Celebrate the Earth!

I think Earth Day is officially this week sometime, but Alaina and Sawyer and I celebrated it by going to Prairie Woods Environmental Learning Center. Jonnie opted to go to the farm with Jon to get started on picking rocks, so I just had the two of them with me. They were having activities and games and giving free trees, etc. We learned about conservation, organic gardening, saving our wetlands and the different animals that need them to survive, alternative forms of energy, etc. The best part it was all free and that was really good for the ole budget (:

The kids were able to try out the rock wall, but I couldn't talk either into trying. I knew Jonnie would have if he were there-he loves that kind of stuff. We had fun watching other kids doing it.
The kids also had a lesson on soil erosion. The lady explaining everything got really into it and gave a bit too much information to a 2 and 10 year old. I could tell by their faces that she was losing them. They liked playing with the plastic beads, though.
We walked along the trails and here they are taking a rest.
Sawyer loved just running around.
It is so peaceful and beautiful out there.
Here we got our free trees! They were bigger than I thought and Alaina was pretty excited about it all!
Once again, the kids found a frog! Everywhere we go, the kids' find frogs, I swear.
After this we picked up Dex and brought him out to the college. The Vet Tech department was having a dog wash for pretty cheap, so off we went. I laughed because he had four pretty girls all brushing and fawning all over him. He just sat in the middle of it all looking very happy-you could just hear him thinking, "ahhh, this is the life."

On our way home from the college, we saw Jon and Jonnie in the field picking rocks. Alaina felt bad that her little brother was out there by himself, so we ran her home and she changed her clothes and went back out there to help. I was proud of her for wanting to help them out.

Here's Jon and Jonnie when I stopped on the side of road and took a picture (:
When I dropped Alaina off, daddy came and grabbed Sawyer for a ride. It made my heart smile to see my family all working together (:



Later in the afternoon, we planted the trees and now I am going to pick up supper and just be cozy at home watching movies. I love my family and spending time with them. Now to decide what to pick up as we all want something different!