I ditched non-natural store-bought deodorant over a year ago. I now make homemade natural deodorant using only 3 ingredients. I ditched the stick due to all of the toxins that deodorants contain. Non-natural deodorants contain aluminum, parabans, propylene glycol, TEA, DEA, triclosan, talc, and FD & C colors. These nasty ingredients may be linked to breast …
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I am slowly replacing many processed items that fill my cabinets and fridge. My cabinets are emptying out of the many boxes of convienence foods that were once a staple at our table. I used the last of our velveeta 3 weeks ago. Velveeta was always around in this house. One of my favorites is velveeta and rotel…yummmm. Velveeta was also …
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I am simply overjoyed that Alex has begun to read! Alex has always loved Math but reading not so much. This week we moved on to Primary Phonics 1. This week we introduced the short letter a. At first he tried to make ‘sounding it out’ a tad more difficult than it is, this is …
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This week it seems we will be playing ‘catch-up’ some from last week. Audrey was ill with the ever so lovely croup and Ava has been up sick in the middle of the night almost every night. We finished our Primary Phonics K book and will be reviewing all of the consonants by recognition, sound, …
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This week was Halloween week. We were bombarded with candy, cupcakes, and all of the processed yummies that go along with the holiday. We were also bombarded with the artificial dyes that come with these yummies. So at the end of the week we eliminated these dyes. I wish I could say that we accomplished this painlessly, …
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Halloween fun has come and gone. The transition to Thanksgiving is underway. We will now to move on to a topic that Alex is very excited about…Native American Indians. I am still researching the lessons that I am going to use to teach him about the Native Americans and how the English came to be on …
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