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Managing Screen Time for Young Kids

Emily @ Live Renewed — Thu, 23 May 2013 14:49:56 +0000

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The reality of my life as a work at home mom with little kids is that my kids pretty much get some screen time every day. But, that doesn’t mean that they just have unlimited access to shows and movies all day long. We have some routines in place, which we will also be using this summer when my daughter is off of school, that help us to manage our kids’ screen time.

Managing Screen Time for Young Kids

• Chores Done First

There are chores around the house that my kids help with on a daily basis including helping me to unload the dishwasher, clearing the table after meals, and picking up the floors around the house and in their room. All of these chores must be finished before they can sit down with a show. This also motivates them and helps them to complete things like picking up that they otherwise would drag their feet about.

• Reading Time

Even though my older two kids no longer nap, they still need down time to relax and rest. Watching a show is part of that down time, but we also want to encourage them to relax with books and reading. So, I set the timer for 20-30 minutes for them to read or look at books before we turn on a show for them.

• When the Baby Naps

My youngest daughter still naps twice a day, and while she is a heavy sleeper because she’s used to hearing kids in the background, telling the kids that they can only watch a show or movie while the baby is sleeping accomplishes two things – it creates a regular time when they know they will be able to watch TV, so they’re not asking about watching all day long. It also helps to keep the baby from seeing the TV on a regular basis, since TV watching isn’t recommended for children under 2.

• Choosing Shows and Movies on Netflix

Using Netflix instead of cable for our kids’ TV viewing also helps us to manage what they watch and the amount they watch. Netflix offers instant streaming access to family friendly TV, with new movies and shows being added all the time. We were excited to find Jake and the Neverland Pirates was recently added to Netflix, which is one their favorites!

With Netflix, there are no commercials, no “What’s on Next” that pulls them into the next show before it’s even on, and a dedicated kids section that helps us to make informed decisions by offering ratings, reviews and information about the family friendly shows and movies available.

The other great thing about Netflix is that you can watch it from anywhere. We have the Netflix apps on our iPhones, iPad and Kindle Fire, or you can also watch on your computer at Netflix.com. Streaming Netflix videos is so easy that my kids have figured out how to do it all on their own! Of course, we still always monitor what they choose to watch!

We also plan to have regular family movie nights this summer when we’ll make popcorn, bring out the sleeping bags, pillows and blankets, and enjoy some of our favorite family movies like 101 Dalmatians or The Lorax together. With Netflix, we have access to hundreds of great movies to choose from, so we’ll always have a fun movie to watch together on family movie night!

As we move into the summer months, it’s important to manage your children’s screen time in a way that works for your family. Setting up some guidelines around screen time is a great place to start. Make sure you communicate your family’s guidelines to your children so they know what to expect. And don’t forget to add some fun to the mix with family movie nights!

What are you watching on TV with your family? Netflix has family favorites from Disney, Disney Jr., Hasbro, Cartoon Network and Dreamworks that are available to stream anytime, anywhere.

And streaming is easier than you think! Download the free app on your iPad, click on the Netflix app on any gaming device, go to the website on your computer – and you’re in business. Check it out here!

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Keeping the Kids Pool Clean, Naturally {Green in 365: Summer}

Sara @YourThrivingFamily — Wed, 22 May 2013 13:30:11 +0000

This is Day 141 of the Green in 365 series!

By Sara from Your Thriving Family

The backyard pool is a summer staple. But if you have had one you know it tends to be a dirty place and refilling it can get expensive – not to mention wasteful. So here are a few tips to keep your sanity and water bill in check.

Keeping Debris Out

Help keep debris out of the water by having kids step in a plastic storage bin, dish washing tub, or something similar to wash grass and dirt off before getting in the pool.

Use a household strainer for a fish tank to skim the leaves and bugs. This is a job your kids will love to help with and will soon become a game!

Try to find a cover for the pool. If you have the hard plastic ones, it just takes a second to cover it. For round ones you can use spa covers, or if yours is larger you may just want to get a tarp (but make sure to put something to weigh it down so it doesn’t blow off!).

Our family has given up on the blow up pools. It always seems like a good idea but I can never keep them clean. It is hard to get them completely emptied out and they collapse when turned on their side. The hard ones tend to be easier to scrub out and can be stored upside in the rafters of the garage during the cold months.

