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Marinee: Apple Cheeks Prize Pack #1

Kat: Apple Cheeks Prize Pack #2

Angela B.: Hugga Buns Sprout Cloth Diaper

Valerie A.: Hugga Bunz Bamboo Prefold w/Rainbow Serging

Congratulations, Mamas! You should have an email from me but if not, send me one at candacew@mothering.com.

Up for giveaway:

Apple Cheeks Prize Pack #1:
-One size 1 (6-20 lbs.) Envelope Cover in raspberry sorbet.

-One absorbent insert
-One set of khaki green Waist Extenders
-One brown Storage Sac (wet bag)

-One fleece-topped booster

-One instructional dvd

Apple Cheeks Prize Pack #2:
-One size 2 (18-15 lbs.) Envelope Cover in St. Lucia blue

-2 doublers

-1 bamboo cloth wipe

Please enter by leaving a comment below, with your preference for #1 or #2.

Hello, lovely mamas. Welcome to A la Mama’s latest giveaway.

This diaper, from the Maine Diaper Company, is a Hugga Buns One-Size AIO diaper which comes with a one-size snap-in microfiber insert. Color: Sprout.

I’m also giving away the most divine prefold: a Hugga Buns bamboo prefold with rainbow serging. It’s so unbelievably soft, with a fleecy texture…if it were a little bigger I’d decide to use it as my very own security blanket–which would make me look quite eccentric in public, but I think it would be worth it.

The Maine Diaper Company is offering Mothering readers a coupon code for $5 off an order of $30 or more. That code is mamablog20.

Please enter by leaving a comment below, with your preference for AIO or prefold. Thank you for participating! : )

It’s Katheryn, who left the 28th comment. Congratulations, Katheryn!

“Here is a photo of my daughter, Kaitlyn, wearing her Alice Brights Size 1 dipe! She is 4 weeks old today. The diaper is so cute and fits her really well! We love it and can’t wait to get more of the Thirsties Duo Diapers! Thanks again for the great diaper!”

So cute!!!

Now let’s see some more of those winner photos!! : )

“I’m bored,” my daughter said.

I kind of hate it when she says that. But this time, I told her, “I hear that you’re bored, and I’m okay with you being bored.” We then went through a list of things she wanted to do that were impossible logistically–like drive to California, for instance. A few minutes later she and her brother began making paper one-dimensional puppets. I felt drowsy in the heat and took a rest on my bed. The next thing I knew, the kids were ready to perform their improv puppet show and I luckily had my camera on the bedside table. It’s good to know that once admitted, boredom can be nudged aside by spontaneous and unfussy creativity. In case the song is vaguely familiar, it’s based on Laurie Berkner’s “Mr. Baseman in the Basement.”

See the video here.

How they did it: took paper, cut them into people shapes, and then used yarn for hair and bottle caps for eyes (sometimes). They taped empty toilet paper rolls or rolled-up cylinders to the backs of the puppets at a 90-degree angle to give them a “handle.”