April Showers Deals & Giveaway!
April 19, 2011 4:59 am
April shower bring May flowers, but here at Cotton Babies we are showering you with two great deals!
If you need to stock up on cloth diapers or have a few colors you need to add to complete your collection, now is the time to buy with the bumGenius 4.0 Buy 5, Get 1 Free sale. This is one of our most popular sales. This is the first time ever that we have offered the mix and match solid color 4.0s with bumGenius 4.0 Artist Series.
* Get it while you can, sale runs through May 31, 2011 or while supplies last.
If cloth diapers aren’t your thing, we’re offering a free pair of bumGenius Baby Legs for purchases over $100. BabyLegs are a must have in every baby shower gift I give now. Whether you cloth diaper or not, these are a must have item for any new mom, they make those frequent diaper changes so much easier. They are also great for diaper bag emergencies, they take up a lot less space than an entire outfit, but will keep baby warm in a pinch.
To get your free Baby Legs with qualifying $100 purchase, you must add your choice of the bumGenius BabyLegs to your cart and input the code FREEBABYLEGS in the coupon code line at checkout.
To celebrate these two great specials, today’s blog giveaway package will include your choice of bumGenius 4.0 cloth diaper (solid color or Artist Series) and your choice of bumGenius BabyLegs. To enter, just leave a comment below sharing your favorite rainy day activity.
Eligible entries must be posted today, Tuesday, April 19, 2011. U.S. Residents only. Void where prohibited by law. No purchase necessary to win. All winners will be drawn Wednesday, April 20, 2011 and notified via e-mail.
About the Author
Heather is mom to four, born within 40 months (single, twins, single). She writes transparently about her chaotic household to encourage others through the twists and turns of parenting.
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we love naps on rainy days
anw1107@aol.com
I love to read a good book on a rainy day!
Jumping in puddles and playing worth worms. My son thinks I rock.
megadoula@gmail.com
reading books and playing games
me_at613(at)yahoo(dot)ca
Snuggling on the couch and reading books in our pajamas all day. 🙂
My favorite rainy day activity is snuggling under the covers with the kids and hubby and watching a good animated G rated movie with some popcorn (and sour pickles).
candyland121@hotmail.com
hanging out on the couch with the kids, movie, and some hot coffee 🙂
napalmrat2000 @ yahoo.com
Our favorite rainy day activity is to curl up together on the coach under a warm blanket and read a book. We’re also known to get out the big umbrella and go play in the puddles.
My favorite rainy day activity is putting on Pandora radio, finding a good book and hoping my baby girl is down for the cause:)
katylynnj at hotmail dot com
Cuddling up in our rocking chair and reading lots and lots of books
kayla.dishon (at) gmail.com
My favorite thing to do would be curl up under a blanket and read a good book, but with little ones we just play with the toys that get ignored when we can go outside. 🙂
jumping on a trampoline while it rains!! sooo fun!
Our rainy day activities include playing with water in the kitchen sink and going to see indoor zoo exhibits. 🙂
megwin2001@yahoo.com
Couch, blanket, & movie!!
On a rainy day it is all puzzles, playdough and coloring at our house!
On a rainy and foggy day like today, my favorite activity is to get some sleep! (followed closely by baking)
Our fav is visiting our local Childrens’ Museum and playing our hearts out!
Staying inside and watching the rain!!
boomersoonermama at gmail dot com
I love baking chocolate chip cookies and making homemade applesauce in my crockpot on a rainy day. Luckily my little one loves books and will sit and read all day! 🙂
I love baking with all of my girls when it rains and sewing with my 6 year old!
my favorite rainy day activity is a nap! but since that isn’t possible with two little ones, we like to do art projects 🙂
popita624[at]gmail[dot]com
We are all about gluing tissue paper onto construction paper. Keeps her amused for hours!
madelinemiller at gmail dot com
my son likes to watch the rain out the window or door and when that gets old we go back to playing and reading.
My favorite rainy day activity is baking chocolate chip cookies with Grandma and baby!
sharing hot cocoa/cuddles and watching a movie
Our favorite rainy day activity is reading books and baking sweet treats! Thanks for doing this AWESOME giveaway, we love cotton babies!
