Monkey Mail

Aren't these just the cutest. They are from the Super Sock Monkey Shop and I think we need some more. I had to get 4 of the same so that the kids didn't argue over colours. I got them with different coloured eyes so that they can tell who's is who's.

Dyed again

Here are some more of my efforts to tie dye. I am hoping that these will sell on a friends web site. I hope that he photography is better than mine. Yet again its not easy getting a good photo at 11.30 at night!

My Hubby and Kids :

Happy Birthday Lilac and Olivia!

Been busy today, well maybe not as busy as I have been some other days. DH has been home for the past few days, which has been bliss! The house is clean and the kids are occupied {compliments of DH!}. We have all been a bit sick over the past few days, so its nice to have the extra pair of hands around.

I have made 2 no sew tutus for 2 friends little girls who's birthdays are in June. One little girl is turning 1 and the other is turning 3.

Mitchell just loved the skirts, asking for a superman dancing skirt LOL!

And here is the action shot:

I'm sure that he wont like these pics when he turns 16!

So Happy Birthday Olivia and Lilac, i hope you enjoy your pressie!

For those who want to know how I made them...

Basically I bought some tulle from Spotlight, and cut it into strips, about 15cm wide. I cut down the fabric so that each length was 112cm long. For the longer tutu I cut the tulle in half again, for the shorter one I cut the tulle into 3. I then cut about 40cm of elastic (just normal thin elastic) and tied a knot in it. Then tied the tulle around the elastic. For the 2 tutus I used 4mt of tulle, they are not even, meaning one took more tulle than the other.

I erally hope they like it, my kids sure do. I now have to go to Spotlight again and buy some more to make each of my kids more!

fed up update

Ok, we have been going additive free now for about 1 week, and things with low food chemicals. I think I am going to have to bite the bullet and go totally food chemical free though just for the elimination time as some results I am seeing are not totally as I would have expected. The few things that I have noticed are just subtle. Like Mitchell putting on his shoes without being nagged. Or today he walked into kinder without 'freaking out'. That may have been because DH took him and not me though- as on Tuesday we had speech therapy and he still did his 'freaking out' routine, as well as Sunday totally overacting to certain circumstances. Only time will tell what his triggers are though. Some people have suggested that I also cut gluten out of his diet, but I am struggling enough just with needing to eliminate the nasty numbers, and slowly getting my head around eliminating the food chemicals, then to go gluten and maybe dairy free is a bit overwhelming for me.

Only time will tell, and in the end I think the result will be worth the effort.

what happens when you dye...

well this is what happened to me:

But this is what I made. They are brand new Bonds singlets, the girls are size 3 and the boys are size 4.

enjoy :)

Please see my other blog if you want really really really like them. They are dyed with professional dyes, thus my fingers took weeks to go back to a normal colour *lol*

Fed Up!

Well on Tuesday night, I skipped work and went to a FailSafe seminar and it opened my eyes to the word of food additives and their intolerance in our kids. The results that have been found from kids going additive free was outstanding! Its only been in the past 20 years that food has had these nasty additives in them, and its only in the past 20 years that headbanging in toddlers is considered normal behaviour, the incidence of asthma has risen, incidence of IBS etc...

It says that even if we make most things ourselves there is still hidden additives! ie If we buy it there are 20 additives, if we make it there are 19!

Often also people don't make the link between the additive and the reaction as the reaction is often weeks later, and it can also be cumulative.

So next week we are planning to start the elimination diet. We will do this for a few weeks, then start to re- introduce other foods so that we can test what our kids triggers are.

I have the cook book and the book etc... so to absorb as much information as possible before we start. We are not going dairy and wheat free tho, I think that is too much work!

The things that I will be watching for is a) Mitchells concentration span. B) Tylers eczema C) Tylers sleeping habits. I think that will be enough for now tho.

link here