Jumpin-Beans

You know that I love all types of lotions, shampoos, lip balms, body wash... I enjoy seeing how they work with my skin or my hair... How they smell... I just love it because it is like I slip away to somewhere else for a while... I have been using a new shampoo and conditioner lately, from Beecology and I am really enjoying it! I have tried the lotions and lip balms before, but I was really excited to try the shampoo and conditioner! What would it smell like? How would it make my hair feel? Well, as soon as I got it, I had to try it out! The shampoo is ALL NATURAL, SULFATE FREE . It lathers nice and I feel as though it cleans my hair, without stripping it! The conditioner is also ALL NATURAL . I have to admit, I was not so sure about the conditioner in the beginning. When I squeezed it out of the bottle, I felt as though I was just getting ready to put lotion on my hair. It was not thick and creamy like most conditioners are... but, I figured "what they hey, lets give it a try...

It's Friday... Time to relax... and enjoy the weekend!!!! From An Island Life , home of Aloha Friday : Welcome to this week’s edition of Aloha Friday. In Hawaii, Aloha Friday is the day that we take it easy and look forward to the weekend. So I thought that on Fridays I would take it easy on posting, too. Therefore, I’ll ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy response. If you’d like to participate, just post your own question on your blog and leave your link below. Don’t forget to visit the other participants! It’s a great way to make new bloggy friends! My question this week: Do you consider yourself to be a sentimental person? Do you love sentimental items? My answer: I think that I am very much a sentimental person. The reason this question comes up now is that my grandmother is moving... She is moving out of her house and into one of those assisted living apartments... While she is packing everything up to either move, store or sell.. I reall...

I have seen Kidorable all over the blogs and I think that they have THE CUTEST items!!!! I mean, with a name like "Kidorable" how can your kid not be adorable in their products?! I was so excited when I was allowed to review them!!!!! I had such a hard time picking out what style of adorable rain-wear we wanted to go with! I thought for sure that Marc would want him to get the Pirate outfit... but I wanted all of the boy ones! We had Broxton come over and look with us and then Marc decided that Broxton should have the FROG one.... Precious!!! ( I love frogs too, not real ones... but I do think they are cute!) Now, with Kidorable you can shop a few different ways. You can go to the Kidorable site and order based upon the style you want.... Or you can look based upon the product . Broxton has fat feet :) and he wears a size 6 shoe... We ended up ordering the size 7 and they fit him perfect... I think the size 6 might have been a bit snug on his legs. The jacket we ordered...

Day 30 — A motto or philosophy I think that to sum it up... LIVE WITH ALL OF YOUR HEART.

Broxton was not feeling well last week and felt like he was running a fever. Luckily for us, we were recently sent a Temple Touch Premium Thermometer for review! I grabbed it to see if he was warm or if he really had a fever. (He did, 101.2) Let me just tell you about this thermometer. It is SUPER easy to use! You just press the power button... and about half a second later, it is ready to go. Seriously, you turn it on, it beeps so you know it is ready... you press it to their skin... wait for the beeps (about 6 seconds) and it tells you their temperature. The thermometer even keeps track of what the last temperature taken was.... Did I mention that you pick to either take the temperature under their arm or on the temple . It even has a little icon to tell you if it is set for their underarm or temple. I tried to put it on Broxton's temple, but he had been laying on me pretty much the whole time, so I knew my body heat would be picked up.. I decided to go with the underarm. Th...

Know someone who is pregnant? Know a mom to one under 3? Then, I have just the book for you!!! I have been reviewing Superbaby by Dr. Jenn Berman and I really enjoy it! I did not pick it up and start from the beginning, I have been jumping all over the place! This book includes "12 ways to give your child a head start in the first 3 years." Superbaby has a little of this and a little of that. There are 12 Chapters that breakdown the steps/ Talk the Talk - Respectful Communication You Got Me - Responding to Cues Tick Tock - Creating Security and Predictability Let Your Fingers Do the Walking - The Importance of Touch More Than Chitchat - Promoting Language Development Talk to the Hand - Sign Language Babies without Borders - Foreign Language Baby Got Book - Reading A Different Kind of Toy Story - The Importance of Play Thinking Outside the Box - Screen Time It's Easy Being Green - Reducing Exposure to Toxic Chemicals Food for Thought - Eating and Nutrition Add to it: ...

Day 29 — Hopes, dreams and plans for the next 365 days What does the next year have in store? I would LOVE to say that we keep Marc home.. No deployment, PLEASE. But, we never can tell. All I know is that we will enjoy all the each day brings us and make the most out of it. With this last deployment behind us, you learn to never take a single thing for granted. I would like to say that in the next year we are pregnant... or at least discussing having one more... We will see...