a la mama

Maggie won the small cloth diaper, and Randi won the medium cloth diaper. I have sent out emails to the winners. Congratulations! I have more on their way, and will post more giveaways soon. Thank you so much to everyone who participated. I really enjoyed hearing about your Mother’s Days.

9:15 am.
This morning, so far, is perfect! I woke up before the alarm. Nathaniel climbed in bed with me to cuddle. We got to talk about how it’s never okay to pee in the sandbox at school *eyeroll* since I found out that he and his friend did that recently. Not having to wake him up is always a treat. He doesn’t like to emerge from sleep unless it’s his decision.

Honorée put together a mini Ravensberger 3-d globe puzzle while she had her cereal. She was super psyched that I brought home Bink’d temporary tattoo “earrings” since she really wants to get her ears pierced but we want her to wait until her 9th birthday. I come from a long line of women with very intolerant earlobes–I tried to get mine pierced 2x but they always got infected and closed up at the earliest opportunity.

Although we usually go barreling out of the house at the last possible minute, this morning we had enough time to read a chapter of The Enchanted Wood by Enid Blyton before we left for school. Time was on our side.

Good morning, mamas. Wait, it’s 1pm. I am not surprised, it’s been that kind of a Monday! We spent Mother’s Day in a baseball stadium in the hot sun. The Albuquerque team won. Mind you, I’m not a sports person per se. But it was just right–the stadium wasn’t too big, or too dinky. A strapping Albuquerque Isotope baseball player handed me a red carnation, because I was a mommy. *grin* It’s hard not to get a kick out of that.

There was a playground on the premises. I had a terrific hot dog loaded with sauerkraut, ketchup, mustard, relish, and some sliced jalapeno. The kids had lots of fun running up and down the aisles, once we relocated to an empty seating area–and they made insty friends with some other kids. (Laura got Nathaniel one of those big silly foam pointing fingers, and she gave Honorée a pink, purple, flowery Isotopes baseball hat–uber-femmy!)

But given that the game was four hours long, and it was rather hot and sunny, I’m a little behind. Thinking it’s still morning and all. But that will not stop me from posting the next round of sweet giveaways.

Knickernappies.

ONE 2G size small Celery pocket diaper with snaps, plus a small LoopyDo 2G prewashed insert, a fleece liner, and a Turquoise changing pad.

and

ONE 2G size medium Turquoise pocked diaper with snaps, plus a medium LoopyDo 2G prewashed insert, a fleece liner, and a Celery changing pad.

Here’s a diagram that shows the intricacies of KnickerNappies’ design…

Please enter to win by leaving a comment letting me know of your preference of size small or medium. And let me know how your Mother’s Day went! I’ve had bummer ones, but yesterday was a total blast.

April Hernandez: the grape!

Jeanette Lewis: the buttercream!

Congratulations and thank you all so much for your enthusiastic participation. Have a great Mama’s Day weekend!

Candace

Nicole J. won the Bambino Mio,

Mary won the SmartiPants,

and Stephanie Farrow won the Softbums Giraffe!

I have sent the three winners emails but if you are one of them, email me at candacew at mothering dot com.

We have a lot more cloth diapers to give away, so stay tuned!

Hello, lovely mamas.

Today I am giving away three cloth diapers.

1) Soft Bums Giraffe Print PerfectFit One Size Daper with an organic bamboo insert…

2) SmartiPants light blue One Size Pocket Diaper with Insert

3) Newborn Bambino Mio Trial Pack, containing 1 polka-dot cover, 1 cotton prefold, and one flushable liner

To enter, please leave a comment stating your preference as to which diaper you’d like to win–and feel free to leave your favorite cloth diaper tip (on washing, drying, getting out stains, etc.), too!

Thanks for visiting,
Candace

Kristin Johnson: the striped GroBaby cloth diaper combination

AnnNville: the flowered GroBaby combination (please get in touch with me, Ann, because I haven’t heard back from you via email yet)

Patsy Fincher: the pink Kushies infant trial pack

Elena (author of the r.lovies blog): the blue Kushies infant trial pack

Dottie Conrad: Green Swirly Kushies Toddler Diaper

Summer McCreless: Green Squares Kushies Toddler Diaper

I have emailed the winners–but if you see your name or handle here, please email me at candacew at mothering dot com with your mailing address so I can send them to you asap.

Thank you so much to all of the participants. I guess it’s time to post another giveaway!