Earth day was pretty busy for us so I'm just now blogging about it. Connor really didn't have a concept of what Earth was up until a few weeks ago. I picked up a book from the library about Earth day.
Connor: "What's Earth"
Me: "Its where we live. We live on earth"
Connor: "No, we live in Pasadena."
Damn kid... you're smarter than I thought.
So yesterday when we woke up I told him it was Earth Day and after daycare and dinner we would go to the library for some Earth Day celebrations.
On the way to daycare we talked about what was on earth. Clouds, trees, people, animals, water, and Lightening McQueen (I'm sure you can guess who thought that one up).
We ventured over to the Riviera Beach Library Branch and had a great show put on the by Ukulele Ensemble from George Fox Middle School. Connor couldn't read the words to the music provided but he swayed to the music with me and mumbled through the chorus parts of the songs. In between songs the library read stories. Of course Connor's favorite book, The Lorax by Dr. Seuss was read.
At the end of it all they had little pots of dirt and you could pick out which seeds you wanted to plant. Due to the reading of The Lorax, Connor thought we were planting Truffula Trees..... I kept telling him it was squash.
When we got home from work/daycare today he ran over to his pot of dirt to look for a seedling, looked at me and said, "There's a Lorax in here, I just know it."
Hope everyone takes the time this week to get back in gear with respecting the planet and what keeps us alive and well from day to day. Take care of Mother Earth and she'll take care of you! Because........"Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing going to get better. It will not."
Glad you had such a great day! Happy earth day!
ReplyDeleteI feel really really bad...I missed it!
ReplyDeleteAdorable! That weekend, we walked into a Target store and they were giving away free Target bags. It was also Noah's bday that day. While handing out the free bags, the lady greeted us with, "HAPPY EARTH DAY!". Noah turned to me with such bright eyes and asked, "How did she know it was my birthday???!!!" HEHEHEHE.....
ReplyDeleteIt seems to be a much bigger 'event' in the US than here in the UK...indeed supermarkets were still giving out their usual plastic carrier bags :-(
ReplyDeleteMaybe next year...