DanaLKroh@gmail.com
Splashing in the puddles with the kids! Rain here is usually pretty quick to hit and move on, so we don’t often have whole rainy days.
Reading and sleeping in are my favorite rainy day activities.
My favorite rainy day activity is sleeping!! Or it was before baby…
My favorite rainy day activity is playing board games with my kiddos.
My 5 month old likes to watch the rain from inside the car, or we would bundle up and take a walk with him in the ERGO and an umbrella.
We love drawing rainbows with washable markers then putting our papers out in the sprinkles for a minute or so. The rain makes the colors run for a pretty watercolor look! When the rain is through we love searching under rocks for worms.
Sweet popcorn and a movie
Plumdelasucrose08(at)yahoo(dot)com
We like to watch movies and play in the puddles.
Staying inside and making a mess of the living room with all of my daughter’s toys!!!!
Playing in the rain is always fun, when it’s not freezing cold of course. We also enjoy popping in a DVD of Blue’s Clues and singing along.
Making a big tent in the living room! Playing with flashlights is always a hit too!
My favorite rainy day activity is to curl up and escape into a book. It’s been ages since I’ve had that sort of leisure though!
Rainy days = great family naps! Its so pleasurable to curl up on the couch with a sweet little one and fall asleep together watching a movie or listening to the rain outside.
I am looking forward to toddler days, too, and going out for puddle jumping and worm hunting!
My favorite rainy day activity is watching movies snuggled on the couch with my preschooler 🙂
For my big kids, it’s playing the Wii. My little ones enjoy puddle jumping and MY favorite thing is snuggling up with a good book and taking a nap….mine doesn’t usually happen but I dream of a day when it will!
In the summer when the temperature is warm, it’s a blast to play outside in the rain. It’s spontaneous and gets everyone laughing at the seeming craziness of it!
Lots of snuggles under blankets on chilly rainy days!
We love to build blanket forts and take our pirate ship (read old couch) on a journey through dangerous seas full of damsels (stuffed animals) in distress and buildings (block towers) to be demolished by cannonballs (soft blocks).
Rainy days are pajama days! The sound of the rain relaxes me, while my boys have fun playing with their trains and coloring!
We do many different things on rainy days…everything from baking to arts/crafts to making a tent in our living room and “camping out.” We read many books and occasionally will watch my kids favorite movie: Finding Nemo.
lindoussa at gmail dot com
our favorite rainy day activity is making bread. it is snowing today in WI and we made bread. 🙂
We love disney and games! Nicole
We are fortunate enough to have a large, covered front porch. My darling little muffin is 14 months old and recently discovered the joys of nature…when it’s raining, we love to snuggle together in a big cozy blanket and sit on the porch singing songs to the music of the rain.
My favorite rainy day activities are playing cards (like Old Maid or Crazy 8s) and cooking in the kitchen with my daughter. She loves to help make dinner or bake something sweet for her daddy! jljhnsn2@yahoo.com
On rainy days we like to play board games and do a puzzle by the fire.
favorite rainy day activities at our house would include making homemade chicken noodle soup and playing cards games (you’d be surprised how young my kids have learned to play Uno!)
We dig fingerpainting! fawnsisk at gmail dot com
On rainy days (and when my children are home from school)we love to make cookies, do arts and crafts, and watch fun movies.
We get a lot of rain around here, and our favorite rainy day activity is getting out the paints and making a mess with them in the dining room. 🙂
Rainy days are perfect for reading.
Tiffany
tifeis at hotmail dot com
My favorite rainy day activity is napping! Brownch6athotmaildot cpm
A nap!!!
tadandhannah at yahoo dot com
shopping if I’m ambitious! Or sipping a cup of tea, while wrapped up in a blanket and reading a good book!
Dance party!
stephanieileen at gmail dot com
Sleeping! Unfortunately my baby doesn’t have the same preference.
Reading a book — a big people book while he’s playing or sleeping, or cuddling in the rocking chair reading board books to my boy.
I love to read a good book while I listen to the rain fall on the roof. My boys usually want to play a game or do an art project, though.
jdeemarie @ gmail.com
Rainy days are perfect for curling up with a good book and a mug of hot chocolate.
We love finger painting and movies!
mrs.trophywife at ymail dot com
I love watching movies!
movies and knitting!!!
