Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Earth Day Reflections

POSTED BY Amy at 7:36 AM

We had a great day together, celebrating Earth Day yesterday. To celebrate we spent the entire day outside and I made sure we had lots of stuff to do while we were out there. I gathered all of our supplies together and grabbed two water bottles for the kids to keep them hydrated while we were outside. Apparently, Ethan had been discussing Earth Day with his teachers because he looked at me and said, "That bottle is not a 7, right? 7's are BAD and I can't drink from them." For a moment, I felt a little bit of panic as I looked on the bottom to reveal our numbers. It appeared we had an acceptable number, but nothing like a kid to keep you on your toes.

We took our chalk outside and Ethan drew this beautiful picture of the earth. Emily helped by scribbling her own little pictures with him.



I picked up this little journal from the dollar store and told Ethan that he could fill the pages with whatever things he saw in nature. He put together some really beautiful pictures of all the things he saw. Then I wrote the alphabet for him and he filled in the book with pictures of things that started with those letters. This kept him busy for about an hour and he loved showing his book to his daddy.



While Ethan documented in his journal, I took some pictures of some of the beautiful things in our yard.

Then I plopped myself in a chair and started my new book from one of my favorite bloggers, Soule Mama. If you are looking for ways to be more creative with your kids, I would highly recommend this book.

We had a wonderful day and didn't turn the television on once! The evening was spent building forts, drawing pictures, playing in the bath, and special stories. It was a quiet and lovely Earth Day!

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3Comments:

Blogger Ginger Jager
"Sounds like a great day. Each night I look back and think how much tv my daughter watched, and I am always impressed with myself when it's none or next to none."

at 10:40 AM  

Blogger Small Town Frugal Mom
"I love the fact that you make these green holiday's so special. I myself have just gotten into the going green thing as believe it or not...in the area that I am in you really don't hear much about going green."

at 9:55 PM  

Blogger *carrie*
"I feel kind of overwhelmed with this sudden rush of information about the dangers of certain kinds of plastic. It's interesting young kids are even learning about it in school!"

at 2:04 PM  

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