life hack & monthly haircut

My kids go through a lot of food.

My son is an endless pit, and Lacey not letting her brother ever have one up on her with anything, has decided to follow suit.  

One of their favorite snacks is fruit and over the years I have always been frustrated with how quickly I have to get through our fruit before it goes bad and I end up throwing it out and wasting a ton of money.

I spend a little time (ok, a lot of time) browsing Pinterest after the kids go to bed, and I came across one I just had to try.

It claimed to keep your strawberries fresher, for weeks longer, with one little trick.

Vinegar and water.

Easy  peasy.

First I combined 1/4 cup vinegar with 4 cups of cold water.

Then I just pour my container of strawberries into the water mixture and swoosh around a bit.

Little tid bit, this also gets rid of any bacteria left on the strawberries and no your strawberries won't taste like vinegar, promise!

It doesn't take long, just a few seconds to give them a good coat. 

I then lay them out to dry on a towel, and store them in the fridge.

No joke, my strawberries lasted for several weeks like this, when before I would notice them getting smooshy and bad after about a week. 

You have to try this out and let me know if it works for you! I even tried it on my blueberries, and it worked with them as well.

Nd just for fun, Maverick got his monthly haircut today so I have to share a pic. I'm always amazed by how well he does for being so little. He goes every 6 weeks.

Happy Thursday everyone!

xoxo

sibling love : park fun

It has been raining a lot here the past few weeks. It has kept me and the kids inside a lot, which makes for some pretty long days! Today it was cloudy, but warm (and no rain!) so I decided to head to the park with the kids. 

My kids LOVE the park. Maverick usually stays in the stroller while Lacey plays, but now that he is walking, he wanted out. So I put my mommy fear away and let him explore a bit!

He was so proud of himself! I need to get him some shoes, but I love his little bare feet! I left Lacey out of shoes for the longest time. I just think it's so much better to have them in their bare feet for as long as possible.

He loved this tunnel!

We love this park. The only complaint I had was there was no baby swing. Well a few weeks ago, to my surprise, they finally put one up! Needless to say, Maverick loves it. And his sister loves to push him.

Lacey is so good with her brother. She found a beetle in the tunnel and made sure to pull him back to protect them and even took a stick to push it out so it wouldn't bother him. This is such a big step for her because she is TERRIFIED of bugs. I've been trying so hard to help her get past her fear and I think she's getting past it (slowly.)

We had a good evening. Getting out in the sun for a little while always boosts my mood.