Indoor plant people have a??

I have a whole bunch of indoor plants  many from moms funeral that are important to me  and Steve says they are webby with little white bunches on them  which translates to me as spider mites.  My remembered treatment in to spray them down with dishsoapy water. Is that the right treatment?  He filled the bathtub full of cool water and lots of Palmolive dish soap  then dunked the plants  and left the  containers sitting in the soapy water for a while and now i have a tub of draining plants.  Are we treating them right?   I hate using insecticide around the kids and animals.   
I dearly love Steve for taking this on alone while I am away!

http://www.ehow.com/how_7215724_rid-spider-mites-houseplants.html

This sounds similar to what you did.

sounds good to me .....after they drain, take a wet cloth and wipe them all down......should get rid of them once you do that...

thank you!!!

I can do that when I get home in a day or two   still in hiding  here  but a second does of the water b ath wont hurt them if they need it
  THANK YOU !!