Swing Around The Block: Favorite Things

School has started. My babies are in Kindergarten and I don't know what to do. It was such an emotional first day. It is crazy to be so emotional as they are in school for 3 hours a day, but this every day schedule is crazy. We are 3 weeks in and I am still adjusting to the routine. One of the major routines I have tried to embrace is using my oils daily to help keep us all on track and healthy.

What are my routines?

Every morning (or most mornings) I diffuse Joy or Lemon and Peppermint. This helps wake up the kids and keep them happy. While some might think I am crazy, I have actually experience Joy helping my kids. While my kids wake up at the crack of dawn, they are not really morning people. They want attention but not from each other so there is lots of fighting and bickering.

I put valor behind the kids ears when they go off to school to help with their confidence and also calm them down a bit. S can tend to be a wanderer so I also think it helps her stay on track.

I am diffusing Thieves every afternoon, which is awesome because it reminds me of fall. According to the Essential Oil Desk Reference:

When we are working on homework, I am diffusing brain power. Brain Power is a blend specific to Young Living with the following single oils: Frankincense, Sandalwood, Melissa, Cedarwood, Blue Cypress, Lavender and Helichrysum. The Essential Oils Desk Reference says:

At night we diffuse dream catcher in the girls room to help them drift off to lala land and have happy dreams. If they are coming down with something, I will put Thieves and Lavender in the diffuser.

What oils are in your daily regimen?

My sister in law finds the coolest things. A few months ago she came over for dinner and brought along her new purchase. She is a pesceterian (she doesn't eat meet but eats fish) and eats really healthy. She found this AWESOME blog and cooking tool. It spiralizes your veggies. Ummm yes please! It is crazy easy to use and a great substitute for pasta (we still eat pasta though). We try to use the spiralizer once a week and try new things, but some of the recipes are so good. Even the kids like to make the food with us. One of the first things we spiralized was an apple and they ate it all up! Slowly but surely they will try things. They will eat the zucchini noodles alone but put them in a recipe or substitute them for the pasta noodles and you would think it was the worst thing ever!

You have to check out this blog. The videos alone will make you want to spiralize everything!

Here are some of our favorite!

The sweet potato recipe is incredible!