Ready for Halloween!

We're all ready for Halloween! I've got the treat bags made, decorations up, and costumes bought! I painted a big pumpkin, the kids painted their own little pumpkins. We paint pumpkins here. Carving is waay too messy and too much of a hassle for a 1yo and 3yo. I'll wait till they're a little older for that. They colored little Halloween pictures and we taped them up on the door. I downsized a lot from last year though. We've been so busy moving and stuff that I didn't really even think about Halloween until a couple weeks ago. Most of the decorating was done just this past week!

Gavin's going to be a cowboy and Gage is a monkey (which is his nickname so it fits perfectly!)

 We're actually doing our trick or treating tomorrow. I go back to the town where I grew up (the rest of my family still lives there) and all the businesses downtown set up tables and give out candy. The Church, Sheriffs dept, and the courthouse gives the best ;) There's even a shop that gives out dog bones. Every year I tell them I don't have a dog, and every year they throw one in with the kids candy anyway! Kinda gross but a nice thought :)

Usually they do it on Halloween and since it's on Saturday this year I thought it would be perfect so hubby could go help me with the boys but for some strange reason, they're doing it on Friday. He has to work so I guess it's just me, my 2 boys, My sis, her 3 kids, PLUS her 3 foster kids! Whew it's gonna be a handful. My SIL sometimes goes with us, I'm not sure yet if she will this year.


I guess it's kinda good they're doing it on Friday, that means we can dress up again and go back out Saturday. Or stay here and give out candy to all the other kids. I'm sure Gavin would love to see other kids come to his house and say 'Trick or Treat!' They get way too much candy anyway. My mom,sis, and sis-in-law all make treat bags. As does my aunt. Then they get a load from the shops downtown. Usually the bags are overflowing by the time we're done. We take and extra bag to dump it in when the kids gets too full.


Last year they had so much, plus Christmas candy right after that, I just threw the rest away around Easter this year! My kids actually don't like candy all that much. They must get it from me. I don't like sweets too much. It's a good thing but we waste most of the Halloween candy.


I always half my kids candy with my dad! He has a major sweet tooth so it cuts down on how much my kids get and it gives my daddy something to munch on!

Have a very safe and

HAPPY HALLOWEEN!

Rockin Green Giveaway

I've used Rockin Green detergent and I think it is wonderful for not only cloth diapers but regular laundry as well. Rockin Green is completely safe for cloth diapers and for the environment too which is always a good thing!

I also really love the fact that you can order samples before you buy a big bag of it. I've already tried the Baby Powder & the Monkey Snacks and I really liked them both.

The Monkey Snacks smells like banana Laffy Taffy but it's not a real strong scent. The baby powder is a bit stronger and it smells... well, like baby powder! It smelled like a sweet lil babies bum :)

When they came in the mail, the entire mail box smelled sooo yummy! I was sniffing the mailing bag all the way back to the house!

Here are the scents that you can choose from:

Unscented

Fresh Linen- Blend of Lily and Jasmine. Comparable to Bath & Body Works Fresh Linen.
Baby Powder- smells like freshly powdered baby.
Cherry Almond- yummy cherries mixed with almonds. Best Seller!
Vanilla Lavender- a soft fragrance of yummy vanilla and lavender.
Monkey Snacks- A tropical blend of Banana, Coconut, Lime, Orange, Grapefruit, Bergamot, and Clove. Smells like Banana Laffy Taffy! Best Seller!
Cherry Lemonade- Blend of Cherry, Lemon, and Berry. Reminds me of a Cherry Limeade from Sonic!
Vanilla Buttercream- it’s like a cupcake without the calorie guilt! Best Seller!
Mango Sorbet
Grape Soda- reminds me of summers as a kid

There's also 2 brand new scents to try out:

Peppermint Cocoa- This one sounds so yummy!
Pumpkin Crunch- I can't wait to try this one, I love anything pumpkin!

Another great thing about it is as yummy as the scents are, when the diapers come out of the wash, there's no scent at all. It gets rid of the stink with no lingering detergent smell.

Kim @ Rockin Green has generously offered one lucky reader a 45/90 bag of Rockin Green detergent. Trust me, once you try this stuff, you'll be hooked!

 

 

 

Buy it:

Head on over to Rockingreensoap.com and get yourself a bag.

Or just give it a try with a couple samples.

Samples cost just $2.50

A 45/90 bag costs $13.95

A 90/180 bag costs $22.95

Win it:

To enter to win a 45/90 bag of Rockin Green, go to Rockingreensoap.com

and tell me what scent you'd choose if you won.

You must do this before you can get extra entries.

If you don't, the other entries will not count.

Extra Entries:

Follow me (@mysillyboys) and @RockinGreenSoap on twitter

and tweet about this giveaway. Leave a comment with the permalink of your tweet.

You can tweet up to 3 times a day.

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I will draw a winner on Sunday, November 8th

at around midnight.

I will announce and email the winner on Monday.

I highly recommend leaving your email address in EVERY comment so I can email you if you win.

If you do not do this, you will be responsible for checking back here to see if you won.

If I do not get a response within 48 hrs, I will draw another winner.

Good luck!

GAD Baby Diaper Review/Giveaway

Kim from Green Acre Designs recently sent me a Gad Baby diaper with a hemp insert to try out. I was secretly hoping for a black one so I was thrilled to find a black one with red micro fleece inner layer in the mail box! I've been wanting a black diaper ever since I saw these on Gad Babys website.

I love,love, love this diaper! I love the side snaps so Gage can't take it off (he really enjoys running around stark naked). I love the color selection. I really like that you can get a different colored inner than outer. Most diapers just have white inners or are the same color as the outer. I love how trim they are. They aren't bulky at all. Gage can actually wear pants over it. Usually I have to put a pair of Gavins size 3's to go over my other cloth diapers. I also really love the prices. Gad diapers are very affordable compared to most other brands. Most of the diapers are $15.95.

I was a little bit nervous trying the hemp insert. I had never used hemp before and knew that you have to prep it before you can use it. I got a lot of tips from wonderful mamas that had experience with hemp so I washed it 4 times and put it on Gage. I did actually have a leak the first time I put the diaper on him but thinking back, I think I miscounted and had only washed it 3 times! After that, I washed and dried it again and haven't had a leak since.

Here's some pictures of Gage wearing his GAD Baby diaper...

Buy it:

If you can't wait to win it,

head on over to GADBabys site and pick out a few.

You can choose between an organic bamboo velour inner

or a microfleece inner. They're the same price either way.

Win it:

To enter to win a GadBaby diaper, go to Gadbaby.com, pick out which

color diaper you would choose if you won and leave it in a comment.

You must do this before you can get extra entries.

If you don't, the other entries will not count.

Extra Entries:

Follow me and GadBaby on twitter & tweet about this giveaway.

Leave a comment with the permalink of your tweet.

You can tweet up to 3 times a day.

Publicly follow my blog and comment that you do.

If you already follow my blog, leave me a comment letting me know that you do.

Subscribe to my blog via email and comment that you do.

Grab my button and leave me the URL of where I can find it.

Leave a comment on another non-giveaway post and tell me which post it was.

Blog about this giveaway (2 entries) and leave the URL where I can find the post.

(Leave 2 comments if you do this. You can say Blog entry #1, and  #2)

I will draw a winner on Friday, November 6th

 at around midnight.

I will announce and email the winner on Saturday. 

I highly recommend leaving your email address in

 EVERY comment so I can email you if you win.

If you do not do this, you will be responsible

for checking back here to see if you won.

If I do not get a response within 48 hrs,

 I will draw another winner.

Good luck!