We love to put on our boots and splash in the puddles!
acove2006(at)yahoo(dot)com
I love to snuggle on the couch watch black and white movies!
Taking pictures of my daughter in the rain so I can scrapbook them…
Puddle jumping. 🙂
We love to play “Rain Tag”. It’s great! Here in AZ it’s not always freezing rain! So most of the time we are in shorts and T-shirts!
mom2_3boyzz at yahoo dot com
Crafts are always good for a rainy day 🙂
Our favorite rainy day activity is playing games, board games are our fav, although we also like the wii games…it’s exercise and fun together. We also enjoy dancing to crazy music 🙂
Our favorite rainy day activity is to play with the dollhouse!
Favorite rainy day activity is baking.
Our favorite rainy day activity is baking up cookies! Mmmmm!
sradke1024 at gmail dot com
My favorite rainy day activity is to curl up under a blanket with a cup of tea and a good book.
Beth L.
mossflower at gmail.com
Making (and eating) soups then snuggling under a big warm blanket with the DH and kiddos and watching a movie.
I have two rainy day activites: I love to just relax and watch a movie, but if it’s lightning and thundering that day, it’s fun to watch the lightning show outside!
amandagerber@yahoo.com
Lots of rainy days in Oregon, so rainy day activities are just our everyday activities at least 65% of the year 🙂
Snuggling up under a Tickety Bu blanket, reading books and listening to music. When the baby is napping it’s nice to watch a movie! My husband, on the other hand, likes to go driving around in the rain looking for flooding and road washouts.
Allison Pinette
bapinette at gmail.com
My favorite rainy day activity is definitely baking or cooking!
We love to snuggle in our bed and play games, read books and nap to the sound of the rain. I’d rather be at home doing that right now with my husband and little one than working since its raining! 🙂
We like to get all the toys out in our living room and stay in our pjs all day and play!
We love making and eating yummy soup, with a good grilled cheese sandwich.
amber dot burton at gmail dot com
Rainy day? Call it a PJ day, play on the floor with ALL the toys and take long naps with lots of cuddles…;-)
We have a LOT of rainy days here in Portland, OR so we have to live life as normal when the skies are gray. We go for walks, go to the park, take hikes, or stay inside and play with trains, cars, read books and run reall fast back and forth accross the house.
Depends on the temperature. If it’s warm, then puddle-splashing and running around in the backyard, getting wet. If it’s cold, then it’s a good day for naps and drawing with markers.
Our favorite rainy day activity would have to be cuddling up in bed, nursing the 15 mo old and watching a movie.
On a rainy day, my toddler & I love to fingerpaint.
morales_y@yahoo.com
I love to just cuddle with the kids on a rainy day 🙂
Maybe read a book or watch a movie and eat smoothies!
Rain? What is that? We only tend to get snow around here, so the occasional rain or thunderstorm is always interesting to watch. We like to view from our porch. I wish we could experience the sights, sounds and smells of a good rain more often!
cleaning and doing laundry!
One of our favorite rainy day activities is finger painting with Reddi Whip. Lil man is not a year old yet, so everything ends up in the mouth. I don’t have to worry about paint in the mouth, plus a bath after is fun. Have a great day!
After a long morning of music making, my 18 month old and I snuggle up for an episode of “Shoes Shoes” (Blues clues), his favorite TV show.
My favorite rainy day activity is scrapbooking and card making!
On rainy days we have craft time. On rainy nights we have movie night. We pull out the hide-a-bed, pop some popcorn, bring out our pillows and stuffed animals. Snugglefest!
My favorite rainy day activity is to settle in on the couch with a good book. Since I have very young kids our rainy days are usually filled with movies, coloring, crafts, and puddle jumping (if we’re out and about).
Curling up on the couch with a good book sounds like a great way to spend a rainy day!
My favorite rainy day activity is curling up with a good book on the couch, but my kiddos would pick watching a movie.
Snuggling on the couch with good books; playing with play-dough; coloring on a big piece of paper on the floor; helping mommy bake. Basically a few favorites from the long, long, cold winter…
Watching a movie with some popcorn and M&M’s!
butterfly734 at yahoo dot com
A rainy day enjoying my identical twin boys at home is SO much better than all our summer days spent in the NICU last year!
