I want to offer a few of my favorite things to simplify your days, because they simplify mine as a homeschooling + working mom of five kids.
1. Air Fryer
When we tried our very first air fryer, it was cool, but it took us like 3-4 batches and over an hour to make the food. The first batches were cold and that was just kinda a bummer.
We received this as a gift from a very dear friend, and I honestly think it would be worth $300 because of how it simplifies clean up and saves me time
Three Favorite Ways We use the airfryer
1. Roasted Potatoes & Turkey Bacon
- Sweet Potatoes and Russet Potatoes: chop into small-ish pieces
- Spray with avocado oil
- Salt & stir
- spread potatoes around the edges of each tray
- place 3-4 turkey bacon strips in the middle of each tray
- Set to 400F for 8-10 minutes, rotate trays
- Continue for another 8-10 minutes, rotate trays
- Continue for final 6-8 minutes & serve
2. Burgers---What??
- Line each tray with foil to really simple clean up
- place 2 burgers per tray, we use Salmon burgers & Beef Burgers
- Set to 400F for 15 minutes
- Serve!
3. Cookies - Yes, I am serious
- Follow Instructions, but instead of pre-heating your oven, preheat your air-fryer
- Rotate Cookies for the final 4 minutes and final 2 minutes
- if you rotate your cookies too soon, it messes with the rising. So let's say they are 12 minute cookies, rotate at 8min and 10 minute marks
Special Notes: An air fryer saves on energy + heat (so important for me in the warm Sonoran Desert); they do not cook all things perfectly. This is why I have some modifications and typically rotate all three trays by the total cook time. Generally speaking, the "middle" tray gets the least crispy. Final note: often the food on the edges cooks faster, which is why I make my potatoes they way I described.
2. Planner & Accessories
My Favorite Pens https://amzn.to/3GDHcCP
My Favorite Planner, the winter one is going to be available in a few days! https://amzn.to/3Vcq1fK
New Sparkly Sticky Tabs https://amzn.to/3EyErjc
3. Positive Parenting
Positive Parenting is not a quick route to get your kids to cooperate, but the truth is you want to so much more than immediate, surface-level compliance. You want children who are self-motivated to be kind and compassionate. You do this by offering emotional connection, personal power and by having routines and rhythms that allow you to reduce power struggles.
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You're probably so excited about welcoming your baby into your home, if you're like most moms you're probably flipping through a few books, you've download some apps, and listening to your friend's and family's experience. You're probably doing your part to be a star patient for your doctor or midwife.I totally get that, and this is actually a problem because you're going to get you varied, sometimes conflicting advice that might not even work for your circumstance, and here is the kicker: lots of time's it not evidence-based guidance.
Instead of that, I want to offer you that working with a doula from your first trimester through your postpartum time is actually going to give you what you really need: cohesive information, expert guidance and the emotional support that every new mom deserves. It's like having an a doula in your pocket (or purse if that's where you keep your phone)
Hiring a Digital Doula is the best way to have a positive experience during your pregnancy, birth and postpartum. I would love to be your digital doula.
If your kids are like mine, they love playing with Playdoh.
If you are a parent like me, it gets annoying constantly picking up new containers of playdoh at the store.
If you are also like me, you see the value of high-quality products without potential harmful ingredients like synthetic fragrance or colors.
As a a natural-leaning mama, you also know that aromatherapy is a great tool for your child’s health too.
Cue Homemade Aroma Dough
Tools You’ll Need
- Pot
- Strong Spoon
- Spatula
- Containers to hold the Aroma Dough
Ingredients You’ll Need
- 2 Cups of Flour
- 1 Cup of Salt
- 2 Tablespoons of Salt
- 2 Cups of Water
- 2 Tablespoons of cream of tartar
- 4-8 Drops of Young Living Essential Oils
- Mica Powder or your favorite food coloring
Suggested Color Pairings
- Black or Grey - fennel, anise or Digize
- Yellow - Lemon or Luscious Lemon
- Orange - Orange, Tangerine, Citrus Fresh
- Red (Wine if using Mica) - Christmas Spirit or Thieves
- Pink - Joy or Ylang Ylang
- Purple - Lavender or Valor
- Green - Peppermint or Peace and Calming
- Blue - Wintergreen
- Gold - Frankincense or Myrrh
- Brown - Copaiba & Vanilla
Instructions
- Measure all ingredients into a pot: flour, oil, water, cream of tartar, salt
- Mix ingredients together
- Turn heat to medium and continue to stir dough over heat for 2 minutes
- Turn dough out on to clean, flat surface (I sprinkled with extra flour and cream of tartar and knead until you have the right consistency.
- Divide into the number of colors you wish to make. Ours created 10 colors, but we didn’t divide perfectly evenly.
- Knead dough in to a flat disc and add 1/2 teaspoon of mica powder and 4-8 drops of essential oil*
- Repeat for each color
- Store in air tight container for 4-8 weeks, or until your child mixes all the colors and you want a fresh batch.
Here are some of our photos from our aroma dough adventure. We made these on October 22 and they are still smelling great and feeling good to play with. We actually stored them in snack bags, becasue we ran out of old playdoh containers!
You're probably so excited about welcoming your baby into your home, if you're like most moms you're probably flipping through a few books, you've download some apps, and listening to your friend's and family's experience. You're probably doing your part to be a star patient for your doctor or midwife.I totally get that, and this is actually a problem because you're going to get you varied, sometimes conflicting advice that might not even work for your circumstance, and here is the kicker: lots of time's it not evidence-based guidance.
Instead of that, I want to offer you that working with a doula from your first trimester through your postpartum time is actually going to give you what you really need: cohesive information, expert guidance and the emotional support that every new mom deserves. It's like having an a doula in your pocket (or purse if that's where you keep your phone)
Hiring a Digital Doula is the best way to have a positive experience during your pregnancy, birth and postpartum. I would love to be your digital doula.
