Tsk, Tsk Tupperware

When we were cleaning out my mother's house a few years ago, I brought back some of my things from childhood. Mostly I brought back a lot of my baby blankets, but there were a few gems I had forgotten about. I found my Shape-O Toy in the toy box. Now you KNOW I had to grab that classic for my future little ones. It even had all the inner pieces, which is mind-boggling considering how things always seemed to get lost in that house. When I was little, I always had the hardest time pulling the toy open to get the pieces out. When I brought it home it had the opposite problem, it wouldn't stay shut. Knowing that Tupperware has a lifetime guarantee on all of their products, I gave them a call to see what could be done (for those of you that didn't know, I used to be a Tupperware sales woman - and I was good!). After a short phone call and a $5 credit card charge for shipping, my replacement piece was on it's way. The day it arrived, Atom brought up a large box from the mail. He told me it was from Tupperware. Seeing the size of the box, I immediately assumed that they sent me the entire ball. When I took it out of Atom's hands, the box was extremely light. I opened it up and my worst suspicions were true. Tupperware sent my tiny little replacement piece in a gigantor sized box! Ugh. I know that many companies have this problem, but it still amazes me to no end. I'm pretty sure that tiny piece would have fit into a padded envelope. It was just a rubber band and two little yellow handles, they could have even skipped the padding and just sent it in an envelope. Instead they decided on a large cardboard box. Brilliant! Sigh.

Let them eat cake...er..I mean diapers?

I found online instructions for building a diaper cake months ago. I have been holding out for the opportunity to make one, and my time finally arrived. With the numerous pregnancies at my old workplace, I knew the day would come eventually. A friend's baby shower is this Sunday so I ran to the store to pick up some diapers, rubber bands, champagne and ribbon. That's right, CHAMPAGNE! Because new parents do need a good supply of diapers, but they need a better supply of booze. This is not the typical goo-goo, ga-ga diaper cake loaded with tons of cutesy things. Mine looks more like a 3-layer wedding cake. I used orange ribbon since that is the color of the nursery. I tried to find some cute turtle things to continue the nursery theme, but the stores I went to were lacking in the turtle department. I hope she enjoys it regardless. Here is a picture of the finished product:

I did not do the tissue paper and white ribbon covering, because I found that the Pampers Swaddler diapers are mostly white and the part that has Sesame Street characters can be hidden. I like the way mine turned out. You can tell it is made of diapers, which I think is the point of a diaper cake.