Little Tree Huggers and Birthday Fun

Emily and Taylor are "Going Green"!  For those of you who know me and my passions, you know that I am always trying to do what I can for the Environment and animal welfare.  Keeping our Environment clean and free of toxins, chemicals, and landfills everywhere is something that really should be important to everyone and I try to pass on information when appropriate.
One of the huge tolls on our Environment is babies!  They go through so many products, washings, clothes, wipes and everyone's financial fear...diapers!  Disposable diapers are a huge devastation for our Environment because of the shear number of diapers that babies go through, how they're made, the chemicals and process they go through to be made, and the disposal of them.  So, once Scott and I were on our way to parenthood, I went through all the research of pros and cons to cloth diapers versus disposable diapers and compared all the brands.  For those of you that thought it would be difficult for us to care for two infants, I guess you'd say we're gluttons for punishment, because not only are we doing double baby duty, but we're using cloth diapers as well!

Taylor and Emily sporting their new Charlie Banana diaper

A little big for now, but still cute!

I'm glad to be able to teach my children the right thing to do from the start!  Also, a selfish reason for the cloth diapers is that they are a fraction of the cost of disposable since these diapers last from now until the girls are potty trained.  Some other pros are that they are much more comfortable, better on baby's skin and they don't get diaper rash since the material is better and doesn't sit on them as long.

On another note, my very best friends, Misty and Kristy, celebrated their birthday on June 24.  Bill, being the sweet husband he is, wanted to hold a surprise birthday party for Misty and had it at our house.  She, and Kristy, were both surprised, had their closest friends there to celebrate (Tony and Fiona joined us as well) and enjoyed cake and celebration.  All in all, it was a success!

The Birthday Twins with the New Twins!

So, Happy Birthday Misty and Kristy!
And, Happy Earth Day (which should be every day!)

Mrs. J