LunchSkins - Eco-Friendly Design for Lunch Time!

I don't even want to KNOW how many plastic sandwich baggies I've used over the years packing lunches for myself and now, my two kids.  What a waste.

But there's a solution  - and they're so freaking cute:  LunchSkins. 

Three local green moms, co-founders Kirsten Quigley and Cristina (Cris) Bourelly and creative director Jennie Stoller Barakat, developed these reusuable lunch bags for sandwiches, snacks and more.  These eco-mamas were inspired by the fact that every day, more than 20 million sandwich bags from school lunches go into landfills in the US. And their products are making an important environmental impact - in just this first year since they launched, LunchSkins customers have saved more than 12 million plastic baggies from landfills.

If you'd like to help this mission - as well as save in the long run on the purchase of those blasted sandwich bags - you can shop for snack, sandwich and sub bags here.

Kirsten and Cristina sent my kids and I two sandwich bags and a snack bags to test out, and they're durable, easy to clean and very well made.  And they're so cute, there's no way my kids will be throwing them out.  My son Charlie says that his shark-patterned sandwich bag is the hit of the kindergarten lunch table.  Not only eco-savvy, LunchSkins also have the bento-box-effect, in that my kids are more likely to eat healthy things when cutely packaged. I have since shopped for a few more and we're total LunchSkin converts.

Highly recommend!  You can pick up some for your kids in their favorite colors and patterns here.

I was sent 3 LunchSkins for my children to use...and then I promptly bought 3 more! 

Mo-om! The bathroom smells like salad!

Contrary to what my children may tell you, this is not the reason our bathrooms smell of vinegar:

It's because I've been cleaning with plain white vinegar, baking soda and other natural materials in an attempt to be more green and use cleansers with less toxins. However, I'm not finding these methods to be as effective as the old school bleachy stuff my mom had in her cleaning caddy. And my kids can't stand the salad smell.

Well, SC Johnson has just launched a new line of natural cleaners, Nature's Source. They're made of simple, biodegradable, plant-based materials. Apparently Nature's Source cleaners have the cleaning power of Windex and Scrubbing Bubbles - making them green but mighty. And according to other mom users, they smell divine. I'll be checking out Nature's Source cleaners this week.

Why am I putting the contents of my crisper in my powder room? Only the Parent Bloggers could make me do it.