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Monday, April 23, 2012

Breaking records


Sammy and I participated in the second annual Great Cloth Diaper Change this past Saturday; we had joined in on the fun last year when we went home to visit my family in Pennsylvania over Easter, so when I heard that there was going to be an El Paso location, I quickly signed the two of us up.


It also helps that the change was taking place at Jungle Jaks, a huge indoor playground on the east side of El Paso--all of the participants were allowed to play for free following the event, which totally sweetened the deal.  Sammy had been there once before, so I knew he would have a good time running around and playing with all of the other cloth-diapered kiddos.


The turnout this year was a bit more than I expected, which is pretty awesome because it means the word is getting out about the benefits of cloth diapering (or perhaps everyone wanted that free play pass).  The El Paso location had thirty two kids participating last year, whereas this year there were a whopping sixty four kids involved.  The changing quarters were a bit cramped, but everyone was excited to be there in the hopes of breaking the Guinness record that was set last year for the most cloth diapers changed simultaneously.


Afterwards Sammy ran around and played while I chatted with some of the other parents in attendance about the different cloth diapering systems everyone uses; it was nice getting to talk shop with some experienced fluff fanatics (and I'm sure Captain Husband appreciated the break from my recent non-stop diaper talk).  There were also raffles and prizes for the attendees and I was very surprised when I won two of the door prizes--a free month of classes at Gymboree and two dozen jars of Earth's Best baby food, which will come in handy when my nephew, Hank, comes to visit in a few weeks.  All in all it was a great way to spend the day--plus Sammy napped for several hours once we made it back to the house.  So how did you spend your Earth Day weekend?
and
 then, she {snapped}

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

Oh man! I am so jealous! I really wanted to participate this year, but there wasn't a location within 2 hours of where we are.boo. But, I spent my day changing and washing diapers...I was changing with everyone in spirit.lol. Congrats on the prizes and long nap. :)

Unknown said...

We participated in our area too!!! Only, ours wasn't nearly as fun as yours looked, lol. :)

Karin said...

Happy 22 months Sammy! I am too lazy to write an update today;-)

Tonya said...

Wow, I've never heard of such a thing! Sounds like fun :) Especially the play area!

Kim said...

That looks like fun. Did you get to really talk with other moms and maybe meet some new friends? It does look like Sammy had a blast.

Lori said...

Looks so fun for them! When will know if you broke the record?

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