Freezing Bubbles

Yesterday was reported the coldest day in MN in the past 20 years! Shortly after telling the kids how excited I was to stay inside all day and cozy on the couch... this happened. 

 We experienced what temps of -22° that felt like -40° with the windchill felt like. Let me tell you. It was COLD. Super Super cold. 

The kids never complained and thought it was so awesome doing this fun experiment but after 2 minutes this mama needed to get back in my warm cozy house. 

So here's what we did, made our own bubbles (of course I couldn't find any when I wanted them)

DIY BUBBLES:

1/4 C Liquid Dawn Dishsoap

1 C water

2 TBS Corn Syrup

*Mix it all together and get creative on how you like you to make your bubble wand! We used pipe cleaners. 

Next... go outside and prepare to have your nostrils freeze.

Blow bubbles and watch what happens!! 

There's the bubble!! 

And there it landed! On Brayden's coat, froze and shattered! 

 Now it's time to warm up! Bubbles in the bath tub... perfect!

New Year New You! Summit 2014

Last year my friend shared with me Summit 2013 and it changed my life. There were so many amazing speakers filled with so much knowledge, I was totally blown away. As you can see below, I scribbled down many many notes as they were speaking and gained an incredible amount of knowledge and new perspectives on so many topics: Feeding and Caring for Babies & Children, essential oils, welcome to the sausage party (why homesteading is so important), Paleo lifestyle,  Healing the body and mind through your diet, DIY Products, Natural Medicine vs Modern Medicine to name a few things.

I ran across 2 amazing must have books while listening to some of these speakers, Nourishing Traditions you can find it here and Modern Essentials find it here. 

To get down to the point of this post, Summit 2014 is just 7 days away!! 

I am so excited for this! The best part (other than it being FREE) is that you can enjoy it from your own farm, home or wherever you're at! 

It's a 5 day online conference starting from January 15-19, 2014.

There are 31, yes I said 31 FREE online presentations to listen too!

Here's all you have to do... just SIGN UP NOW and they will send you an email conformation and a reminder before the sessions begin. 

I am so excited about this and the lineup of speakers looks so incredible! 

My friend Jill over at The Prairie Homestead is speaking on How to Homestead Anywhere

a few others I'm looking forward too are... How to escape the Clutter Trap, Homemade Mommy Survival Guide, Taking the Stress out of Dinner, the Future of American Farms 

This is to good to pass up!!