Keep Bacteria Out

Help keep your water clean by adding a few drops of anti-bacterial essential oils. Tea Tree, Lavender, Oregano, Geranium and Lemon are some of the more potent oils. These will help keep the water clean and will benefit your children’s skin at the same time.

I’ve also just been adding our bath oil blend as well, might as well make use of the time they are soaking. We used oregano for the first time this summer – my son said, “yum, it smells like spaghetti!”

Do drain the pool entirely periodically, when it is dirty or at least every 3-4 days. Generally I have been completely emptying ours and refilling on the weekend. As you clean out your pool, remember to …

REUSE Your Water!

Have the kids help you water your plants. Just get a few buckets and let the kids go nuts! I’ve also been using a 5 gallon to tote water out to our garden.

You can also use hose to siphon off the water to a tree. Make sure the hose is going downhill to the tree end then crimp hose, wait a bit then let it go, water should start flowing out. Sometimes you may need to use some suction.

Happy soaking! How to you keep cool while being green?

Sara is a full-time mama to three beautiful, sweet & mischievous blessings. Wife of 8 years to a man who has an amazing heart for working with youth. She is a homemaker, gardener, chicken-raiser, doula, and an adjunct & Theatre Tech at a Christian University. At Your Thriving Family you will find her writing about family, food, marriage,children, miscarriage, pregnancy and God – trying to find some balance it all. As a family they are trying to figure out how to THRIVE, not merely survive this life.

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100% Natural Products for the Body and Home: Giveaway from Jenuinely Pure! {Green in 365}

Emily @ Live Renewed — Tue, 21 May 2013 16:58:00 +0000

This is Day 140 of the Green in 365 series!

We talked last month about the importance of choosing safe and natural personal care products, checking the ingredients in the products we currently use, and replacing them with better and safer alternatives.

Today I’m excited to share with you a company that is dedicated to providing products that you can trust are safe and healthy for you and your family. Jenuinely Pure offers 100% natural and pure products for the body, face, home and baby!

I love it when I find companies that are small businesses, run by work at home mamas, that offer affordable and high quality products. Jenuinely Pure is one of those companies.

They offer a variety of products for your body, home and baby all made with simple, natural, and organic ingredeints when possible, and absolutely free from:

harmful or questionable ingredients
artificial fragrances or perfumes. Our products are scented only with pure essential oils
parabens, phthalates or sulfates
Genetically Modified ingredients
Testing on animals

Jenuinely Pure sent me their Basic Skin Care Set, with the toner and moisturizer for my dry skin, and I am so impressed by these products. To begin with, they smell and feel amazing on my skin. Every night when I wash my face before bed, it feels like a mini-spa treatment in my little bathroom at home.

The face cleanser leaves my skin feeling clean, fresh and smooth, but not tight or dried out. The toner smells wonderful and just adds to the clean and fresh feeling, but again without being drying. Then the moisturizer, which feels light as air in the container, is so smooth and helps my skin to feel soft and hydrated.

In the past I’ve told you how I converted to the Oil Cleansing Method, but to be honest, I wasn’t cleansing my skin in that way very often, because it just felt like it took too much time for me in the evenings. I love how simple and easy these products are to use, helping me to cleanse my face quickly and get on to bed!

The other great thing about these products is how little you need for them to work well. Just a pump or two of the face wash is all you need. One time I got three pumps by accident, and it was just too much! The toner comes in a spray bottle and in my experience, if I tried to spray too much, or too fast, the spray pump wouldn’t work correctly. The spray pump actually encourages you to use less! And the moisturizer is so light, it almost feels like the container is empty, but you only need a small amount to moisturize your whole face.

I’ve been using these products for about a month now, and I know I can get at least a few more months of use out of each bottle, so while they may be a slight investment up front, they are actually very affordable because of how long they will last!

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Countertop Compost Pail: Mighty Nest Review

Emily @ Live Renewed — Fri, 17 May 2013 19:11:05 +0000

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There are three main components of composting – building your compost bin, collecting your compostable material, and maintaining your compost pile. Once you have your compost bin or pile set up, you’ll need to start adding your material to it, but how do you get your food scraps and other compostable household items, from you house into the compost pile?

You need to have a way to collect those items and easily transport them out to the compost. You could use a bowl on your counter, but you would have to empty it right away, and you might not always have time for that when you’re in the middle of dinner prep. You could keep a container of some type under your sink and next to your garbage, but it could easily get stinky, and attract flies and fruit flies, and you might forget to put things into it, and put them in the garbage instead.

