First Time Mom and Losing It

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I weigh myself every Monday morning. It helps keeps me accountable and tells me if I had a good or bad week. I know sometimes your body holds on to weight even though you had a good week. Though more often than not the weight on the scale has to do with how you performed for the week.

I was so happy to get to review the Mira Instant On Digital Bathroom Scale because I have been getting annoyed with my old one. I had a big bulky digital scale that you had to step on just to turn it on. You would have to sometimes step off and on a couple of times before it was ready to weigh you. With the Mira Scale you don't have to step on it to "wake" it up. All you have to do is step on and within seconds it gives you the weight.


I love how large the display is and how bright the light is. You can even weigh yourself at night or in the dark :).

The design of the scale is super thin and sleek. It takes 4 AAA batteries that are included so you can instantly use it.


You can get your own Mira Instant On Digital Bathroom Scale at Amazon.

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I love baking in muffin pans because it helps with portion control for me and is the perfect size for a toddler meal. I have made breakfast cupcakes, creamy chicken florentine, mini meatloaves and toddler friendly banana chocolate muffins.

I hated used muffin tins before because no matter how many times you grease a pan they still tend to stick and make a mess especially with my breakfast cupcakes. I started cooking my breakfast cupcakes in silicone individual cups but that was kind of difficult to do because sometimes you would have to carefully fill them to make sure they wouldn't tip over. The ones I have also have a fluted cup so it was difficult to clean in the little crevices.

My problems were solved when I got to try the OvenArt Silicone Muffin Pan. It is a safe, BPA-free, filler-free, and worry-free silicone bakeware. I love that it is safer to use than metal pans with a non-stick coating that can come out and leach into the food after frequent use.

I have used it make all of the recipes above and it is super easy to clean with a sponge and detergent. No soaking required!

You can also use it to individually freeze leftovers and microwave it to heat it up. You can't do that with a metal pan!

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This is the last part of the Quiet Book How To Series. You can check out my posts below to make my previous pages.
Title Page
Picture Page and Numbers Part 1 Page
Numbers Part 2 Page and Shapes Part 1 Page
Shapes Part 2 and Paper Doll Part 1 Page
Paper Doll Part 2 and Barnyard Part 1 Page
Barnyard Part 2 Page and Doll Face Part 1 Page
Doll Face Page 2 and Purse Page

From now on we will be making two pages, a front and back. The front is the Matching Color Flower Page and the back is the blank back page of the book. I got the idea from this pin for the flower page.

Matching Color Flower Page

• 9” x 12” felt in cream.
• Scraps of felt in red, purple, yellow,  green, orange and brown.
• Big buttons in red, blue, yellow, green and orange
• Sewing machine
• Flower page template

1. Print out the flower template and cut out each piece. 
   
2. Pin flower onto all the colors of felt except for cream and brown and cut out.
   
3. Pin matching flowers together and sew all around. Repeat for each flower.
4. Place a button in the middle of each flower and using a disappearing fabric marker place a point on the top and button of the button. Connect the dots with a line.
   
5. Sew a buttonhole in the middle of each flower. 
   
   
   
6. Place flower pot top and bottom onto brown felt and cut out. Pin the bottom of the flower pot to the bottom of the light cream felt sheet. Sew all around. 
   
7. Place the buttons where you want each flower to go. Sew the buttons onto the cream felt sheet. 
   
8. Take flower stem template, pin to green felt and cut out 5 strips. Using little strips of fusible web iron on stems from button to flower pot. 
   
9. Take flower pot top and pin on top of flower pot bottom. Sew all around.
   
10. Button flowers onto it's matching button.
    

Finishing

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