First Day of School

These pictures are of Hayden's first day of Mom's Day Out, Audrey's first day of kindergarten, and of Olivia playing today in the backyard.

Enjoy!

Ideas....

Hi all!  I've decided that along with family photographs and updates, I'm going to try and add some tips of all varieties a few times a week of projects I'm working on regarding gardening or cooking, to which cleaning products I found that work, to which diapers don't pass the test!  I thought how handy it would have been to have someone pass along their advice of these things when I became a mother and stay-at-home mom.

The tip for today is laundering dingy "white" clothes.

A few weeks ago Brandon told me he was finally going to throw away his favorite white polo golf shirt of twelve years.  It was yellowed and quite dingy.  I thought I would give it one last try before he tossed his beloved shirt.

I took three healthy scoops of Oxy Clean stain fighter in warm water in a large bowl and soaked his shirt for 24 hours.  I then rinsed it out, and put it in the washer with regular laundry detergent and a small amount of bleach.  After I dried it, we were shocked to see the shirt perfectly white. Since that process worked, I searched through the house for all the kids white clothes that I didn't think could be saved and much to my delight, they are now in great condition to wear.  Note--the clothes that have color on them, I use the same process and eliminate the bleach.

Happy laundering!

Gina