Or you could use a stainless-steel countertop compost bucket like this.

Mighty Nest sent me one of these beauties to review. Is is strange that I think a compost bucket is beautiful? Well, you should have seen what we were using before this, it was most definitely not beautiful!

I have to say I was a bit skeptical at first, would this really be better than the reused ice cream bucket that we had been using? The answer is most definitely, YES!

There are several things that I really love about this compost pail, and now that I have it, I could never go back to using our old, nasty plastic bucket!

• It looks nice enough to sit out on our counter, so it’s easier to remember to use it.

My hubs would often forget to put stuff into the compost bucket under our sink, and would throw it into the garbage out of habit. Now that it’s on the counter, it reminds him to actually use it for compost scraps! And it’s so easily accesible.

• I like that it has a lid.

Our old bucket didn’t have a lid, and it was just gross. Gross to look at, gross to smell, and it attracted all kinds of flies and fruit flies, even if we emptied it on a daily basis. Having a lid to cover that stuff up is much better.

• The charcoal filter really does work.

When the lid is on the bucket, you would have no idea about the stinky stuff that is inside. There’s no odor at all! Of course, when you open the bucket to place something in, then – Whew! – the smell is definitely there! I even put stuff in it and let it sit for several days to see if it would still filter the smell, and it definitely did!

• It’s big enough to hold several days worth of scraps.

The bucket is a gallon, which is a pretty generous size. We filled it up for three days before it was full, and even then, I probably could have pushed the stuff down and fit more in. But, I really think you’d want to empty your compost bin more often than every three days!

One thing I did notice is that after several days with fruit sitting in the bottom of the bucket, the lid and the filter didn’t deter the fruit flies completely. But, the first two days the fruit was in the bucket there were no fruit flies at all. So, you’d just need to make sure you empty the bucket more frequently when you have fruit in it. Normally I would have, but I was trying to test it to see how long it could go.

Basically, I love this compost bucket and how much it takes the ick-factor out of collecting food scraps for the compost pile. It’s also super easy to clean, you can even stick it in the dishwasher!

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What do you use to collect your kitchen scraps for your compost?

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Natural Living in a Normal Family {Raising Healthy Families}

Emily @ Live Renewed — Fri, 17 May 2013 11:01:49 +0000

Welcome back to the Raising Healthy Families series - a fun and informative series designed to help you and your family thrive! Join us each Friday as we take a look at different ways to keep your family healthy and vibrant in a not-so-healthy world! I’m really interested to read this post from Sara at Your Thriving Family (One of our Green in 365 contributors!) because we are definitely a “Normal Family”, and it’s always fun to get a glimpse into others lives and see how they do things.

This Week: Natural Living in a Normal Family

Written by Sara from Your Thriving Family

Many of us are trying to eat real food and get back to natural products, for what we believe to be the best for our families. The wall we sometimes hit, unfortunately, can be our well-meaning and loving extended family.

How do you continue along your journey and keep the peace with the extended family? Natural Living in a Regular Family, is about finding the balance and putting relationships first. Click on over for finding the grace in what goes in and on your family.

*Note: This series is designed as a fun and informative compilation to help you and your family thrive. Each post is the opinion of that particular blogger, not necessarily mine or Positively Real Media‘s. Also, comments here are closed, please head over to Your Thriving Family to share your thoughts!

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Building a Wardrobe that Works for You: Purging {Green in 365: Bedroom}

Emily @ Live Renewed — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:00:19 +0000

This is Day 135 of the Green in 365 series!

Now that we’ve thought about our obstacles to building a better wardrobe, the next thing we need to do is purge the clothing that no longer fits or flatters us.

Right now is a great time of year to get rid of the old, outdated, and unflattering clothes in your closet to make better use of the items you love, make room for some new, fresh pieces, and create a closet of clothes that actually work for you!

Take some time in the next few days to go through your closet, trying things on as you go, to weed out the items that no longer work for you. You could ask a friend, sister, or your husband to help you decide what really looks best on you and flatters your body.

As you remove the items from your closet, you can make several different piles:

1. Donate

Pass your unwanted clothes along to Goodwill, Salvation Army, or Dress for Success to give someone else a chance to use and love them, and help to keep them out of the landfill. But remember, once a clothing item goes into the donate pile, it can’t go back into your closet!

