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It's groundhog day today, not sure if that little critter saw his shadow or not but I am really hoping for an early spring. I am so done with winter. I just can't wait for warmer weather....

Anyhow. I wanted to talk about my Rumparooz trial so far. My little girl has been using them a few times now and so far, I really quite like them. No leaking, at all, even on the nights when she has been ravenous for her bottle. I think the inner gussets have something to do with this, but I also think that the fit helps too. These diapers fit my little one perfectly and they don't seem overly bulky under her clothes (and I always use both inserts - my girl is a very heavy wetter). 

I'm going to keep using them as much as possible to see how they perform when in constant use. 

Does anyone out there have any thoughts on the Rumparooz diapers? Feel free to post a comment on this blog. 

Do you want to talk about your favorite cloth diapers? Which ones work best for you and your little one? I would love to start a dialogue about cloth diapering. It's a passion of mine :-).

Speaking of cloth diapering, my little girl just loves to help me out when I'm stuffing diapers. She's into a stage right now where she wants to take everything out of the laundry basket (haven't figured out yet how to get her to put things back into the basket...)

I love the colors and the prints and I've been dying to put them on my little girl ever since I saw them on a web site a year ago. They are the only diaper that has double inner gussets to help "keep poo in it's place".  They also have something called a "poop scoop" in the back. 

My little girl will be testing out the diapers shortly. As with all cloth diapers we carry, these ones will be in our much used stash very soon. 

I will be back to comment on the diapers in another blog entry.

Till then, have a great weekend everyone!

I was thinking back to when I was a child and the Olympic flame made it's way to Fort McMurray for the Calgary 1988 games. I had my little candle and the red plastic cup that sat on the upper portion of the candle so that wind wouldn't blow it out. I don't quite remember if my particular candle had been lit by the olympic flame or if someone had simply pulled out a lighter, but it didn't really matter - my ten year old self was swept up with Canadian pride. 

Back to the present day and we were heading downtown to witness the same sort of ceremony. Of course, this would be much bigger than what I was a part of all those years ago. I could tell already that there was no way we were going to get a prime viewing location - people must have been there for hours to get a good spot. I met my friend, Becky, and we tried to make our way through the crowd. I say, "tried" because it was an almost impossible task to get through so many people with a baby and a stroller. So, we abandoned that plan and made for higher ground.

There are small viewing platforms that look onto Churchill Square and we hauled baby and stroller up the stairs to get a better look. Not much luck there either. However, a kind gentleman offered to let me get a better view so I could take some photos. Then, I saw it - The Olympic Torch. It was here! I was witnessing history! I turned on the video function on my camera and pressed "record" - I managed to get most of the trip to the stage, but then my view was cut off. My apologies to the kind person who let me take his spot to get some photos (I saw the flame and ended up staying there to record it - I tried to find him afterwards, but he was gone). 

I was surprised at how emotional I felt. The good ole Canadian pride was back in full swing again, just like I remembered. But then Amelia began to get fussy and I was brought back to the present. Had to get the girl home. She was such a good sport but she was quite sleepy.

So, we ended up staying for a grand total of half an hour, but it was worth it to me. Amelia was there, and I have the photos and video to prove it.

Photos of the big day:

Bibs, Shoes, Hats, and Natural Skin Care Products

Diaper Bags

Jam and Sleep Pea Pods

my wonderful husband bought a cake for the occasion

Sarah Jackson signing her Jam books.

The Limited Edition Chocolate AppleCheeks Diapers and Bamboo Inserts on display at the cloth diaper table.

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