my sad neglected blog

I never write in this blog anymore, its very sad and neglected. My other blog (Natural Mama Reviews) has really taken off lately and it takes up all of my extra time. I cant complain though, I've been having so much fun trying out new products and writing reviews.

In place of a int resting post about our latest project or great recipe, here is a picture of my little pumpkin this last week.

Canadian Natural Mama is having more giveaways, enter now to win a lovely hazel wood teething necklace and a Sage Creek Organics Blanket.

More great giveaways soon, such as bummis, walltalk, and piggypaint....so check back often :)

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Very Hungry Caterpillar Cupcakes

I've been seeing Very Hungry Caterpillar Cupcakes all over the blogosphere-so when the time came for me to make my baby girl her birthday treat i knew what i had to try. We had a park birthday- so these were perfect!

I just saw a picture online and tweaked it a little, so this is by no means my own creation. I did however make a few changes.

Instructions:
-Make at least a dozen cupcakes from your fave recipe. I made pumpkin spice with cream cheese icing ala Martha Stewart
add some red food coloring to about 2TBS of the icing for the head (mix and set aside), and mix the remaining icing with green food coloring for the body.
-Ice your cupcakes and arrange on a tray similar to the picture above
- Cut a slice of watermelon and using a straw make a "caterpillar hole"
-also make a caterpillar hole in a strawberry. Glue down both pieces of fruit with icing
-Add eyes and mouth with anything on hand- i used jellybeans
-make feet and antenna out of watermelon peal and glue them down with icing as well
mmmmmmmm, so good

Win Tip Toey Joey shoes

i'm hosting another giveaway on my blog Natural Mama Reviews. Head over for your chance to win these adorable Tip Toey Joey shoes.

Breastfeeding week

World Breastfeeding week is coming to a close tomorrow.
I hope the week was able to bring more public awareness, acceptance, and support to the wonderful act of breastfeeding. It is such a natural and nurturing way to feed your baby, yet there seems to be so many issues around it. My baby girl is almost 14 months and is still loving nursing. She gets so much comfort, nurturing, and nutrients from breastfeeding.
Strangely as i have nursed her past the one year mark i have noticed a huge shift in the support i get from my community and family. Everyone used to say how great it was that i had choose to breastfeed. Now the most common comment i get is " your STILL breastfeeding?"...like i should have gotten her on the bottle long ago. There seems to be some strange belief that nursing past a year is somehow perverse or is done because the mother is needy. What the hell???
Health Canada recommends breastfeeding until the "age of two and beyond" so why is everyone so freaked out by this.
Oh well, we will continue to breastfeed until me and my baby decide the time has come to end this sweet time together.

Win A Sophie Giraffe

I'm hosting a giveaway for a Sophie the Giraffe teething toy over at my other blog- Natural Mama Reviews. This is my babies fave toy by far, so head over and enter to win.