2. Sell at consignment

For items that are in excellent condition, and still in style, you could look into selling them at a consignment store to make a little extra cash for your unused clothes. There is a great second hand store here called Clothes Mentor – I think they are a chain, so check to see if there is one in your area.

3. Mend or Tailor

There may be a few items in your closet that you love and look good on you, but they need to be mended or taken to the tailor to adjust the fit. If you really will mend them or take them to the tailor, then set them aside for that. But, if you’re more like me and will put them in the mend pile where they will sit for months, or even years, without being fixed, then you’re better off to just go ahead and donate them!

4. Upcycle

I have made several fun projects from upcycled clothing items over the past year, including a sweater pillow cover, a cute infinity scarf, t-shirt bracelets, and a bag from a sweater to hold my knitting. There is so much great inspiration for upcycled clothes projects on Pinterest. But again, be sure you’re actually going to make a project with these items, not just store them in a pile that takes up space in another part of your house.

5. Swap

Another idea is to host a clothing swap with some of your friends. I really love this idea, and think it’s a great way to give your old clothes new life, while also adding some new clothing items to freshen up your wardrobe!

What else do you do with unwanted clothing from your closet? Can you commit to purging the clothes that don’t work for you out of your closet sometime in the next week?

Also, this weeks’ Bundle of the Week is all about beauty and fashion, and goes along perfectly with our Building a Wardrobe that Works series! Three of these books, Embracing Beauty, The No Brainer Wardrobe, and Frumps to Pumps are all about putting together a wardrobe that works for you with clothes that flatter you and make you feel beautiful! This Bundle is only available this week, so be sure to grab one while you can!

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Illuminating Light Bulb Choices {Green in 365: Bedroom}

Hilary Kimes Bernstein — Wed, 15 May 2013 12:59:37 +0000

This is Day 134 of the Green in 365 series!

By Hilary Kimes Bernstein of Accidentally Green

I remember when compact fluorescent lightbulbs were introduced to the public. My husband and I had just bought our first house, and we invested in dozens of CFL lightbulbs to conserve energy. Room by room, we replaced every incandescent bulb with a CFL one. The lighting definitely looked different, but we were excited at the thought of saving so much money.

Then our electric bill came.

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It turns out that we didn’t save much money after all. In fact, we never could tell if the CFL lightbulbs truly paid for themselves.

We kept using them, and I passed all of our old – but not burned out – incandescent bulbs onto my parents (who had no interest in CFL bulbs).

Shattered bulbs

A couple years later, I learned about the mercury levels in the bulbs. I wasn’t too concerned – until I read about the extensive clean up process:

People and pets should leave the room – especially pregnant women and children.
Turn off the heating and air conditioning. Ventilate the room by opening a window.
Use disposable gloves, sealable plastic bags and cardboard to collect the debris. (Don’t touch the debris, but brush the shards of glass and mercury powder into the sealable plastic bag with cardboard.) Use a flashlight to detect any missing pieces, and pat the surrounding area with sticky tape to attract powder and glass.
Promptly throw everything in an outdoor trash container and continue to air out the contaminated room for several hours.

Second thoughts

As soon as I heard about that process, I realized our CFL bulbs weren’t the safest items in our house – especially considering two of our family members are rambunctious, young children. I always half expect any belonging in our house to break by accident – and I certainly didn’t want a mercury-filled light bulb accidentally shattering.

Recently I’ve learned that CFL bulbs also have been proven to emit UVA and UVC rays. I try to avoid those when my family’s outside, and I certainly don’t want those inside my house.

Making another switch

Because of the mercury, need for extensive clean up, and the UVA and UVC rays, I’ve stopped using CFL light bulbs in my home. My parents returned our old incandescents, and I’ve been stockpiling them when I find good sales at the store.

To conserve energy – and money – everyone in my family makes sure to turn off lights when we leave a room. Our light bulbs last longer, we’re conserving energy, and are not exposing ourselves to the potential dangers of CFL bulbs.

Your turn; what kind of light bulbs do you use … and why?

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Hilary from Accidentally Green: Hilary Kimes Bernstein is a Christ follower, wife, mama, and writer who blogs about making healthy decisions that honor God and happen to help the environment at Accidentally Green. She’s recently released her first eBook, First Bites: How To Instill Healthy Eating Habits During Your Baby’s First Year.