(June 11-Aug 31!)
watching my 3 year old daughter splash in puddles and having the time of her life!
Making forts in the living room and baking cookies, then eating them in the fort!
Doing puzzles, watching movies and baking.
we definitely love snuggling up with a good movie and indulging in some not-so-good-for-you munchies. No other experience can ever top some quality family time!
Baking cookies!! What’s better than snuggling up with my LO and reading all her favorite books with warm cookies and milk!?!?!? Not much, I’m incredibly blessed to be a stay-at-home mommy:)
Baking in the kitchen with my girls!
annie8cu at yahoo dot com
dd and I like to play with her cars and read when it’s yucky outside. We also let her ride her ride on toys around the house 🙂
We love to do water colors and take funny pictures with our camera, make grilled cheese and tomato soup and splash in puddle with our boots and jackets if it is warm enough
We live just north of San Diego and don’t get many of these….but we love when we do because it’s an excuse to be lazy!!!! And catch up on laundry, let the kids watch cartoons and let mama check email/shop online ;))))
jamiezickel@yahoo.com
We like to watch movies together, go outside on the porch and watch it rain and then when it’s done raining we go jump in the puddles 🙂
Living in SoCal – we don’t have tons of rain, but we love to use our imagination on those few days we’re stuck inside. Art projects, creating forts and making yummy treats tops our list!
robinelhabr at gmail dot com
My favorite rainy day activity is taking a nice long afternoon nap with the kids 🙂
Hot chocolate (which my son calls Cha-moo), and reading through all the books that have fallen behind the bookcase. Preferably while in jammies!
we use the occasional rainy day for a movie day. we do not watch tv, so this is a big treat for the kids. otherwise we bake yummy treats!
Rainy day activities…we like walking in the rain. It makes my son so happy. But also putting on a fire and having some serious play time on the floor. The library is great for rainy days as well.
Warm rain-singing in the rain! Cold, snowy rain like today-cuddle up for a nap and wait for warm weather to return!
Cuddles by the fire, of course!
Watching movies with the kids and reading books 🙂
We like to play with the dogs, look outside, read books, and watch videos! Nothing can stop the energy of a busy crawling 8 month old!!
meghann701@gmail.com
Rainy days? Today in NW Iowa I’d have to switch it to our favourite SNOWY day activity! 🙂 But favourite stuck-inside activities: reading, snuggling on the couch, baking together, doing crafts, and occasionally watching a movie. Of those listed, reading is my kids’ favourite! We can sit and read together for an hour!
My son is 4months so he loves to do anything. I love the rain but now with a child prefer sunny days to be able to take him to the park or for a walk outside. But on rainy days, I bring out his toys in the living room and all day we play and of course during his naps we cuddle together!
r.grymonprez@gmail.com
Well, baby is on-the-way for me so right now I enjoy spending my rainy days snuggling on the couch with our dog, watching movies that I’ve watched a million times before that my boyfriend hates while HE goes and gets take out!
My 7yr old and I love to bake on rainy days!
Our favorite rainy day activity is watching a movie. There’s nothing better than snuggling with my little one on the couch!
meg6784 at hotmail dot com
We don’t get rain as often as some other areas (southern california) so when we do, I love to bake something sweet (like gooey cinnamon rolls or warm fresh cookies) and snuggle on the couch while eating it and watching movies all day long 🙂
theduncans3 at gmail dot com
We enjoy sleeping in & cuddling in bed! 🙂
my favorite rainy day activity is snuggling on the couch with my 6 week old little boy! i l-o-v-e the 4.0’s! no leaks and so sweet!
My 2 year old and I like to make a tent and read books or make popcorn and watch a movie.
My little boy is 5 months so naps are our favorite rainy day activity so far! But I look forward to the times when we can build tents out of couch cushions and go out and splash in the puddles!
watching the rain and cuddling or napping
Our favorite rainy day activities are making homemade playdoh or baking!
4philys at gmail dot com
Cuddling on the couch while we watch the rain come down!
Reading lots and lots of books! Thankfully, my 14 month old agrees!
Snuggling with my two boys listening to the rain on the metal roof. If its hard rain or a storm we like to watch it through the storm door. Also listening to music.
