Tuesday's Time Saving Tip - night prep

Todays tip was contributed by Amy at Ozarkscents http://ozarkscentscandleco.etsy.com/ Anyone can contribute a time saving tip. Just contact me, AngelaSpots.

Lay out clothes, bookbags and anything else you need for work or school the next day.
This is key at my house as well. I do everything possible to simplify our busy morning. The less stress I feel before I leave the house the better my day goes.
Grab some of these items from Busy Moms (search busymomsteam at http://www.etsy.com/) to help make your busy day a little more beautiful.

MONDAY'S A COOL DAY!

MONDAY’S A COOL DAY! By pioupioukids

Here comes Monday again, and it’s time for your 5 minutes to yourself! So make yourself a nice smoothie (summer’s on its way after all) and sip it slowly while you read this week’s interview. My favorite smoothie mix: Put in a blender one peeled banana, 3 to 4 pitted dates (medjoul are best), a cup of milk (I like hazelnut best), a teaspoon of vanilla, a tablespoon of honey/maple/agave and a handful of raw cashews. Add some ice if you like it chilled, blend it all until smooth… Yuuuummm.
This week, I am going to talk about myself and my shop, pioupioukids.etsy.com!


- Who are you? Natacha Lee
- Where do you live? Gisborne, New Zealand
- What do you do? I’m full time mothering at home.
- How many kids? And husbands/partners? One 17 month old boy and one partner!
- And so you have a shop…:
o What’s its name? Pioupioukids
o What do you sell? Upcycled clothing for babies and kids. I also designed some special pants for parents who practice natural infant hygiene or EC.
o But how on earth do you find time!?! Some weeks I don’t! But I am lucky to have a supportive partner and a very cool baby…

- Anything else you’d like to add… I’m glad to be part of a great community of crafty busy moms. It’s just one of the many things I’ve been able to do since stopping work to look after my son, apart from being 100% involved in his upbringing.

- Top 5 clothing/accessory label
o Idea2 lifestyle.etsy.com
o kaylim.etsy.com
o urchinbags.etsy.com
o loranscrugg.etsy.com
o littlealouette.esty.com
o and so many more…!

- Top 5 sports
o Basketball
o Rockclimbing
o Rugby
o Cycling (tour de France!)
o Baseball/ Softball


- Top 5 vegetable
o Aubergine
o Courgette
o Broccoli
o Carrot
o Sorrel


- Top 5 fruit
o Granny Smith from our garden!
o Bosc pears
o Cherries
o Strawberries
o Blueberries

- Top 5 famous people
o Nelson Mandela
o Ghandi
o Johnny Depp
o Suzanne Boyle
o The Dalai Lama

If you would like to be interviewed please contact me: pioupiounz@gmail.com

Funny Mom Moment

This week's Funny Mom Moment comes to us from Amy of Ozarscentcandleco. I think we can all relate!


Here is her story...
I just love the things little kids come up with. I enjoy their reasoning of the world around them. They are so brutally honest in most cases, no sugar coating from them! Most of the time it is that complete honesty and child reasoning put together that make their statements so adorable and humorous. My 3 year old Ava is a perfect example of that. She is always coming up with something! She is the most “adult” acting child of my 4 kids! She is concerned and interested in her surroundings, she is picky and orderly. She is the kid that keeps her toys in somewhat of an organized state. She is also a little bit of a drama queen. She is always hurt “terribly bad” and needs urgent medical attention. She has recently informed me that kisses do not work anymore for boo boos and she just needs medicine (for everything little thing!)

A few weeks ago she somehow hurt her leg, she was whining and carrying on about it. I told her to let me take a look at it, nothing was wrong that I could really see. She had a little bruise from another time and that was about it. I told her there was nothing wrong with her leg and she would be fine. She looked at me crinkled face and very serious and said "Mommy it's not fine and that is not the problem, the problem is on the inside, it's like a worm in an apple, you know, like there is a worm in there, it's wiggling around inside my leg making it hurt, that is the problem." I couldn't help but laugh. She had really thought this one out…she was so dead serious and mature acting while she was explaining it to me.

Maybe you just had to be there but I couldn’t help but laugh. I am still not sure how she came up with that. I do know, she knew exactly what the problem was with her leg and she wanted me to know exactly what it was too, complete with hand gestures of a wiggly worm! I guess she wanted me to seek immediate medical attention for her leg to be de-wormed! :)

Take a peek around Amy's shop and maybe pick out something for your Mom for all the times you had to "explain things to her slowly"...especially when you were a teenager!

Comment below:
How old were your little ones the first time they had to "explain things" to you?