Mother4Jesus

It's finally going to happen. I'm finally going to get my Precious Bunz web site up and running. I've been selling diapers for over two years on Hyena Cart and Etsy. Of the two of those, I really like Etsy. I also do alot of sales on my Facebook page, but I also have a privately owned website. Yup, a real honest-to-goodness website for my business. Right now the site looks awful and I don't use it. Thanks to my wonderful husband, I am hiring Angel Hartline from Angel Hartline Designs to redesign my website, Precious Bunz Diapers and Supplies . I'm so excited. This is the same woman who design the new Babyville Boutique website AND actually created some of their proprietary designs for their new line of PUL. Now that's one talented woman!! What a privilege and an honor to have her help me design my new look. Although, I use the term "Help" loosely...I'm thinking that she's going to do all the work and I'm going to say, "WOW, ...

This week I decided to mix two curriculums together for Sarah. I love the . Hubbardscupboard free curriculum that i'm using. I was using the 3 y/o curriculum "Bible and Rhyme". I love that this goes over numbers but I really like the 4 y/o curriculum on Character. So I decided to blend them and take the best of both for Sarah. Next year my plan is to use Bob Jones. So this first week we did "Orderly". I am a very organized person but even so, once we started studying the scripture and reciting our memory verse, "But everything should be done in a fitting and orderly way" 1 Cor. 14:40, I was a bit convicted. I've noticed that my home can go from Orderly / Clean to chaos in SECONDS!! I don't understand how it can turn so quickly but with two little ones, an older son, sewing, preschool and just good ole' living...this is one busy house. This started me thinking, "What is orderly". I think this will look differently to many mo...

Last week my washing machine broke. Ugh!! a week without a washing machine is annoying. Especially annoying when you use cloth diapers, cloth wipes and unpaper towels. I never realized how much cloth I actually use. I had to put David into disposable diapers because I couldn't have his cloth diapers sitting in urine for a week. I took the dirty ones to my local laundramat and when I brought them home, I put them back in the diaper pail so that I could give them a good washing once my machine was fixed. I had some disposables from Hurricane Irene. We knew that we'd be losing electricity. I didn't have to use them that long, so we still had a large box in our garage. At first, I kinda liked the disposables. I liked how trim they were. David's clothing fit much better with them. Then he went poo in them and I REALLY liked throwing the poo in the garbage. It was at this point I thought to myself, "Maybe this won't be so bad?". Later on David crawled ov...

Can you have too many cloth diapers??? Do I really need enough diapers for a week? The answer to both questions are "NO". 1. I don't think I can have too many diapers. I don't usually start potty training my children till they're closer to 3. So all my diapers will get used...even if I've got 50. With a large rotation of diapers I don't have to worry about running out of diapers or wearing out my diapers so quickly. 2. I don't need enough diapers for a week. I would NEVER let my diapers sit in urine for that long. I usually wash every other day and sometimes EVERY Day. The longer you let your diapers sit in the urine and bacteria, the shorter the life span of the diaper. Urine will eat through all your PUL and Elastic. There's a great article with more specific data about this issue: http://wazoodle.com/index.php/diapermaking/fabric-decomp/ I could easily get away with 24 pocket diapers. My problem is that I LOVE all the cute minky prin...

I've had more than one mom ask me, "How do you sew with little ones?". I say, "It's easy, I tape them to the wall.". Of course i'm joking, I wish it were that easy. I do have a house to take care of, a 3 y/o and an 8 month old. Finding time to sew for my cloth diaper business can be tough. I also like to make my daughter's dresses, my son's diapers and not to mention other family members. Needless to say, my "To-do" List is never ending. How do I do it?? How do I organize my time and sew ?? Here's all of my secrets..... 1. I pray...this may not seem important but when i'm focused on the Lord , He orders my days and I find that my priorities stay on the right track and my days are more productive. 2. I keep my expectations reasonable. In other words, If i'm sewing with both my little ones, I don't expect to get 45 minutes uninterrupted. That's NOT going to happen. My 3 y/o will play and entertain herself...I c...

Here we are starting week 2 of Sarah's pre-k. The first week went very well. Sarah LOVES to use shaving cream and write her numbers. I'm still not sure if she's a lefty or a righty. She does write with both. I think she's leaning more towards the right side but i'm not 100% yet. She also loved doing the "Number sort". This worked out well because she could recongnize more of her numbers than I realized. Once she got to "3" she said to me, "What number is this?", I said, "3" and she never asked again. She got it!! This week she's sick. I said to her today, "Are you going to be well enough to do your school work?" and with a big grin she said, "YES"..then she wiped her runny nose with the back of her hand. Ugh!! God Bless, Laura

Have you ever had days that never seem to end? I got alot done but it was exhausting. I went to church today and was able to listen to the entire sermon because David was good. What a blessing!! Then I spent some time talking to the Pastor's wife about couponing. This is something i'm looking forward to getting in to. I don't want to go the the extreme of those mom's i've seen on the show but not having to pay for some toilettries definately sounds GREAT!! We came home from church, fed David. My husband fed Sarah. I started laundry, cleaning and then a friend came over to help me video a sewing tutorial. This was more work than I thought. I also DON'T like seeing myself on camera. I've got 75lbs to lose and have only lost 5lbs. I just started my diet, so 5lbs is good but when you've still got 70lbs to go, it get's a little daunting. i'm using My Fitness Pal, it's free and I love it!! www.myfitnesspal.com We didn't get done with th...