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- 1 cup baking soda
- 1/2 cup citric acid
- 1/2 cup corn starch
- 4 teaspoons water
- 2 teaspoons Thieves, Lemon, Citrus Fresh or Tea Tree (about 40 drops)
- 3 teaspoons of V-6 vegetable oil complex
- Ice cube tray or candy mold
My 10 year old loves to set up his own diffuser in the evenings before bed. Last week I got my Essential Rewards order and I was very excited to finally be adding vetiver to my essential oil collection. Here is a video of my son using vetiver for the first time. His comments cracked me up – this oil defies gravity and makes you more patient… I think I NEED lots of this oil!!
He did eventually get a drop out of the bottle and he added 2 drops of lavender to it. It smelt so amazing that I diffused the same at my bedtime (it did cross my mind that the reason this oil is known to support restful sleep is because you get so sleepy waiting for the drop to emerge)! It is recommended that you add the vetiver oil to a carrier oil before adding it to the diffuser, or like my friend suggested, you can tuck it in your bra or pocket to warm it up a little first.
To learn more about this wonderful oil there is a recent post on Young Living’s blog; 8 Reasons You Should Be Using Vetiver.
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My children were beyond upset with me for 2 full days early this summer and all because I made them sign up to join the swim team. According to them, this was a huge problem because:
a) They were too old to join for the first time at age 10 and 8
b) All the other kids had been swimming since they were 5 (not true).
c) They didn’t want to get up early (but, they are up early weekends and holidays anyway!).
d) They had never had formal swimming lessons/training of any kind (my valiant efforts didn’t count).
I was presented with that fairly impressive (and convincing) list of reasons why they SHOULDN’T join. In the end, my reason “Because I SAID SO” was the final word. I knew in my heart of hearts, that they would enjoy it and I also saw potential in them as swimmers. Getting them to their first practice (a full 2 weeks after the season had started) was not fun, at all! They were both understandably nervous (secretly, I was too) but I knew there was help. It was to be found in the contents of a little brown glass bottle, with a deep purple label. All it took was 1 drop rubbed on the bottom of their feet and a pep-talk and they did it – they had no idea what was going on; they were completely uncoordinated during the land exercises and equally awkward in the water, but they joined in and I was so proud of them!
Two weeks later and it turns out they love swimming and they are pretty good at it! They enjoyed the practices, but then we had the hurdle of getting them prepared for the actual race meet. The entire day of their first competitive meet they were both extremely anxious and complaining that every organ in their stressed-out little bodies was malfunctioning, any excuse to be excused! An hour before the meet they started to completely unravel and there were plenty of tears and lots of pleading – they were begging me not to make them swim. It was heartbreaking to see them so nervous, so it was Valor® to the rescue again. Here is a video of my youngest less than an hour after the theatrics; he was excited, happy and full of confidence! It was amazing!
Lucky for me (and you, as I have a tendency to babble when I’m excited about something), Young Living featured Valor® on their site today and they have written a very informative post that you can read here. I am certain that I will mention Valor® again because it is such a versatile and well loved oil, but I wanted to share with you how just a couple of drops of this amazing blue oil saved the summer for my family! Yes, I put the oil on a little pedestal to take its picture! 🙂
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GeneYus was specially formulated to support focus during school work, reading, exams, projects or any other time that children need to concentrate and be grounded. This prediluted blend contains 16 essential oils and can be applied to the back of the neck, wrists and temples. 10 year old boys are pretty ‘cool’ these days so I made him a 2ml roller bottle with 15 drops of the GeneYus oil and fractionated coconut oil – I then raided MY own LEGO® minifigure collection (true love and generosity in play) and heated up my trusty glue gun. Not even the most discerning 4th grader would deny that a hot pink LEGO® mohawk-topped roller was pretty darn ‘awesome’!
*I hope he did well!