Flip Cloth Diaper Review

Flip diapers are my favourite. I get the one-size cover with velcro closures. The ones below are the colours I have. The left 3 are brand new and the right 3 are a year and a half old. I did replace the velcro on them after a year, and otherwise they still work great.

GroVia Cloth Diaper Review

GroVia diapers are pretty good. I've used the one-size hybrid GroVia diaper with velcro closures for a year and a half now and I really like them. They come in a variety of adorable colours and designs, are one size so they fit a wide range of sizes from newborn until the child is potty trained, and they are very easy to use. They are however, much more expensive than some of the alternatives. I bought my first ones brand new, and after that only added to my collection because I found some barely used at a good price through Kijiji.

Chocolate Blueberry Overnight Oats

I found the original recipe here and thought I'd give it a try.
I thought it tasted like a Wendy's frosty and my one year old liked it too. My husband didn't like it at all and thought it tasted chalky.... oh well. It's one way to get some chia seeds into your diet as well as a healthy and fast breakfast food.

A note about the recipe... the original was for Chocolate Cherry Overnight Oats but I used blueberries since I didn't have any cherries and so naturally had to change the name. Also, the oats and chia seed layer was a bit liquidy after soaking overnight so next time, I would probably add less milk or more oats- or both. Here's how I made it.

Playdough

I found a neat recipe for playdough online. Safe to eat, though not very tasty. Click here for the original recipe.

Berry Coffee Twist

I love this recipe because it looks so fancy to take to a brunch or dessert event and I got lots of comments on it because it also tastes so good. I'm not sure why its name has "coffee" in it since it has no coffee in it. I guess the same reason Coffee Cake has no coffee in it. In any case, it's fairly easy, if you've made bread before. It just takes a little more time in preparing it. I made it over the Christmas holidays and took some pictures for you to see. I probably cooked this one a little longer than I would have liked, but it still looks amazing. I wish I had taken some pictures of it sliced up because it looks even better in slices on a tray.

Italian Sausage and Peppers

I love this recipe because it is so easy and so good. I used to make this for my family when I was in high school a lot. There really is no seasonings because the italian sausage is what puts all the flavour in the dish.

Ruching a Maternity Shirt

I've been looking for some ideas for maternity shirts and found this site online for ruching a shirt to make it maternity: Ruch A Shirt

I was surprised at how much better it looked from before to after and so decided to try it on one of my plainer maternity shirts. These pictures are from when I was 9 months pregnant with my second- a couple months ago.