Project Pinterest: DIY baby wipes

I am linking up with AP @ ILYMTC for Project Pinterest again today. This time I did something besides baking.. yay for me! I am actually making my own baby wipes! I pinned a recipe, but didn't use the one I pinned. Instead I used all Melaleuca products. They are all non-toxic and I know they will be safe for my babes! I got a recipe from an email that was sent to me by a senior director with Melaleuca. 

Mela Baby Wipes:

2 cups warm water

2 capfuls Solumel (the lemon smells nice)

2 TBS Renew lotion (you can use more)

2 TBS Renew bath oil

2 TBS Koala Pals body wash or hair wash

Wisk all together.

Using a container similar in size to a Folgers plastic coffee container. Cut a full roll of paper towels (a higher quality paper towel, like Bounty, is better because it is thicker) in half lengthwise and put that in the mixture. Let it all absorb and then pull out the cardboard core. Put the top on the coffee container and cut a small hole in the top of the plastic coffee container to dispense them out one by one. Save the other half of the paper towels for the next batch.

The only thing I don't like is that the folgers container is so ugly! Next time I will be figuring out a way to get it into a regular wipes container. I think it would work if you pretty much unrolled the paper towel before hand and folded it like an accordian. I'll probably let it soak in the coffee container and then transfer it to the wipes container. They do smell really good and are SUPER soft and leave your skin soft due to the lotion in it, which I think will be great for a diaper rash! I'm anxious to see how easy they are to pull apart, because if you have had an infant (and especially a male one) you can't leave them uncovered very long! It is definitely cheaper and the way we go through wipes around here, it would be nice to be able to make them from here on out! 

**I was not compensated by anyone to use these products. I just love them and wanted to use them :)

Project Pinterest: Pumpkin Snickerdoodles

Linking up with AP @ I Love You More Than Carrots again today for 

While I was pregnant with Cade I had a very, VERY unfortunate aversion come about. It was to something that, if you know me, you know I become a bit obsessed with come September. It was pumpkin. Last fall was just not the same without my Pumpkin Spiced Latte's! I have yet to have one this year ( I know. I don't know who I am either.), but I figured I would kick it off with a pinterest find that I pinned sometime last year. It was Recipe Girl's Pumpkin Snickerdoodles. I figured I like Snickerdoodles and I used to like Pumpkin, so why not give them a try? 

As Pioneer Woman says, here is the cast of characters:

The recipe calls for allspice, which I did not have. Therefore, I made my own by mixing nutmeg, cloves and cinnamon. Thank you, Google :). 

First, mix the butter until fluffy. 

Add the sugars and pumpkin and beat well. Mix in egg and vanilla.

Whisk the flour, baking powder, salt and ground cinnamon in a medium bowl. Beat the flour mixture into the pumpkin/butter mixture slowly until incorporated. You see that red bowl I am using? It is a bowl that my brother in law, Kyle, got me for Christmas one year. I love them! As you can see, you can bend it to pour. Perfect for pancakes, too! 

After you are done mixing, cover the dough and put in in the fridge for an hour. Which is the perfect amount of time to watch an episode of Friday Night Lights, if you ask me ;). After chilled, roll them into balls and roll them through the rolling sugar mixture. Her recipe says to press them with a flat bottomed glass, but I didn't do that because I wanted them to be gooey. Bake at 350 for 10 minutes or so. Once I took them out, I let them sit on the pan for a few more minutes to cook a little bit more. Since I didn't flatten them out they were pretty gooey, but nothing a little time on a hot pan couldn't cure. 

I think they turned out really good! They are so gooey and thick that Connor actually called them cake, which is how I like my cookie! 

Next week I am not going to be doing any baking. I am not going to be doing any baking. I am not going to be doing any baking.... ;) Maybe if I say it enough I'll convince myself to do something different. Preferably something that doesn't cause me to gain any weight!

And so it begins

Before I can even begin, I have to tell you that I started watching Friday Night Lights Saturday and I.am.HOOKED. I didn't think I was going to like it until about 3 episodes in. I literally think I could write a whole post about all of it, but alas, I won't. Especially since I am a tiny bit behind the times with this one ;)

Anyway, onto the reason of the post! I am linking up with AP at I Love You More Than Carrots for her brand spankin new link up of Project Pinterest. 

Each Monday we are to link up one pin that we created in the past week. This is perfect motivation for me to actually do some of the things I pin. Last Friday April and Josh were coming over to eat, so I chose to hop on Pinterest and do one of the desserts I had pinned.

I am all about a chewy cookie and something told me that with the word pudding in the title, I would achieve that :) I followed the recipe from Bru Crew Life, leaving out the banana chips. 

One thing the recipe didn't call for, but that I added, was a cute little helper! I had tried to have him help me before, but this was the first time that he was really into it! 

He was very diligent in his stirring and only spilled a little bit, which I would call a success. He stayed up there the whole time until it came time to put them on the pan and he just had to go in the living room to check on everybody else. 

He would run into the living room and then come right back and say, "Ok, Mommy. Connor's back." He was so excited to be my helper. Making cookies has never been so much fun!

The cookies ended up being so good and the recipe made quite a bit of dough. I will definitely be making them again! I will also be using that cute little helper as often as he will let me!