off days when the kids have tag-teamed me all night and I haven't had much sleep but for the most part an organized house is easier to keep tidy.
12. I put pictures up on the walls!!  It looks great.  
13. I can't wait to get a stud-finder so that we can hang the curtains.  

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Back to cloth diapering

Now that I am in a house with a washer of my own that I don't have to pay to use, I am back to cloth diapering.  I am glad to be at it.  I love how cute all the little diapers are and I love that I am saving money!

And Princess Magpie is wearing only underpants during the day now.  She has been a challenge to potty train but we are getting there.  I am not sure whether she is just holding it until naptime and bedtime when we put on a pull-up but she is keeping her underwear dry.

So big things are happening with little hineys in my house.  LOL

I had to stop using my baby carrier as it was hurting Little Prince's legs.  So, we are looking into getting a maya wrap or something similar that will be more comfortable for us both.

I have to laugh at Prince Charming he is such a regular, fisherman's son type that he can't figure out he ended up with a cloth diapering, composting, recycling, baby wearing, homeschooling, vegetarian. LOL  I tell him, I don't know how I turned into one!

Cloth Diapers

Well, we have used cloth diapers today for the first time. I can tell this is not going to be a problem at all. I really like the Kushies ones I was given. They are easy to use and Princess Magpie has not had any leak problems.

I washed the prefolds and covers that I got and will try those out too at some point, but right now, the Kushies are my favorites.

And she so darned cute in them too!!!

Tuesday Tickles

A start

I have placed my order for the cloth diapers for Princess Magpie! I am so glad to have it placed. I am getting some stuff for Princess Belle's homeschooling today as well. I am excited to have gotten a start on some things. It feels like some stress has lifted. The lady I talked to about ordering the cloth diapers was wonderful. She has a 15 month old and she has some friends who have 1 year olds so she had great advice on what I should order and what sizes of things I should get. I was so impressed with her.

I am also planning on starting homeschool a week early, on September 1st. That will help with any time I may lose in her schooling when I have Victoria. I will also probably have the baby over Christmas when the public schooled kids are off for Christmas holidays so that will help with any schooling we may miss as well. So I am confident that I can make sure my girl gets enough time in her schooling even though we are going to be having a baby this year.

FuzziBunz Review and GIVEAWAY

I was really excited to see a FuzziBunz Review and GIVEAWAY!! over at The Cloth Diaper Experiment I hope I get them! I would love to try them out!