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Contest

Cloth Couture Diaper Giveaway

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Allison and I have been giving serious thought to cloth diapers for our second child (no news to report – don’t get excited). In our research for cloth diapers we ran across Cloth Couture Diapers. I liked how cute they were and I asked Allison Vaughn the owner and creator of Cloth Couture Diapers if I could get a sample to try out and then do a review and giveaway on this blog. She was totally game so she sent us a credit and we chose the diaper we wanted. We picked the large Chopsticks Please one. It was so different and fun.

Allison put Eva into this diaper one morning and let her run around the house wearing it. Even though this was something very different for her she took no noticed and went about the morning playing around till she wet the diaper. We didn’t realize that we needed a cover for this. We should have read the Cloth 101 FAQ on Cloth Couture’s website.

Allison Vaughn makes the diapers and they are so well crafted. Everything I’ve read so far has mentioned the excellent craftsmanship and great customer service. Allison Vaughn is really making a name for herself in the world of cloth diapering. I’m pretty sure that cloth will be the way to go for us for baby #2. And for that baby a great starter kit would be the prize that I’m offering through this contest.

The Contest

Allison has donated 3 gender neutral Cloth Couture Organic Bamboo Velour fitteds (fits 10-16lbs). The inside is a beautifully soft organic bamboo velour with a trifold soaker.
– 1 minky waterproof cover, size small.

This is a great starter kit for parents who are interested in getting into cloth. Here is a preview of what those little cuties look like. The bottom one is the Chopsticks Please one!

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To Enter

Go to BenSpark.com for full Entry Rules and Participation.

Family, Photo-A-Day

Perfectly Imperfect

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Perfectly Imperfect
Photo-A-Day #1563

Helped Dad this morning move a holly tree, Rhododendron bush and then another Holly Tree. My Dad and sister Tara have some wicked green thumbs because generally whatever they plant grows like crazy. We were moving the plants to continue to regain a bit of privacy across the way. The holly trees will fill in like shrubs and can be trimmed the same way. Eventually they will build up to a decent privacy height again.

While we were moving the trees we were talking about another tree that Dad planted some years back around the time when the house behind us was totally remodeled and when all was said and done they added a second floor and our privacy was invaded by anyone standing on the 2nd floor deck of that new addition. So around the time soon after Dad bought a new tree. The new tree was planted around April 2005 (we were speculating on the dates). Basically his $300 investment now stands at $3,000 or so. I went back through the archives tonight because I remember when he planted that tree because I took a photo of it soon after it was planted. I should have taken a reference shot had I been thinking of my previous post: Dad’s New Tree.

While looking for that post and photo I ran across this one Been to Shit’s Creek. I don’t think that Dad was reading the blog back then but he might feel that enough time has passed to read the post and laugh now. If you’d like to laugh a little (especially at the top 10 list) check it out too!

Oh and the photo is of some roses that have since died but were clinging to a fence in the area where we planted the new holly trees. I just liked how it looked, should have taken off the dead flower part and kept the star leaves.