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Building a Wardrobe that Works for You: Obstacles {Green in 365: Bedroom}

Emily @ Live Renewed — Tue, 14 May 2013 12:59:02 +0000

This is Day 133 of the Green in 365 series!

Since we’re talking about our Bedrooms this month, one of the main things that we do in our bedrooms is get dressed. We store our clothing, shoes and accessories in our closets and dressers, and we choose the clothes that we will put on to present ourselves to the world every day.

Most people would admit that they have way more clothes in their closet then they actually wear on a regular basis, or even need. I know this is true for me! Especially with the changes that my body has gone through over the past 6 years of three pregnancies, post-partum, breastfeeding, losing the baby weight, holding onto the baby weight, etc.

Greening our closets means simplifying the clothes that we have, while also building a wardrobe of clothes we will actually wear, that flatter our bodies, and we can feel good about ourselves in.

I’ll be the first to admit that I’m not very good at the whole flattering wardrobe thing, though. There are a few things that hold me back, maybe you can relate to one or more of these.

1. I’m not naturally good at it.

You know those people who are naturally well put together and well-dressed on a regular basis? They look cute and nice without being overly trendy? It seems like it’s just in their genes, or jeans, and it’s not something that I am naturally gifted at.

2. I lack time to shop.

With three little ones, working from home, and other life responsibilities, I just don’t have a ton of time to spend searching for that perfect fitting pair of jeans, or the thrifted outfit that looks like it jumped right out of Pinterest. Builiding a wardrobe takes time, which is something I don’t have much extra of.

3. Our budget is tight.

We don’t have a lot of extra money for me to go shopping with and spend on clothes. I went to the mall on Sunday with my sister for some Mother’s Day away time, and I was shocked at how expensive clothing is now. (Clearly I haven’t been shopping at the mall in a LONG time!) And when we do have extra money, I’m very reluctant to spend it on myself. There’s always something else that seems more important than buying clothes for myself.

I’m sure there are lots of other obstacles that many of you face, there are others for me too, but these are the three biggest ones. But, I still believe that it is possible, and even important, to curate a closet of clothing that helps you to look and feel your best, while also being eco-conscious and budget friendly. We’ll be talking more about how we can do that the rest of this week.

But today, I want to ask you, what are the main obstacles you face in building a wardrobe that works for you?

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Giveaway from Mighty Nest: Over $100 Value! {Green in 365}

Emily @ Live Renewed — Mon, 13 May 2013 12:59:19 +0000

This is Day 132 of the Green in 365 series!

Since we’ve been talking about Farmer’s Markets, Real Food, and Composting this month, I have a great giveaway to share with you from Mighty Nest, one of our May Sponsors!

Founded by two parents, Might Nest’s mission is to give families the ability to research, get advice, and buy high quality, natural, non-toxic everyday products all in one place.

From kitchenware to skin care, MightyNest‘s safety experts have built the web’s broadest selection of products that are free from known toxic ingredients such as BPA, PVC, Phthalates, Lead, Melamine, Formaldehyde, Parabens, and more.

MightyNest seeks to help people feel motivated and empowered to make changes in their lives, whether large or small.

Today you have the chance to win a set of Essentials for Composting and Shopping at the Farmer’s Market from Mighty Nest!

The winner will receive the following:

This set is valued at over $100! Enter today for your chance to win, and watch for a review of the Compost Pail later this week! (If you’re reading this post in an email or reader, you’ll have to click through to the post to view the giveaway form.)

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Putting Together a Natural First Aid Kit for Summer {Raising Healthy Families}

Emily @ Live Renewed — Fri, 10 May 2013 11:01:12 +0000

Welcome back to the Raising Healthy Families series - a fun and informative series designed to help you and your family thrive! Join us each Friday as we take a look at different ways to keep your family healthy and vibrant in a not-so-healthy world! I can’t wait to read this post from Krissa at More Than Mundane – I need to put together a natural first aid kit for our family this summer!

This Week: Stocking Your Natural First Aid Kit for Summer

Written by Krissa Jeldy of More Than Mundane:

Summer is right around the corner and now is the perfect time to start planning and preparing your natural first aid kit for summer. Discover safe and effective ways to heal sunburn, relieve bug bites, and care for cuts and scrapes. Head on over to More Than Mundane to learn how to prepare a natural first aid kit for summer.

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