Today is Earth Day, did you know? So Happy Earth Day to you! No, I didn't make up a song about earth day but we did do a little celebrating. McKell brought home a little worksheet from school for her to give herself points for things she does to help the earth. Some examples: use both sides of a piece of paper, walk instead of ride in the car, carpool, recycle, wear warmer/cooler clothes instead of using the heater/air conditioner. I went through the list with her and she marked the ones she has done this week, which was quite a lot.
It was nice out so we went out front to play. McKell came up with a wonderful game her and Alyssa could do. They were going to 'help the planet' by picking up any trash they found. We spent 3 hours outside riding bikes, playing with sidewalk chalk, and picking up all the trash. It may sound like we have a very messy yard (we don't) but they were digging through rock piles to find stuff and going to neighbors houses as well. They LOVED it! It was so funny to hear them yell 'over here, I found a little piece of paper' 'oh, I wish I would have found one, can you tear it in half so we can both have something to throw away'. Seriously they were cleaning fools, too bad they aren't like that inside. Maybe we will have a House Day, actually it should be a house day everyday.
When we moved to Iowa our main complaint was the crazy garbage system. They only let you have a certain amount of pounds in your garbage can which has to be the small can and you have to buy special bags for your yard waste and leaves. It was such a hassle, but it got us to recycle everything and now that I know the ins and outs of recycling I love it. When I am in Utah I am kind of disgusted that everyone doesn't recycle. So anyway Happy Earth Day. If you didn't get the chance to beautify something today do it this week.
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We didn't know it was Earth Day but we are doing some recycling here. Our apartments have bins for cans and plastic stuff. Sounds like it was a very fun day you had.
Earth Day? Our polluted state of AZ where EVERYBODY drives SUVs and Hummers didn't even blink about Earth Day today. I think I can count on two hands the total number of large SUVs that I saw in a year in Iowa. Seriously! I remember they all have these little Subarus. Very green.
Love that they tore their piece of garbage in 1/2 to share. Great sisters!
I watched the Oprah show on Earth day and realized what a loser I am in wasting things and what not. We recycle and try to be pretty good, but have major need for improvement.
When you coming to visit?
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