going green baby green

What A LOVELY week - A WONDERful start to this new year AND new decade!  T'was a snowy day yesterday - You know the KIND...Big, Soft, Fluffy snowflakes that fall at a Slow, S L O W speed!             My friend had her first baby this week - and she invited me to be a birth attendent - OH....if you haven't noticed I LOVE Birth, pregnancy and all the magic that happens there!  She was amazing, she asked for the drugs right at the right time - when she was fully dilated, thus did it naturally and narcotic free!   It was truly fate that I sadly missed the actual birth part - between dear husband's schedule and nursing my own baby  - I had to leave just as she was ready to push.....when the story unfolded later, I knew it was best I wasn't there, else I may have lost my cool with the OBGYN - I won't mention it now - don't want to spoil your day, all to say that, like many births she DID some UNNECESSARY things......On to a brighter side - WHAT a BEautiFUL Baby she was, gorgeous!   By whatever measures, whatever circumstances something AMAzing came!    So in this year of new beginnings....taking BABY steps there is a wonderful thing happening through Hip Mountain Mama. Just under 200 people are envloved so far with One Small Change .  AND so I am jumping on board aswell - the Blog community is really a wonderful thing! 

When an idea or concept crosses my path more than once....I think the Creator is speaking to me!  This week I participated in a Green Smoothie challenge brought to us by Enchanted Chameleon !  She had some fabulous smoothie recipes to cheer us on with.  I was encouraged, encouraged that I should really be sprouting again on a regular basis - SO THAT is what my change will be for this month!  A weekly Sprout Jar.  I love feeding my children LIVE, nutritious, flu-fighting foods...so this is perfect....and a perfect ingredient to our daily green smoothies!  We buy locally as much as possible, we cannot grow cocoa beans sadly - perhaps one day - so the next best thing is ethical chocolate right?  So sprouting it is!  THanks Hip Mountain Mama and Enchanted Chameleon!