Sore Throat Remedy

In one of my searches when my firstborn was a baby, I ran across a great home remedy for sore throats. I do not remember where I found this information, but it seems to be a fairly well known remedy so I feel comfortable posting this without any reference.

The easiest, cheapest, remedy for a sore throat? A spoon full of honey. My husband hates honey but decided to give it a try the other day since he was feeling desperate. You should have seen the look on his face a minute later. He looked at me like I had just come up with a magic cure for something. He couldn't believe taking the pain away could be that easy. So next time your sick, give it a try!

           

We're Expecting Baby #3!!!

(Baby Mine Boy kit by Just So Scrappy used)

We are due at the end of September!

Repairing Cloth Diaper Elastic

I Love my cloth diapers, even the very used ones. But as I was folding them today, I noticed that quite a few of them have VERY shot elastic...as in they lay perfectly flat! he he. So it's definitely time to sew in some new elastic! For any of you who are needing to repair the elastic in your diapers, here's two helpful tutorials I found. Hope they help you!

http://bloomingbums.blogspot.com/2008/06/tutorial-elastic-repair-casing-style.html

http://bloomingbums.blogspot.com/2009/12/tutorial-fixing-elastic-in-ruffle-edge.html
           

Smoothies

An easy way to get fruit into your kids is to make them smoothies. My kids love them! They consider it a treat. They are a great breakfast or snack option...or really you could even use them for a desert if you like! Here is my favorite recipe (from weelicious):

• 1 banana
• 1 cup fruit
• 1/2 cup plain yogurt
• 1/2 cup milk

She calls it the "Smoothie Your Way", and that is exactly what it is. I love this recipe because it leaves lots of wiggle room to make it just the way you or your kids like it...or need it. My littlest one is lactose intolerant so I use lactose free milk. I found a tub of vanilla organic yogurt on clearance so I used that in place of the plain yogurt. You can use whatever fresh fruit you have on hand or you can choose from the variety of frozen fruit that stores carry. It really is up to you. There are lots of smoothie recipes out there, but I suggest you give this one a try if you'd like to have some freedom with the recipe.

I have a 3 cup food processor and this recipe works in there great. It is listed on her site as being one serving, but it makes two servings for my boys.

On a side note, if you haven't ever checked out Weelicious, I strongly advise you to. It has LOTS of great healthy recipes to serve your family.

How to Get Photobucket to Stop Resizing Your Images

1. Sign into Photobucket.
2. Look on the right hand side of the top navigation bar. You should see your username with a little arrow pointing down.
3. Click on that arrow and choose "Account Settings."
4. Click on the "Album Settings" tab.
5. Click "View My Upload Options."
6. Choose "Best possible quality (while staying 1mb or less)"
7. Click Save, scroll down and click Save again.
8. DONE!

Now upload any file under 1 MB and it wont resize it. If you'd like to upload a file larger then 1 MB without it resizing, you'll have to upgrade to a Pro account. I use .gif files whenever possible to keep the file size low.