twitter thursday: green edition #1

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I’ve decided that I’m going to start a twitter thursday series and ask green ?’s to the twitterverse! twitter is an amazing way to connect and a network with others. It’s also been a great tool for information of all kinds. If you haven’t yet joined…you should…but don’t say I didn’t tell you it’s addictive!

It’s simple- I’ll ask a ? and post some of the responses! Let’s see what others are sayin’ in 140 character’s or less…

tweet, tweet…

Today’s ?

@LaMamaNaturale What’s your favorite eco splurge?

A few of mine- organic dark chocolate, alba lip gloss, baby items…

twitterverse said:

@NTFFC Baby items for sure, especially bath items like Earth Mama Angel Baby and California baby

@Shawnsewcrazy My kids LOVE Horizon organic milk boxes in Vanilla. It’s their drink of choice at Starbucks.

@VeganMamaDotCom Definitely organic dark chocolate, raw bars (Pure and Raw Revolution NOT Lara bars), beauty products

@buygreen Favorite eco splurges are soy candles, organic wine, & @bloominglotus lotions, soaps & bath salt

@dsfq GLUTENfreeda’s frozen (GF) cookies. That and Green Rabbit (french wine) are my two faves. Cocoa Camino chocolate too!

@VDog Juice Beauty or Pangea Organics beauty products.

@AmberStrocel My favourite eco splurge has gotta be organic fair trade chocolate. Mmmm…chocolate.

@theEcoDiva Organic coconut bliss ice cream!

Now dear reader, I ask you the same!

Earth Birthday Wrap Up: Homemade Love

Over the weekend we celebrated Tristan’s “Earth Birthday” party at my in-law’s house.. We had such a good time. I’m so thankful my in-law’s offered to have it at their place. It helped take some of the pressure off Tyler and I.  It was a lot of work anyway and definitely worth all the extra effort. This year to make it an eco-friendly birthday we didn’t have much time to really pull all the things we wanted to do together. With the arrival of Clark and several other side swipes it’s been a bit chaotic.

The party wasn’t until 3pm so we decided that we would make homemade pizzas from scratch and serve them up a salad and roasted potato wedges using organic and local ingredients. I also decided that I would make the pizza sauce from scratch also. I’d seen a recipe for both at The Natural Mommy’s site awhile back and have wanted to try it out. It turned out great and the guests really enjoyed the pizzas. We made a classic pepperoni, mushroom and olive, a veggie, a sundried tomato, artichoke, garlic and green onion, and a hawaiian pizza. I wish I would’ve taken pictures of the pizza/food. I did manage to snap a couple before shots.  It’s hard to juggle everything at once during a birthday party!!!

For the sauce I made both my own, from scratch (had 5 ripe tomatoes that needed to be used) and a homemade version from The Natural Mommy’s recipe using tomato paste. I then had about a 1/4 jar of pizza sauce that I had purchased a couple weeks prior and didn’t use all of it. After cooking up the sauces, I took all three and combined them.

My husband made the birthday cake- it was a Paula Dean cake called 1,2, 3, 4. It was more like shortcake/pound cake- it was very heavy. It was tasty but with frosting it was like a big cookie cake. We also made fresh lemonade from the lemons we brought back from my grandparents home a couple weekends ago. We’d planned to make ice-cream but time didn’t allow for it.

We did not purchase any decorations and were able to re-use the plates and napkins we had from the shower. We didn’t even send out evites for this party- it was word of mouth or by phone. This party was very last minute. I wanted to upcycle a birthday banner using some vintage fabric I have but just never found the time. Hopefully, this year, I’ll have some time to make it.  We made a pinata again this year and you’ll have to read about it at Eco Child’s Play. We filled the pinata with eco friendly treats such as glee gum, organic lollipops and organic fruit strips.

The kids did not get treat bags either. I’d forgotten to bring over the produce bags I’d planned on re-using like we did last year but we ended up giving them sandwich baggies to place their treats in- I know, cringe! It was mainly family who attended so their weren’t many kids, 5 total including Tristan. His two play buddies; he see’s almost weekly were not able to make it. He still had a lot of fun. They played in his playhouse we bought him (my parents, ty’s parents, and us) that is made out of sustainable wood. It’s really cute- I’m going to do a separate post on that.

Overall, the party went smoothly.  It was small and sweet. The homemade touches made for a cozy feel. We saved money and the planet! Woo hoo! 

Happy WW~ Watching The Dogs Howl

Earth Day Giveaway Winner

The winner of the Earth Day Giveaway is Alaina from The FarmHouse Boutique- where she sells Waldorf inspired play silks that are hand dyed. Congratulations. Enjoy the green goods!!!

Celebrating~ Family, New Life & Birthday’s!

Building sandcastles at the beach on my Earth birthday!

My first cupcake on the beach!

My lil’ guys…

Time to sing “Happy Birthday, to you”!

Pinata Time!

He’s blushing!

Family Potrait

Paula & I with our sweet babies. Dara and Clark had the same due dates.

Dara was born on March 23rd. Ty’s family is in town this week!

Proud Papa’s!

Proud Mama!

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