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So anyone who has been reading me for any length of time knows I have made some serious strides towards a greener lifestyle. But one area I just can’t seem to make the total leap is in our personal care products. I don’t know what it is, but I just like to use what I have always used. There is a certain comfort in that. So when a company I already know and love makes a greener, more natural product, I get so happy. I don’t have to try something totally new wondering if I will like it, but I don’t have to feel bad about what kind of crazy ingredients I am using.

First of all can I just say, I am a sucker for packaging. I am like a marketer’s dream. Cause I look at this package and I just want it. I love the look so it is a little bit like, “you had me at hello”. Then I discover that even the packaging is “Al Gore” approved, made out of 60% post-consumer recycled packaging. And I absolutely love the pump handle because my older kids can use everything their own. And by on their own I mean without supervision, not “I can do it myself!!” while half the soap container comes out in the tub.

Anywho, there are no parabens, animal by products or dyes involved. Actually 98% of the ingredients naturally derived, but it still has the No More Tears Formula I love. And despite the simple list of ingredients, it had a great smell. My favorite smell is “clean” which I never really know how to describe, but it has it. You know what I mean? It just smells clean. But not creepy perfumy chemically clean. Just clean.

And FYI, the Johnson’s Natural product line consists of the following products:

• Johnson’s Natural Baby Lotion
• Johnson’s Natural HEAD-TO-TOE Foaming Baby Wash
• Johnson’s Natural Baby Shampoo
• Johnson’s Natural Kids 3-in-1 Shampoo Conditioner & Body Wash
• Johnson’s Natural  Kids 2-in-1 Hand & Face Foaming Wash

What is not to love about a product you love with less guilt? Do you hear that all things made with chocolate and peanut butter? Work on that will ya???

I wrote this review while participating in a blog tour campaign by  Mom Central on behalf of Johnson’s and received the products necessary to  facilitate my review. In addition, I received a gift certificate to thank me  for taking the time to participate. As always, all opinions are mine.

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So you might remember that a few weeks back I told you I was going to be participating in a Wisk campaign. Our first post actually using the Wisk came with a fun assignment. And an assignment that Lily got to participate in which excited her to no end. She even makes a little appearance in the video.

Wisk Protein from thediaperdiaries on Vimeo.

I was really impressed with how the Wisk cut through the stain. I don’t think it shows up really well on the video since Lily was supposed to drop a small amount of the Wisk in some sort of a “design” and she instead squirted out a blob that covered most of the fabric. Hazards of using an assistant in your blogging. But she is so darn cute, we will give her a pass.

The new Wisk Stain Spectrum Technology was designed to tackle all the specific stain categories and so far it has passed the protein one. And kudos to Wisk for making our “assignments” so fun. The science nerd in me got pretty excited. Believe it or not, that is what my college degree is in. Too bad they didn’t offer a degree in changing diapers and picking ground in play-doh out of the carpet. That would really come in useful right about now.

Any, can’t wait to see what comes next. More to come….

Disclosure: This sponsored post on behalf of Wisk laundry detergent was facilitated by One2One Network. While I will be compensated for this post, the experiences and opinions expressed are my own.

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It is my daddy’s birthday today. So I think he deserves a full blog post don’t you? Here are the top ten reasons my dad is da bomb (that means your awesome, dad).

1. He put up with me during the teenage years: We might as well just start with a big one. Go big or go home right? It wasn’t a pleasant few years to be around a daughter who was a hormonal mess. Add to that a wife who was equally hormonal and going through “the change” (sorry mom, you’re going down with me) and I am surprised he has the little bit of hair left he does (guess I will bring you down too dad)
2. He has been with my mom since 8th grade and they are still going strong: Apart from a brief time when he dumped her in high school (which my mom still gets a bit riled up about), my parents have been together forever. And although I know their marriage isn’t perfect they are an example to me of why you should stick it out and weather marital storms. They are still best friends, very in love and an example to me of what marriage is all about.
3. He keeps us laughing: I don’t even know how to begin to explain some of the things that my dad says. He needs his own blog. Plus some of them are not fit for your ears. If you wonder where I get my slightly off color sense of humor from, it would be him. And I love that.
4. He is insanely generous: He and my mom always taught me that we were blessed to be a blessing. And he lives that daily. If someone needs help, he will find a way to help them. Including his daughter who he has bailed out of a few questionable financial predicaments. Honestly, I don’t know of many people who are more generous than he is.
5. He keeps our house looking presentable: We joke that he is our lawn guy because lets face it, we can’t seem to figure out even the basics of lawn care. We would be living in the house with the brown lawn covered with dandelions if he didn’t come around and water and mow and seed and weed and whatever else we are supposed to be doing but aren’t.
6. He gets along with everyone: My dad once came to visit me when I lived in Chicago and ventured out by himself to a neighborhood bar to watch a game. When he came home a few hours later he told me story after story of the people he had met. I swear he left being friends with everyone in that place. Which is pretty much what happens everywhere goes. I would be very suspicious of someone who didn’t like my dad
7. He supports my talents: My dad is a sports guy. Football, basketball, baseball, track. He played all of those in high school and watches most of them all year round. And he was blessed with a very athletic son. And a very, very, very wonderful daughter with a large aversion to sweating and physical exertion of any kind. But the man never missed a piano recital, show choir performance or song in church. And he has been known to HIGHLY exaggerate my talents by bragging to anyone who will listen.
8. He has completely embraced my hubby: Did you notice what was missing from that list of sports up there? Hockey. We come from Iowa and it isn’t exactly hockey country. But he has gone to games, watched it on TV so he can discuss it and tried to learn the sport. All for my hubby. He has fully invested in my hubby like one of his own kids and that makes my heart happy.
9. He adores his grandkids: The man lives and breathes his grandkids. So much so that he sold his company, moved from the only state he had ever lived and moved to a town where he knew no one besides us and my in-laws. He claims he moved to be closer to the grandkids AND me, but we all know that isn’t true. And I more than happy to take a WAY back seat to them because they adore him right back.
10. He is my hero: Truly and honestly. He didn’t have a great dad himself, but he is the best dad around. I am so crazy blessed to have him as my dad and I don’t tell him enough. Because I also inherited his aversion to touchy feely displays of emotion. So this post will suffice and HOPEFULLY make up for the fact that he didn’t get an “official” card on Father’s Day.

I love you daddy. Happy, happy birthday!!!

This post is submitted to Top Ten Tuesday at Oh Amanda

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