Bottle Installation

As if yesterday's green project weren't awesome enough, look what the kid's are doing at H's school today! They all made flowers out of plastic bottles and are putting up an installation that goes along a huge portion of the fence. I think it's fantastic. As an added bonus, we can see the school from our back yard. I was especially lucky, and happened to come out to take some pictures when H's class was putting some of the flowers up. This stuff really excites me.

Green

To kick off Earth Week, the all kids and teachers in H's school made a human sign. GREEN. Pretty cool, if you ask me. (Photos by Jassen S.)

The 8th Birthday Party

For H's 8th birthday, all he wanted to do was go to Medieval Times. He invited a few friends, and my mother-in-law came to celebrate as well. We dined on dragon blood soup (tomato soup) with garlic bread, baby dragon (chicken) and rat tail (ribs), potatoes and apple pie. The boys seemed to really enjoy it.

The show was a blast too. We were in the blue section. Here was our knight.

It ended up that he didn't win the battle.

But the boys were totally into it.

They decided to put on their own show after wards. We even seemed to pick up another kid for the battle. All I have to say, is WOW. Eight year old boys are crazy.

We got to meet our blue knight. He signed the kid's crowns. The boys told him they were bummed out he died in the battle.

He was also quite handsome. And tall. And strong. My mother-in-law wanted a picture with him too.

All in all, it was an awesome day. H's friends were so nice, and H had a fantastic time.

Etsy :: Eco

UL ... Reuasable Le Petit Sandwich Bags by Evelyn Fields
UR ... Bird Feeder. Reclaimed street lights by Red Yellow and Blue
LL ... Cable Knit Coffee Cozy by Wayside Violet
LR ... Recycled Coffee Sack Bag by Ustya

Earth Month 2008

Earth Month begins today. At H & C's school, this means wear-your-bright-
yellow-school-shirt-to-school day, so that is pretty exciting. And, for every 1-way trip to school that is car-pooled or done by foot this month, they get to bring a rock and put it in a jar at the school. Since we walk every day, it's not a big deal. But it is important for them to know part of the reason why we always (even in the cold and rain) don't drive those three blocks and always go by foot.

It's not always easy breaking old habits. And yes, occasionally a dirty plastic container ends up in garbage instead of the recycling bin in our house. We are working on that. But, Brian just ordered our rain barrels, and we get to pick those up this weekend. Exciting. We will be ordering our compost bin in a couple weeks.

I also wanted to mention a great green website. Our friends Alex and Joanna moved a to Michigan a couple years ago. And they have really embraced the move from urban to rural farm life. Sadly, we haven't been able to visit yet, but hope to soon. Enough about that -- Joanna started an online store called The Greater Green, which sells natural products (beauty to cleaning, pet to baby, and more). She also has a blog -- Adventures of Eco-Living. Be sure to check it out.