Spring Cleaning with P&G #Review #Giveaway #PGmom

Sorry the blog has been quiet lately, April has been a busy month. First my birthday, then Easter and then last weekend my Mom, Hannah and I went to Buffalo for a long weekend of girls shopping. Other than neglecting the blog, I've also been neglecting my cleaning which is the perfect lead-in to this post and a great giveaway!

Do you do a big spring clean every year? Today my car's winter tires got put into storage. And so did my winter jacket. I love putting away all things winter, and welcoming my spring and summer items to the front of my closet.

Like undertaking any big project, the big spring clean can be intimidating. I try to break it down by room and job. I do the things I prefer first (organizing what to keep and what to donate) before I do the things I less prefer (the big deep clean).

My Brother, My #TideColdHero #PGmom

There are people who refuse to be chained to a desk all day. There are people who refuse to work within four walls. There are people who willingly work in -40 C weather in the winter in our great country to benefit others.

My brother is one of these people. His job involves working outdoors and/or in dark dusty tunnels. He works for the Toronto Transit Commission. He ensures hundreds of thousands of people get where they are going each and every day - no matter how cold it is outside. He is my #TideColdHero.

A chilly "office" view

Tide Pods Free & Gentle (First ever Pods for sensitive skin!) #Giveaway #PGmom

The first time I washed Hannah's clothes with a Tide Pod instead of Ivory Snow liquid detergent I think I annoyed my Mom slightly. She loves the scent of Ivory Snow and was worried how Hannah's 18-month old skin would react to "normal" Tide. Full disclosure: I just wanted to do less laundry by throwing some of our items in together - and did not want to smell like a baby in the process (even if that scent is amazing).

If only Tide Pods Free & Gentle existed back then - a detergent free of dyes and perfumes perfect for sensitive skin. No sacrificing cleaning performance for gentleness! (And we all know how important cleaning performance is when it comes to kids.)

Laundry Products for Sensitive Skin (Review & Giveaway) #PGmom

It didn't ACTUALLY happen this way, but I swear when my Mom found out I was pregnant, the first thing she did was run out and buy a bottle of Ivory Snow. OK. Maybe she didn't buy it, but she definitely started watching for sales so she could purchase it closer to the birth of her first grandchild.

Hannah's clothes have been washed in Ivory Snow since the day she was born. Ivory Snow is definitely a part of that "baby" smell everyone loves to breathe in when receiving baby cuddles. (Even I fall victim to the scent and totally sniff her clothing as I am folding it.)

But Hannah is officially a toddler now, and washing her clothes separately from ours was starting to become a chore (especially with various wardrobe changes that come with daycare - painting, water stations, attempting to eat anything and everything that accompanies a tomato sauce...).

Which is why I'm happy I can now wash all of our clothes together with laundry products for sensitive skin!