Home made jewelry cleaner

My rings were in need of a cleaning and I found a recipe on Pinterest so I thought I would give it a try. 

Instructions: 

• Heat 1 cup of water in the microwave for 1 minute
• Place tin foil in the base of a bowl
• Pour water into bowl
• Mix 1 tbsp of salt, 1 tbsp of baking soda and 1 tbsp of dish soap
• Place jewelry in mixture and leave for 10 minutes
• Rinse jewelry with cold water and dry on a clean cloth

It was hard to get good pictures but this worked beautifully! Give it a try!

Xo,
Meg

Happy St. Patty's Day

Shamrocks were made at school today. All you need is a pipe cleaner and three fingers. You loop them around each finger (no pinkie or thumb), slide them off and then twist into a shamrock. My students thought I was a magician! Lol.

Xo,
Meg

What's new in the baby room?

Almost everything in Baby Dill's room was used with Nicholas. So a few little accessories have been added to personalize it a bit for him. 

New: Blue laundry basket (Dollarama) and yellow blanket (Mother-in-law)

Blue pillow (Bouclair)

I know it's not much, but it makes me happy to add a few little things. I'm sure there will be more in the next 11 weeks. Eek!

Xo,
Meg

Pi Day!

It's 3/14...it's pi day. We had cherry pie. What did you have?

Xo,
Meg

Pancake Tuesday

Dollar pancakes for my Kindergarten kids! 

I'm giving up pop for Lent. What are you giving up?

Xo,
Meg

Kitchen Confessions

My friend Heather admitted that she had never made Rice Krispie squares before. Although a little surprised by this, I too have a confession to make.

Today was the first day I ever made pancakes from scratch. We are not big pancake eaters and when we do have them my Mother-in-law is usually the one making them. 

Nick has been asking for some banana pancakes all week so today I made them. So easy and they turned out perfect. I envisioned freezing a whole bunch but sadly we only have 5 for the freezer and Nick will devour those this week! I guess I need to do a double batch next time!

xo,
Meg

February, short and mostly sweet!

How did we keep busy?

• I went to the dentist. And started seeing my OB.
• The Super Bowl party we normally go to was cancelled so we hosted Cooper and his parents. It also gave us a chance to meet his little brother. I forget babies start out that small!
• I went to a guest speaker about Raising Resilient Children that was held at my school. Really interesting!
• We got hit with snow, snow and more snow!
• We went for Pizza night and a play date at the O'Leary house. Nick loved it! He also slept in the next morning which made Mommy and Daddy happy!
• We continued to work on organizing the baby room and the basement. Nesting seems to be happening for both of us!
• We ordered a new couch and 2 accent chairs for our living room. The couch has arrived! Now the hunt for tables continues.
• We didn't really celebrate Valentine's Day but my hubby did surprise me with a lovely new plant. See below.
• We went to G's for a yummy dinner and play date on the long weekend! 
• We also checked out Winterloo. We walked around looking at snow sculptures and kids skating and then grabbed lunch at a new pizza place in Uptown Waterloo called Famoso. Yummy but VERY expensive.
• Nick got a much needed haircut. Just in time for picture day!
• Illness hit in the form of croup and an ear infection. Spring can't come soon enough!
• I had a coffee date with a teaching friend. 

Now that I put it all in writing, this was a busy month! Bring on March and the start of Spring! I can't bend over to do boots and snow pant liners anymore!

xo,
Meg