We like to set up a little tent in the living room and read books in there. 🙂
We like to get out our building toys and see how tall of towers we can build. Or, the kids just run around going stir-crazy all day… We’ve had A LOT of that in Oregon this spring (much more than usual)!
bb___ at yahoo dot com
For my kids I love breaking out the art tub and just letting them go nuts with paints, markers, etc. For me? I love baking bread.
On a rainy day, I love to snuggle up on our sofa and watch movies with my family. We also usually end up playing board games or PlayDoh, too.
Play games with the little ones and puddle jumping!
snyder_crystal at hotmail dot com
Our favorite rainy day activity is watching movies together or snuggling up with a good book 🙂
Hot chocolate and Civilization on the computer! The kids can now play along. Sounds corny but they are learning their world history!
Our favorite rainy day activities are either jumping in the puddles or watching the rain on our porch. If the weather is too bad my 2-year old loves to play monkeys in a barrel 🙂
kmonkey13 at yahoo dot com
Taking naps! Hah! Like I can do that with an 18 month old!
stinkaminka at gmail dot com
Our favorite rainy day activity is puddle jumping or playing in our covered sandbox! We can still be outside, and stay dry 🙂
monkeysbunz@gmail.com
Peekaboo and the tickle monster are my favorite rainy day activities with my little girl. She loves to be chased by tickle monster!
bidwellmegan@gmail.com
We love watching movies and baking cookies!
trinac2004 at yahoo dot com
My personal favorite rainy day activity is to take a nap. There’s something about being all snuggled up in the blankets when it’s drizzly outside.
With my daughter, we like to read books, play play-dough, color, and play trains.
My favorite rainy day activity is curling up on the couch with a warm blanket and a good book 🙂 Now it’s snuggling up to my little guy and reading to him or watching a good movie.
My favorite rainy day activity is reading a really good book. My daughter would say she likes to go jump in puddles the best. Today, however, we are watching movies because the little one is sick.
Favorite Rainy day activity…
Wish for sunshine! We live in the Pacific Northwest and we’ve had too much rain!!!
I’ll go shopping at the store, take my kids to an indoor play time, or stay at home and veg ’cause 40+ days of gray rain makes one want to do nothing.
Melanie N
my_rabbit_barn at yahoo dot com
We love to make bread and snuggle up on the couch and read books! Toddler snuggles are the best. 🙂
Bmwunderlin.at.hotmail.dot.com
If its not to cold outside we put on our rain coats and boats and go jump in the puddles a little messy but so fun, then its to the tub we go. If it is to cold we stay in our jammies and cuddle on the couch reading books and i make homemade chicken noodle soup.
Reading, of course!
My favorite is curling up on the couch with a good book… or watching a movie with the boys with some popcorn!
A bit of house cleaning, something cooking in the oven, and a good nap!
Rainy days are a good time to let the kids play the educational computer games they have been begging to play and also a good time to watch a little more TV. Of course, with seven kids rainy days are also a great time for people to clean up their areas. =)
trishabear1970 at yahoo dot com
We love baking and painting on rainy days like today.
lisagesterling at g mail dot com
I love to scrapbook and clean on rainy days!! Of course we have our first little one on the way, so that will change what I love to do on rainy days! 😉
I love making grilled cheese sandwiches and tomato soup and curling up with a good book.
What a perfect day for a giveaway! I finally have DD#2 in her BGs full time. Today is a rainy day and we’re all still in pjs, coloring and watching Word World for the moment 🙂 I think we’ll try to hit up a local indoor playplace later, one of our fav rainy-day activities!! Gota get those wiggles OUT 🙂
I love snuggling on the couch with my baby attached to the boob, browsing the items on cottonbabies.com that would be nice to have, but I can’t justify buying. Like Babylegs. And more cute diapers. 😉
I love to open the windows or sit on the patio and listen to it rain and watch the lightning 🙂
we even run around in it sometimes =)
(rain is so rare for us that I take the time to enjoy it when it happens)
Our favorite rainy day activity is tent making, all over the living room.
If we are going to go somewhere our favorite rainy day activity is going to the childrens museum. If we stay at home we do the same thing we do in the winter…color, play with their numerous amounts of toys, and maybe watch a movie.
