It shouldn't have come as a surprise to me that I would produce some busy little offspring. For some reason I was a bit surprised, but then my mother kindly informed me that I was the same way as a child, so it really was no surprise to her. And honestly, it's really just my ginger girls that are the busy ones. But they provide enough busy to make up for the fact that Ginger Boy is cool, calm and collected. For the most part. Don't be fooled. He does have a side of fiery fury from time to time.
Curly Girl has always been the girl who can't sit still. She's just on the go all the time. Either her mind or her body need to be moving, sometimes both, or we have issues. When I think about it, it's really a great quality to possess. The girl gets so much accomplished all the time. She's full of energy and movement and she's always creating new things and coming up with interesting ideas and practicing new gymnastics moves and building new forts and designing new doll clothes and making a house out of the recycling items in the trash. Sometimes I'm exhausted just watching her. Yet, I have to keep up with her all day long! [Side note: the girl has always slept like a champ! She sleeps hard and knows when she needs to sleep. And when she's lacking sleep... Watch out. But that's another story for another day!] In summary, she's very busy which keeps me very busy.
I thought that there couldn't be another child to be as busy as Curly Girl. Enter: Littlest Ginger. Yup. She's on her way to surpassing Curly Girl. At a mere 16 months. Yikes. This littlest one has been moving since she first figured out how. She rolled at 4 months old, both directions the same day. That same week she would roll across a room when she was set down. Less than 2 weeks after first rolling, she rolled herself while swaddled in her crib. By 6 months old she was up on all fours, rocking. By 7 months she was crawling. By 8 months she was pulling up to standing. She also climbed the entire set of stairs by herself at 8 months [with her cheering crew of Darling Daddy, Curly Girl & Ginger Boy close behind.] By 9 months she was a little maniac, crawling everywhere and getting into everything and standing and cruising along all of the furniture. By 10 months she was walking. By her first birthday, practically running. She's also a climber. With no fear! She can get herself up on to so many things and then sit or stand so precariously and make this momma so nervous!
So, this past year has been busy for me! Really, really busy between home schooling Curly Girl and the busy Littlest Ginger on the move. Oh, and we can't forget about the middle Ginger Boy. Poor sweet boy often just fades into the background of the noise and chaos that his sisters create around him. So how do I deal?! How do I keep things together? And keep kids happy, healthy and clean? Because you know that I'm pretty passionate about clean and healthy living without the harmful chemicals. Well, I'll tell you.
Back in the winter I felt like I had finally hit the jackpot. I had been trying to change out and get rid of all of the chemicals in our household. I'd been on that mission for years. Basically since having kids. You can read about that story here. I'd also been quite interested and had tried some different essential oils for various things around the house and I was liking the changes that I was seeing and feeling. I felt like there truly was a difference.
The wonderful thing that I had found was Young Living Essential Oils. I started trying to remove our chemicals and using them for everything. Making my own hand soaps & face wash & lotions, making my household spray cleaner, using them on my wool dryer balls, using them when I had a headache, a stomachache, when the kids were sick, to boost my immunity when the kids were sick or I started feeling sick, when I burned my hand on boiling water, to make my house smell nice, to get away the fishy odor of baking salmon, to boost my mood, to help with yucky coughs and sore throats, to try to help the littlest ginger sleep better. You name it, I was trying an oil on it! And I was loving it. Chemicals were being replaced with healthier options. The greatest thing about Young Living though, is that they are not only an essential oil company. They are so much more! I'm hooked.
I'm happy to share more with anyone who is curious. I also plan on sharing some of the changes we've made in our home since using essential oils, like recipes, however that might need to wait until after Curly Girl & Ginger Boy start school and I have a little more time on my hands ;) I'm still trying and learning all the time, but I am loving the change that it has brought into my busy little family's life. I feel like I have a one-stop-shop for healthier living. I now of know a safe place to go to in order to keep us healthy.
Check Out Young Living here!
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