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Graham Gardens Giveaway Winner

After 107 entries, the winner of the Graham Gardens giveaway is....

Kimberly, who said....

"a healing balm i make--bites, bruises, bumps & burns."

Congratulations, Kimberly!

Graham Gardens is giving all Steady Mom readers a 15% discount on items in their store until October 31st - just use the code "steadymom15" at checkout!

 

Sponsor Giveaway :: Graham Gardens Skin Care

Graham Gardens have a good thing going on, and I'm pleased to be able to tell you about them for today's sponsored giveaway.

Their company creates wholesome, natural skin care products that are safe and effective for the entire family.

From their website:

"Most widely available skin products have a few 'real ingredients' mixed with a large soup of strange chemical fillers and preservatives.

We create products using only effective, wholesome, high quality ingredients that we feel safe about applying on our skin and that of our little ones."

Graham Gardens produce a variety of products: body oil, natural bug block, lip balms, lotion bars, soaps (lavender & coconut milk--amazing!), and more.

It just so happened that this week when I received the basket from them, I ended up with a nasty spider bite on my leg. It became swollen, red and inflamed. 

I applied Graham Gardens' healthy skin salve (good for treating insect bites, cuts, rashes, redness, etc.) and after just two days my leg is returning to normal. And I love that I don't need a PhD in Chemistry to understand the ingredient list.

The lovely folks at Graham Gardens have put together a fabulous basket for one lucky Steady Mom winner and it includes:

Keeping Track of the Questions Kids Ask

The following post is by Hillary of Infinitely Learning.

Kids ask the best questions. Sometimes their larger than life, authentically inspired questions give me a great opportunity to explain something I know lots about and other times they complete stump me.

Sometimes I know the answer, but don't necessarily have the best way to explain it. 

Our family learns by following our interests, which means when my son asks a brilliant question it is the beginning of a learning storm. Not only are we going to find out the answer, but we are going to learn the ever important practice of finding out how to answer our questions.

Sometimes the answer comes from an internet search, books, youtube videos or a call to a friend or relative who is an expert on that subject. We make connections in our play, in the kitchen, while filling up the tub or out at the market. Since subjects such as reading, math and history are interwoven through all aspects of life it's easy to embrace whole life learning.

How NOT to Greet Your Husband at the End of the Day

Photo by Allan Siew

Hubbie: "Hi! (Kiss.) How was your day?"

Mom 1: "Ugh. You won't believe it. Joseph screamed for 15 minutes this morning because he couldn't find his paper airplane from yesterday--a paper airplane, can you believe it?!"

Hubbie: "Wow, that doesn't sound fun."

Mom 1: "Yes, and that's just the start of it. The washing machine leaked water on the basement floor again, AND we couldn't go outside because it was such a rainy day.

Then Mark banged his head on the kitchen counter and got a huge bruise. Oh, and Sarah colored with markers on the wall."

Hubbie: "I think I'll go out with the guys later."

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How TO Greet Your Husband at the End of the Day