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Blog of the Month - September 2011

Since purchasing their colonial style house in the Washington, D.C. area in 2009, F and S have been busy with a whole variety of DIY home improvements and crafty projects mixed in with a bunch of tasty recipes that make our mouths water just reading about them! Most recently, they’ve just completed their project to finish their basement, including a new staircase, a pantry, a den / sewing room, a bedroom, a bathroom, a laundry closet and some storage. Whew … just reading about it is enough to make use exhausted! Now they’re tackling an even bigger project - a bedroom renovation just in time for a new addition to their family - and we’re looking forward to reading more about both. Be sure to check out the latest happenings at Our Little Beehive through the posts linked below!

Jimmy Jet the TV Set

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When we learned that we were going to be staying at the Hive for another three-plus years, S and I decided that we wanted to change things up in our living room a bit.

We have one couch, a chair and an ottoman in the main area of the living room
And some wicker "poufs" stacked in the corner.
When we have guests it...

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A Surprise Update on the Un-Built-Ins

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Don't forget, today is the last day to enter to win a $30 gift certificate to Love for Earth.

A few weeks ago we told you about the dining room un-built-in hutches we are having built. We hoped to have regular updates to share, but it's a little much to expect a craftsman to build the hutches and photograph his progress...

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The Well-Packed Daycare Bag

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Don't forget to enter to win:
$25 from Ace Hardware
Cloth Wipes from As you Stitch, Baby
$30 from Love for Earth

Today I got schooled in the importance of the well-packed daycare bag. This morning I dressed baby M in his super cute denim overalls with the puppy paw print snaps and his gray and white striped onesie with...

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Win a $30 Gift Card from Love for Earth!

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In continuing with our Earth Day (week) giveaways we bring you one of our favorites, the un-paper towel. We've been using ours since we bought them from Love for Earth last fall and are as enamored with them now as we were back then.

We have un-paper towels everywhere. Right now there are three in my car, at least one...

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Win Cloth Wipes for Kiddos of All Sizes!

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Yesterday we told you allllllll about baby M's cloth diapers in the most epic diaper post ever. And today we bring you a giveaway!
Like we mentioned yesterday, we love our cloth wipes for the bum, the cheese fingers, the cheese toes, the cheese nose. Want to try out cloth wipes? As you Stitch, Baby has offered to give...

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On Cloth Diapering @ Four Months A.B.B. (After Baby Bee)

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What better day than Earth Day to tell you about baby M's cloth diapers. Happy Earth Day! We've been cloth diapering baby M's hiney since he was very wee. Before he was born I thought we'd cloth diaper him from the start, minus the first meconium poos, which I've heard and darn near impossible to wash out. A few...

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On Cloth Diapering @ Four Months A.B.B. (After Baby Bee) - Plus a Giveaway!

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What better day than Earth Day to tell you about baby M's cloth diapers. Happy Earth Day! We've been cloth diapering baby M's hiney since he was very wee. Before he was born I thought we'd cloth diaper him from the start, minus the first meconium poos, which I've heard and darn near impossible to wash out. A few...

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Going Green with LEDs an Earth Day Giveaway!

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Our old house is filled with old wiring. While we've done what we can to rewire some of our house and we've gone above and beyond to better distribute the load on each circuit, our kitchen lights make me nervous.

We've got nine recessed lights that we put in two years ago. The lights are on a dimmer and because the...

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Tuesday Treats: Oatmeal Cookies w/ Peanut Butter Filling...or Not

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I'm not a huge cookie fan; cookie dough is a totally different story, but cookies, eeuh. I do, however, have a special little sweet tooth for one particular oatmeal cookie. So special, in fact, that I rarely make these particular oatmeal cookies lest that tooth eat too many.

I decided to make S some welcome home cookies...

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Mr. Drooly Pants, a Waterproof Bib Tutorial

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Mr drool face is going through at least three bibs a day at daycare and would probably go through a dozen if I sent him with that many. I kind of hate bibs. They're not so cute and they cover up super cute outfits. What's the point of a cute outfit if drooly drool pants is going to need a costume change twice an hour?

So...

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