Happy Earth Day!

Disclaimer: This is posted about a week late. Earth Day was last week and I apparently forgot to post this. But I figure the message is the same whether today or next week or next month. So here goes.

To quote a John Denver song (please don't judge me, I like John Denver!) "Celebrate Earth Day every day!"

I like to think that we're a fairly "green" family, what with the cloth diapers, the organic foods, etc etc but today of all days is a good day to stress the importance of the health of our planet. There are so many things we can do that are simple that cut waste and better our environment. It was pointed out to me early in the day that it's not really helpful if everyone takes a "green" approach one day a year. So try, in honor of Earth Day, to find small steps you can make in your own life to reduce your environment impact.

To mis-quote another musical legend, it IS easy to be green! Sorry, Kermit, you had it wrong :)

Park it, baby

A few weeks ago we took Rebecca to the park for a few hours. We went once last summer but she was still too little to really "get" it. She had a BLAST this time around. We went on the slide, the climbing.... things (what are those called???) and the swings.

It was crazy busy there, people everywhere, but it didn't seem to phase her one bit. Thank heaven we've finally got warm weather around here! Michigan winters can get too darn cold for too darn long.

The next day we went to Moomers, a local ice cream shop, for some ice cream. They have a platform overlooking the cow pastures so you can see and thank the nice cows that gave the milk to make the ice cream. Rebecca loves animals so this was almost better for her than the ice cream was. Although, I swear, this girl ate half my cone!