diy hairspray!

i'm working on making us completely chemical free.

this diy hairspray was the last of the chemicals in our bathroom!

woohoo!

i've got a few more "favorites" around the house but i'll be working on eliminating those asap ;)

enjoy!

and, yes, it works!

just a side note, if you have dark hair, use an orange instead of a lemon.

lemon juice are known to slightly lighten hair if you go out into the sun so, just to be safe, brunettes use an orange!

DIY Hairspray

Makes about a cup or so.

1 lemon or orange, cut into wedges

2 cups distilled water

3 tablespoons vodka or other clear grain alcohol

8-10 drops essential oil, or more to suit (optional, as it's just for "flavor")

Combine citrus wedges and water in a small saucepan and boil over medium high heat until reduced by half.

Strain through a cheesecloth or fine mesh strainer.  If you've overboiled, add distilled water to equal one cup.

Cool.

Add alcohol and essential oils and swirl to mix.  

Pour into desired container and enjoy!

Note: shake before using and if your sprayer gets plugged, use hot water to unclog.

lately...

lately, we've been...

getting over a horrid stomach flu...

and sanitizing the house with homemade remedies and oils.

brewing chia coffee.

enjoying little stacks of little manly toys and waiting for our next little guy to join us.

fixing homemade toothpaste, that was way, way too bitter, with stevia.

who knew?!

homemade granola.

atop and throughout a parfait.

current pregnancy craving.

mmmm.

mixing up a batch of the wonderful concoction of apple cider vinegar and honey.
50/50 and use 3 tablespoons daily.
wonders.

enjoying this little, growing bump!

22 weeks!

homeschooling wrap up: march!

we had lots to do and lots of fun this month!

kicked it off with our Bible story about Jesus washing the disciples feet...

and W!

Watermelon and Waffle kabobs with Whipped cream!

tracing, tracing

Watercolors!

Walnuts!

Walrus!

*he's trying to master exactly how much glue to use...*

we also started our Plants/Spring unit...

so, we learned the parts of a plant.

and watched as water (that mommy didn't put in there nearly early enough) as it traveled through lettuce.

watched beans sprout.

and had some fun lunches :)

our next Bible story was Moses and the 10 (X) Commandments!

X was our letter for the week...

nothing, i repeat, nothing, begins with X.

X cereal, it is!

X potato stamping

X lunch!

X ray!

  
the next week, was Moses and the Golden (Yellow) Calf!
(and Y week...)

  

...and St. Patty's week!

learning why St. Patrick used the shamrock to tell the celts about the Holy Trinity

texture clover

of course, a rainbow with gold at the end :)

continuing our plant unit...growing clover!

and a leprechaun! 

we made homemade colcannon and irish soda bread...

and shepherd's pie!

(also, potato soup and chowder but not pictured...)

Ireland center!

adding to our letter book...

 

Yellow Rose (of Texas, of course!)

Yellow tomatoes

Yellow dinner: Yakitori, Yellow (saffron) rice, Yellow tomatoes, Yellow squash, and even Yellow (lemon) cake!

for the last week of march, we studied Joshua and Jericho...

and, for sure, built a brick block wall and marched around it blowing our homemade trumpet and felling the walls on the 7th time around ;)

*I have a video but can't figure out how to post that...* 

proud of his Zoo animals

Z for Zoo

Zippers

Zucchini!

we practice flashcards every day.

this kid loves him some flash cards.

we have about 10 sets and do one a day.

we also did a special Lenten study and he got to put jewels on his crown every day while I read a Bible verse and poem!  just a few more weeks and we can add the big cross on top on Easter morning!

and, as always, practicing our tracing...

March!