Have you been looking for fun, stylish and organic clothing to send your child back to school in? If so, check out my article Go Back to School with Polarn O. Pyret’s Eco Friendly Clothing at Inhabitots. I love all of the stripey pieces in the collection. Aren’t they adorable?
Where did you do your back to school shopping?
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I love these simple organic dresses from Raksha Bella. The Raksha Bella Classic Collection is created using woodblock patterns are are printed by hand with 100% GOTS certified organic cotton and cut and sew by women who are self employed thorough the Nobel Peace Prize winning Grameen banking system {micro-loans}.
I love the idea of pairing a simple dress with fun colored wellies
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When getting everything in order for back to school, did you have a hard time going the green route? Were you able to find Eco school supplies, clothing and backpacks? What are you packing in your child’s lunchbox this year? Organic whole foods? Check out my article at Cascadian Farm on 10 ways to Green Your Back to School and let me know how you are making back to school green.
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Hello Everyone.
How has your week been? This week was much better than the previous. To catch you up – Eben started school a couple of weeks ago and went from a child who loved school and looked forward to it everyday to a child who didn’t want get up in the morning and dreaded being dropped off each morning. At first we thought it was just nerves and the change of schools. However, it continually became worse and worse. After the first week, we pulled him out and moved him to a private school – And I am happy to announce that the old Eben is back, happier than ever and in full force. He loves school again and can’t wait to get there! Yay!
His school is fantastic too – It’s a “green” school complete with a garden, rainwater fed Koi pond, Eco friendly grass (think- fake grass that looks and feels real) and it’s LEED certified. They also recycle and compost all waste! I am really looking forward to volunteering my time to help them achieve more green initiatives.
Do you have fun plans for the weekend? We are planning another weekend at the beach – simply because we can not get enough of it! Who would get tired of swimming, snorkeling, the feeling of warm sand on your toes and seashell collecting? And after a long week of school and work, we deserve it, right?
On another note – last night, Mr. Sweet Greens and Eben were making paper airplanes from old pieces of paper. Do you remember making paper airplanes? Children just love them – Oh yeah, and so do dogs. Our Lilly and Noodles were going crazy seeing pieces of paper fly all over the living room. They were jumping and yelping, both trying to get the airplanes before the other. It was hilarious.
So, while I go clean up the shredded paper from last night’s fiasco. Here are a few things that I have wanted to share with you.
– Learn how to make this sweet corn husk doll.
– Joel made a Catfish for Leo and it is adorable.
– You only need a few ingredients and the sun to make this yummy Sun Strawberry Jam.
– I have added a bookshelf with books from “Green Book Adventure of the Week” to the below right.
– If I were getting married, I would want a succulent bouquet. (photo’s above)
Stay tuned next week, when I start up Earth Friendly Etsy again. Tons of great shops and giveaways to come! If you are interested in being featured on Earth Friendly Etsy, click here.
Have a lovely weekend and I will see you Monday morning.
xo,
Sweet Greens.
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This week’s book adventure of the week is The Best of Stuntology: 304 pranks, tricks and challenges to amuse & annoy your friends
I bought this book for Eben last Hanukkah – he didn’t show immediate interest in it until this week. He pulled it off of his book shelf and started to devour it. It is written in comic book fashion and this is very appealing to Eben right now. It is full of fun and harmless pranks and tricks to play on your friends or challenge yourself all with hand drawn illustrations. And it just happens that one of the first pranks that Mr. Sweet Greens played on Eben was “Dog Mumps Stunt” which scared the daylights out of him.
Last night, he decided to try the “seat stunt” on Mr. Sweet Greens. We snuck outside to Mr. Sweet Greens car and laid the driver’s seat all the way back. The book says that since people are use to their car seats being upright, they won’t notice that it is laid down and when they get in, they will fall backward. Eben loved it and couldn’t get over it – he was giggling all night long. I wonder what Mr. Sweet Greens thought when the prank came to fruition when he left for work at 5 a.m. this morning? Hee Hee. I will let you know via Twitter when I talk to him.
This is a super fun book, especially for young boys and includes tricks such as How to Eat Like a Lizard, The Peanut Butter Toothpaste Trick and Have you Felt My Wart. It would make a great gift too!
Does your family have books that you enjoy together?
Which ones? I would love to hear about and possible feature them.
*Book Adventure of the Week is a new weekly series here at Sweet Greens, where I would love to share some of the books from our own book shelves with you. If you have a book to recommend, I would love to hear about it, please send me a message to mysweetgreens@gmail.com.