Happy Earth Day everyone! I hope everyone did a special something today to celebrate the Earth and and all it provides for us.

Today was a no TV day. We tried to use the bare minimum which meant we didn’t use the stove, TV, lights, microwave…and 2 of the 4 computers were off all day as well.

This afternoon the kids, my Mom and I went outside to plant a garden. I had picked up a flat of pansies earlier this week so we were all set. I am not much of a gardener…come to think of it, this was probably the first time I ever planted flowers, so it was kind of hit or miss. I was actually using a set of plastic shovels and rakes we got for the beach! We managed though and had fun, which was the point of the whole thing anyways. Here are a few pics of our afternoon…

Prepping the garden

Lily and her worm friend. Hayden was afraid…but not my girl!!

Hard at work!

Lily admiring the flowers

One of our beautiful little flowers!

I have really been making an effort to be more green. I picked up a Diva Cup earlier this month to reduce on the waste made by regular menstrual pads or tampons. I also grabbed a travel mug for Corey, so cut down on the number of cups he accumulates from his morning Timmies. Slowly but surely, I am making more Earth friendly decisions and hopefully showing my children how to do the same.

For more great green ideas, check out the Green Living Board right here on CPO!!

Another week has gone by.  This one was pretty uneventful, as usual!  I have been in the mood to create, so this week I have done a bit of baking, which I don’t usually do.  The kids and I made some banana muffins earlier this week.  They turned out really good.  I also did a homemade pizza for dinner Wednesday topped with left over chicken on one and leftover ham and pineapple on the other.  Since I opened a can of pineapple for the pizza and had lots left over, I decided to make a pineapple upside-down cake…and actually just finished a slice!  It was GOOD!!  I grabbed some ground sirloin from the market last week, so today I am going to make a chili.  Mmmm….

Tomorrow we are going out to buy flowers.  Since Tuesday is Earth Day, the kids ad I are going to go out and plant a garden.  I am not much of a gardener myself, and totally clueless about flowers.  I don’t know what to plant or where to plant it…so I am hoping I can get some guidance from somewhere.  (*HINT HINT CPO*)  I am planting along a fence that goes through the middle of the front yard…it gets a lot of sun…so I am not sure what would be best there??  Once I have it done though I will surely take pictures and post it, and you guys can let me know how I did!

I talked to my sister the other day and her hubby, my new niece and her are planning a trip down this way during the summer!  I am so excited that I can barely wait until July!!!  I would almost fast forward through the whole summer just to get to meet my niece and see my sister again…and meet her hubby!!  Oh this is going to be the best!  I have already started pumping up Hayden and Lily for the arrival of their cousin and just this morning Hayden was pretending that she was racing with him in his race car.  My Mom bought identical outfits for the girls…so we can dress them up alike and take a zillion pictures.  Man…we are strange folk!  LOL…

It’s supposed to be a beautiful day today, so after breakfast we are probably going to head outside for some sunshine and our daily dose of vitamin D…hehe!