I love to sew on a rainy day
anjellfire at gmail dot com
For our rainy day (today) we put up the play tent with tunnel he got for Christmas. My son is in love! 😀
Heather
kaleidoscopejane at yahoo dot com
We love to splash in the puddles!
Our favorite rainy day activity is snuggle time on the couch, watching movies all day. 🙂
Our favorite rainy day activity is cuddling on the couch with my 6 month old cuddle bug! Nothing better 😉
We love to float bathtub boats in the running water from a good rainfall- then a warm bath and warm clothes for extra story time snuggled on the couch! babylegs are good for keeping the legs toasty on cold, rainy spring days 😉
Lisa
cntrygrllam (at) aol (dot) com
In our house, rainy days means staying in our pajamas and attacking our closet full of arts and crafts supplies!
my favorite rainy day activity is snuggling on the couch!
If its just raining and not storming we like to go out puddle jumping. Otherwise we turn the music up and have an indoor dance party!
Cuddling on the couch reading a good book or watching movies with my little girl!
We’ve had so little rain – a rainy day sounds awesome! When it does rain we’ve been known to cuddle in bed and watch/listen or if it’s playtime, we’ve been out playing in the rain before! jacquelyn.moll at att.net
We love puddling! Pull out the rain coat and boots and here we go.
My favorite rainy day activity is window shopping in the mall. That way we still get to go for a walk and get to find fun, new, exciting things!
heididaily at gmail dot com
anything art…these days watercolors and playdough are the fave at our house!!
meeghan.rayner@sbcglobal.net
I love curling up on the couch with hot tea and a good book.. and maybe a nap if the time allows (the sound of rain always makes me a bit drowsy.)
We love to have a hearty meal, whip out a movie and popcorn and just snuggle!
Watching movies or baking cookies!
jhull at m dot marywood dot edu
I love to either watch a movie or curl up with a good book on a great rainy day.
Snuggling up together on a pallet and watching a movie!
I love dancing in the rain with kids provided it’s warm rain! If not, board games and warm food inside with the blinds open to watch the rain! 🙂
gr812_2000 at yahoo dot com
Snuggling and reading are my favorite rainy day activities. But today, I think we’ll be replacing hook-and-loop closures on a couple of diapers!
Watching a movie…
thegeorgefamily06@gmail.com
Sleeping in, hanging out in pjs, and watching a movie. I love looking for a rainbow when the sun comes out and it is still raining.
I would love to win an artist series diaper. They are so cute! 🙂
I love snuggling up on the couch with a good book! But since having my daughter, we just play, play, play! (She’s 11 months old!)
There are two malls close to us with wonderful toddler playgrounds indoors so those are a fun way to burn off some energy!
We love hanging out in our basement and playing on rainy days. My daughter particularly enjoys playing in her “house” (a repurposed toilet box)!
I love snuggling up and watching a movie (or tv!) with some yummy snacks!
Our favorite rainy day activity is going outside and playing in the puddles after the rain has stopped. While we are waiting for that, we like to watch movies while snuggling and napping! 🙂
tvpg at aol dot com
I love baking something sweet and yummy and watching movies on rainy days!
My favorite rainy day activities are arts and crafts, baking, snuggling together on the couch watching movies or going to to the indoor mall.
Our favorite rainy day activity is pulling out the kids cookbook and picking a new recipe to try!
My favorite rainy days looks like this: the whole family (me, my husband, our baby Oliver and our cat) all piled in our bed with a big bowl of popcorn, plenty of hot chocolate and a couple of movies.
::fingers crossed!::
Curling up with my family and watching a movie!
We love puddle jumping!
evans dot lacie at gmail dot com
Oops, Thanks for leaving comments. I clarified the entries. Today we’re talking about rainy day activities!
I’m going to assume for the giveaway you’d like us to just leave a comment. I’d love a ribbit diaper. Babylegs are SO HARD to chose from.
Eiffel Tower is my favorite in the artist series. William for the BabyLegs.
I’m unsure of what we’re supposed to post for our giveaway entry as well, but I would choose the ribbit snap diaper with the Henry Babylegs for my little man!! 🙂
I’m not sure what the entry is supposed to be, but I would choose a snap closing clementine diaper and babylegs that coordinate (not sure if we’re having a boy or a girl!) Email me if I need to change my entry somehow! (link on blog) thanks!