Earth Day

My favorite time of day is the early, early morning when I can sit and enjoy my coffee while watching the news. On the best of days, no one else is around----this seldom happens. Tel is my early riser; 6:30 am is sleeping in for him. I cringe when he shares the news time with me in the morning (I know that one day I will look back and cherish those times, wishing they had never ended) because Tel talks A LOT. He is very curious and VERY intelligent so when his curiosity is peaked he isn't satisfied with the normal answers you would give a five year old, he presses for more information.

Today is Earth Day and each segment of my morning news channel talked about it. Of course Tel wanted to know what Earth Day was and hubby let him know that it was a day to "celebrate the Earth". Tel wanted to know HOW you are supposed to celebrate Earth Day and he wasn't satisfied with the list of ways we gave him until one of the ways was something HE could do TODAY (recycle, no. plant a tree, no. limit shower time, no. drive less, no. use minimal lights, no. don't use plastic water bottles, no. pick up trash on the side of the road, yes.)

Tel decided we would pick up trash on the side of the road. After dinner Tel, Dax (after his kicking and screaming refusal to do so), and I went to "celebrate Earth Day". Me in my naivete thought that 2 big, black yard trash garbage bags would be plenty. We didn't even make it half way up and down what we call "the lane" in our small town. THERE WAS TONS OF TRASH!!! Tel wanted to come home and get more bags and finish; had Earth Day not been on a school night we would have done just that, but we just couldn't.

Dax ended up enjoying the project and let me know, while we were out there, that he saw the need and was glad we did it. Tel is already a conscientious person (always preaching about "litter bugs", reminding me to get my reusable grocery bags, reusing plastic bottles, etc) and I think that he will always find "earth friendly" activities and alternatives throughout his life.

I'm glad Tel was there this morning to learn about Earth Day and pressure us into "celebrating" it. I'm curious, how did you celebrate your Earth Day?