Home Made

We still haven't gotten Levi's bites/eczema under control completely

 but I sure am feeling like Suzy-home-maker while trying! 

 

I started with making a lotion "bar" (and chap stick).

 

Then I made him some soap.

He said it was a little "weird" (with the oatmeal in it), but I think we've all grown to love it!  --Except Jonah, that is, who says he can't stand to look at it because it looks like "throw-up".

 

 

Next, I moved on to making cream/ointment (not sure what to call it).

 

I've made a few different batches of this stuff (trying to figure out the best approach).  I think I like this one the best, and yea, you guessed it... it's one I just threw stuff in and so I don't remember exactly what and how much!  No worries, I'll have fun experimenting all over again when I get my real/pure Shea butter!

 

As so often is the case when I get on a roll.... I just kept rolling!

I made laundry soap...

 

Another lotion bar (or ointment or cream or whatever you want to call it) in a deodorant container (because Levi hates to get the creams and lotions on his hands).

 

and hand soap & dish soap (these are mostly for me!)

 

I'm quite enjoying myself and can't wait to decide what to make next!

FYI: nieces & nephews may be getting home-made stuff for Christmas this year ($$ is tight around here), so be warned (and feel free to chime in with suggestions)!

 





Our Little Writer

Jonah has always had a great imagination (unlike anyone else in this family).  He has always told us great stories (whether we wanted to hear them or not).  About a week ago he "wrote" this story and I'm just so impressed I want to share.  I even had to assure Jake that I had NOT directed him or corrected him at all (which should've been obvious by the time he got to the "scarder and scarder" line).  I simply wrote down, word-for-word, what Jonah dictated after he drew the pictures (he drew the pictures, brought the paper to me and while looking at each page, told me what to write).

 

 

Like his great art work of the fire truck, he may never write anything this great again, but I'm still impressed with this writing (since he's only 6-years-old).