awesome weekend

I had a fantastic weekend. Most weekends around these parts are great, but this one just took the cake. Participating in a Guinness World record and sporting a bridesmaid dress (again!) makes for a pretty good day.

Friday - sushi date night with Tom. I love paydays. 

Saturday - The Great Cloth Diaper Change! Thousands of parent-baby pairs from 16 countries participated in an effort to break the world record of number of little bums simultaneously changed into reusable diapers. Why? To promote the environmental alternative to disposable diapers of course. All around the world at 12:30pm (EST) on April 21, 2012 we attempted to break the record... I can hardly wait to find out if we did! It was load, a bit chaotic, and loads of fun. We all received great loot bags too. I love free stuff.

Can you spot Waldo? I'll give you a hint, you can't see Waldo's mommy.

And here's Global TV's raw footage of the event:

Saturday night we had a fabulous dinner. One of the youth from our church had a class project of hosting a dinner party. She researched dishes to make, cost of ingredients, how to properly set the table, make and serve a meal, etc. Tom and I were honoured to be the guests of honour! So we dressed up for the occasion. 

Yes, that's a Winnie the Pooh tie. No, it's not really his.

A huge thank you to the crew of baby-sitters that tagged team so Johnny could stay home and sleep. You guys are awesome! And so was the food. 

Sunday was church and family day. Days of sticking around home and spending time with those you love the mostest are the bestest.

And now it's Monday. If April showers bring May flowers, May is going to be very flowery!

been busy writting, just not here

My passion for all things cloth diaper is leading me in to new writing territory. In addition to writing reviews at Diaperdeals.ca (first and second review to be published *soon*) I may also be a frequent guest writer on a new cloth diapering blog. I'm very excited about this, and will let you know more as to why soon... But until that blog is officially launched it's not my place to talk about it.

However whenever any of my brilliant pieces of workwomanship are posted elsewhere I'll be sure to beg all (ten? lol) of you to go check 'em out and leave a response of some sort. Partly because I'm terribly nervous and partly because... Well, yeah, I'm terribly nervous.

OCDing

Obsessive Cloth Diapering, that is!!


I explained in this post how I was excited to try cloth, and I'm happy to report that I really am enjoying it! I'm not die-hard though, we do use disposables for overnight (the absorbancy is unbeatable!) and while visiting family (I can't bring myself to ask to put *that* in someone else' washing machine!), but during the day at home or out on short trips we opt for cloth, for longer-haul outings we go with the gDipaer system with biodegradable/disposible liners.

There are pros and cons to each type (gDiapers vs Flips! vs pocket diapers vs all-in-ones vs pre-folds, etc) and the cloth diapering world is unbelievably huge! So far my favorites are definitely the gDiapers with disposable inserts for outings and the Flip! system with microfiber inserts while at home.

Has is been a pain at all? Surprisingly, not really! At the beginning we struggled with leaks, but as my baby's bottom grew into them a bit better (and we learned how to put them on properly ;) it hasn't been an issue. The extra laundry to wash the diapers is barely noticed considering how much laundry babies create anyway, and I've even been so crunchy as to hang the diapers and liners to dry in the sunshine (not only save on drying cost but also to bust out stubborn stains).

I'm proud to report that I haven't paid full price for any of it either. Most everything has been pre-owned, some it is pre-used, but all of it steeply discounted. The problem? It's quite addicting!! I love hunting for bargains, bidding, bartering... This is where the 'OCDing' really comes in. I've come so many new styles and patterns I'd just love to try...

Yay for making diapering fun, cute, and cost-effective!