Earth Day Twenty Twelve
Yep, that’s Little A. reaching his arms out and giving the Earth a great big hug 🙂 Well, not quite, but he was having a lot of fun being outdoors, watching mama and dadda pick up trash (how come we get to pick up trash?) – and spend lots of time swinging in his favorite swing! He’s a bit young to let loose to collect litter, considering he still puts just about everything in his mouth.
Yesterday, we set out as a family and did our bit on Earth Day. We like to try to do our bit everyday, by remembering to reduce, reuse, and recycle. Just three simple things that make a difference.
It was a cool day in Ottawa, so we all wore our hoodies – like trash bandits…hehehe. We met a few other
people in the community who were doing the same thing and it was great to meet neighbors who were out and about.
For dinner we had a very green meal, literally. We tried fiddle heads for the first time (they were a gift
from our friends’ garden) – we can’t say that it was love at first bite, but we’ll take their health benefits.
How about you? How was your weekend?
Emily Smith is the Editor of The Best of This Life who has been writing in the lifestyle niche and creating delicious recipes for over 10 years. Her work has been featured on BRIT + CO, Today's Parent, Chatelaine, Huffington Post, The Pioneer Woman, and Food Bloggers of Canada. She writes about family, food, entertaining, home decor, wellness, travel and a litany of other topics. She loves sharing her three core values - love life, live well, share the beauty - and encourages her readers to enjoy the best of their lives every day. She lives in Ottawa with her loving husband, two darling children, and dreams of one day owning a puppy.
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Matthew loves the swing as well, he could spend hours! Glad you had a good weekend 😉
Aww – look at you three, so cute all of you! 🙂
What a great way to celebrate Earth Day, especially with such a mouthwatering green meal!
Wonderful celebration of earth day 😀
Great dinner and family time – cannot go wrong 🙂
Cheers
Choc Chip Uru
Oh he is just so cute Emily!
I am amazed you all went out on your own to pick up trash. I am inspired!
Have a wonderful day ahead!
x, Anna
awe girl, his 4 bottom teeth are just so darn adorable!!! what a sweetheart and way to go you trash bandits – nice job on the clean sweep patrol!! lookin’ pretty darling doing it too 🙂 mmm, fiddleheads. i just popped down to the grocery on lunch and was eying them. only thing is a bag was $8 and so i went with some good ol’ broccoli instead. lucky you get yours straight from your pals garden, how cool is that?! ♥