Green Week ~ 1

Emily is hosting a "Green Week" this week. I agreed to participate. I've never done any sort of color challenge before this, so I'm calling it my "first week"! ;)

Since it's still winter here (we had a "blizzard" yesterday), I'm extra challenged, because I don't have any little green buds to share. But I do have a wee one who stayed up way too late last night, and slept in this morning. A wee one who was still very sleepy as he sat on his changing table in his green pajamas this morning. (Yes, that's a seam ripper in his hands. Just ignore that.) All that brightness behind him is the sun reflecting off the massive amount of white outside the window.

In the same windowsill, I have this empty Bag Balm tin. I used to use this stuff on diaper rash with Elisabeth, before I got all weird about petroleum products. So, now I don't use it on anyone's skin, but I still like the green tin. I think I should wipe the last, gunky bit of it out and use the tin for sewing notions. Yeah, I'll do that. One of these days...

Happy Green Week! (I am in a very weird mood today, and I feel like saying things like "yo" and "for shiz." I am trying to restrain myself. It's the cabin fever setting in. I can tell.)

Comments

[Bluebirdbaby]

for shiz? Now what exactly does that mean?!

Love your greens :)

[Allegra]

Yeah, I was SOOOO happy on Saturday in the 75 degree weather. I think I am over winter!! Happy Greens!

[heather]

grace, i totally thought that seam ripper was a pregnancy test at first glance! ;)

green is sooo good.

[Mama Bear]

And is the wee one wearing an amber bead necklace?

[Mama Bear]

Thanks, for sharing this information. I went and read the article. Sounds great. I hope he has an easier time with the teething from now on. I don't have any wee ones in my family right now but I will pass this tip on if the opportunity arises.
Mama Bear

[Mama Urchin]

Got a package from you today! We have a wee one who has been staying up to late recently too.

[emily]

that's a great little tin! you should certainly be using it for sewing notions. (i have petroleum problems, too. but i haven't given it up entirely. yet.)

and that sweet boy in his green stripes - i'd like to have pajamas like that!

so glad you're playing! (and i don't think i can delete your comments. they're too funny.)

[Emily]

Yes...we've been feeling that cabin fever too. Can't wait til the weather on Saturday comes back. I love Jem's jammies and the tin. Reminds me of St.Patricks day coming up...

[UNCOMMONGRACE]

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heather ~ I am so glad that the seam ripper actually was NOT a pregnancy test. Although, it would be kind of funny if my baby boy were taking one... ;)

Bluebirdbaby ~ I had a friend in college who used to say all sorts of crazy slang. I got "for shiz" from him, and it means something along the lines of "most definitely."

Mama Bear ~ It is an amber bead necklace. You can read a bit more about it in this post here: http://uncommongrace.typepad.com/uncommongrace/2007/08/owie.html. James has worn his every day since he was 6 or 7 months old. He still wears it, even though he's not currently teething. In mineral lore, it has other protective and healing properties. And it's just so cute on him!

Emily, yo ~ You can totally have some pajamas like that for your very own. They come in adult sizes here: http://www.hannaandersson.com/category.asp?id=women_sleepwear&cm_re=Spring%202008-_-Mouse%20Over%20Navigation-_-Women%20Sleepwear. That color was a "Christmastime" specialty; we got ours in 2006, but I noticed they had the same ones again in 2007, as well.

[erin]

i love a boy with an affinity for the seam ripper!

[Caren]

I love Jem's amber teething necklace. And I love that he's holding a seam ripper! I don't see much green in my nick of the woods (central NH) though the sap is running here, so spring is coming!

[kate]

ah, was just reminded by your photo of the amber necklace - thinking it's time for me to get one of these. thanks for inspiration - couldn't come at a better time.

[shelley caskey]

love the hannas! what a fun 'green' challenge! can't wait to see what else you have in store for us. :)

[molly]

Yo, Grace. i love the green pjs, too! And I'm always tempted to buy that bag balm at the local mill, just because i like the tin.

happy green week. I need to go searching for some green around here, too....

[Tracy]

What a coincidence - just the other day I finally scraped out the seven-year-old unused bag balm out of our tin with the intention of re-purposing it for buttons!