Jacob the Kid is 3!

I can’t believe my baby boy is 3!! It doesn’t seem possible. We lucked out and the 100 plus degrees that we had the week leading up to the party stopped and it was a glorious 85ish that day.I thought it was going to rain in the morning so I was kind of panicking about what was I going to do with all these kids and stuck inside. I know, I know I should have had a backup plan. But the sun came out and we set up and I was one happy mom!

He wanted a Cowboy party, so I tried to give him a Cowboy party on a shoe string budget!

We kept it pretty simple with red checked table clothes, cowboy hats and red and white balloons.

The balloons pulled thru the the hat, it was windy so if I could do it over again I would have used something different to hold the balloons down, if you are having your party inside I would say the hat would work just fine.

Food again was pretty simple we had hot dogs, bbq, chips, haystack cookies, s’more pops, pasta salad, cow chow (puppy chow), baked beans, veggies, lemon aid and of course cake.

I covered some of the tables in burlap for effect too.

Here are a few of the birthday boy blowing out his candles.

And when all the presents were opened although he has since played with all the toys there was definitely a favorite for this baseball obsessed little boy!

He got his own baseball gloves, cleats and helmet, along with a ball bag to carry them all in which has literally gone everywhere with us!! 

He looks to have had a great day and that’s really all that matters!!!

Have a great Tuesday!

Love when its Clean

Hey guys-

So I did some MAJOR cleaning this past weekend. We had my 3 year olds birthday party (I will post those pics later this week) and I decided the house needed to be clean. Because at an outside party everyone comes to look at your house! Yes I am weird and this is one of my quirks. So I took some before and after pictures for you to see. Please don’t judge!

     

So here is the floor under my stove before I cleaned it with Shaklee Basic H2.

Yes its gross I know! But I moved on, swept it out and took the basic H2 mixed it with water and wiped it down. 

Here is the after. It was so nice to see it clean. Sorry for the bad lighting the sun was shining in the window and gave me really bad shadows! I will work on my photography I promise!!

I then moved to the sides of the stove itself. I hate how it gets so gross from cooking! 

 

Again all I used was Basic H2 mixed with water and wiped it down again. I did use a toothbrush dipped in water to clean the crack.

Here is the after…

Can you believe it! I was in shock. I know I shouldn’t be by now but my Shaklee products just keep proving how great they are! And for not a lot of money! One of the things I love is the fact that they  are so affordable. With 1 bottle of Basic H2 I have floor cleaner, window cleaner and and all purpose cleaner. And it lasts FORVER!!! I seriously had the same bottle of it for almost a year! That is a ton of savings for our family! With 4 kids you can imagine how much window or floor cleaner we would have to buy.

What do you think? You can click the link on the right and it will take you to my website if you are interested in getting your own Basic H2. I would love to hear about your before and after's!

Hope you all have a great Monday!

Stain Be-Gone!

Who else has ever had their kids at a family members or babysitters while you are either working or at a meeting, whatever and you get them back and the clothes you sent them in is stained? If you like me you don’t want to be “that mom” you know the one that is upset because the clothes you just sent her in are now stained so you pretend to be cool with it, like it doesn’t matter. Its just clothes right? Well maybe its just me but clothes are not cheap and I don’t know about you but I don’t have a money tree to just keep buying new ones. So I went on a mission to find something that would get the stains out! I FOUND IT!!!! Its Shaklee’s Nature Bright. It comes in a 2lb package and it’s the best thing  Here is a picture of the outfit my daughter  came home in…                                                                                                                                                                                                                  And here is it after a short soak in water and Nature Bright…                                                                                                       I was AMAZED!!! Have you tried Nature Bright? Did you love it? I have since used it on tons of other clothes and love that I don’t have to go buy new ones. I LOVE saving money! I would love you to try the Nature Bright so I linked it above to my site and you can get you some as we call it money savings in a bag! Click on the words Shaklee’s Nature Bright, or the CLEAN picture and either will take you there. Please let me know if you love it as much as we do.  Have a great Tuesday! If you would like to leave a comment on anything you would like to see on the blog (topic, tutorials, anything) I will work on getting that up! Also follow my page by simply entering your email address over on the right side.

Beginnings are...Exciting!!

Well my husband and I have been talking over starting a home based business. With the rising costs of everything lately and the not rising income we had to make change! We have been using Shaklee products for quite some time now and LOVE them!! They are great, for us, our family and the environment! I just love their saying Shaklee... Always safe, Always works, Always Green. So we decided for me to become an Independent Shaklee Distributor! I am so excited about this new journey we are taking and hope you will be along for the ride! I will post pictures and tutorials soon on the amazing products! But until then you can visit my Shaklee site at www.sartorhealthyhomes.myshaklee.com . Have a great day!!

I can see clearly now...

So I am surfing around and came across this amazing idea! 40 Bags in 40 Days. The blogger from White House Black Shutters  did this last year and she is doing it again this year! I am constantly trying to clear the clutter in our house, with 4 kids a hubby and me you can imagine how fast stuff can pile up on you. I will post pics soon of our transformations, before and afters. I have kind of become a blog addict lately (which could be why our house is cluttered! LOL) well that and Pinterest! So many cute ideas out there! Please click the links above to check out both Ann Marie's blog and the link party 40 Bags in 40 Days feel free to comment on how you are doing clearing the crap from your house and lives! Lets face it, it is crap we don't need we just hold on to it in case we might someday! (That's what my hubs says anyway) We won't and if you do cross that bridge then! Spend the time you would have moving the clutter from place to place with your family and friends, do something constructive! At least that's what I am going to try to do!

Here's to another crazy jam packed weekend in our house, I hope yours is great too!

See you soon!

Stephanie

Reading

I love reading, with 4 kids however it doesn't always happen. I am going to try to read one book a month and I will let you know what I thought. Please feel free to share what you are reading too in the comments. I am going to start with The Help, if you click the link you can buy it too.

So are you a reader?

I read to my kids pretty much every day they LOVE it and so do I!! We try to set aside the half hour before bed to read together. It calms them and relaxes them for bed too.

Do you read to your kids?

Have a great Thursday

Stephanie

Valentines

Hi everyone or me! We finished the kids Valentines last night and I must say they turned out pretty darn cute!! We got the idea off Facebook and Party On! Designs, there is a link to her Etsy shop check it out if you have a party coming up she has a bunch of very cute things!! But here is a picture of the crayons we made!

We ended up making 60 of them so they could all take some somewhere!! Forgive the quality of the photo it was late and all I had was my phone at the time.

We don't really do anything special as far as going out for Valentine's Day just spend it all together which is OK with me cause that is what the day is about anyway. I am so blessed to have 5 Valentines that mean the WORLD to me!!!

We hope you have a great Valentine's Day and do something with the special people in your life!

What did you send with your kids to school? Do they exchange Valentines?

Happy Tuesday!