Earth Day!!

How fun it was to have Kelton home from school and Layla here to spend the day with us as well! Katie's been battling a virus since Sunday with a fever that keeps coming and going but seemed much better beyond a very runny nose.

After we put on our "earth day suits" as Layla called them,
we were ready to start our day!

For our Earth Day project, we made Earth ornaments.
First, we used the top of a cup to trace circles on wax paper.
Then Kelton and I cut them out.


Then we used blue and green crayon shavings that I'd made earlier in the morning to make it look like earth.


The second wax paper circle went on top with a piece of ribbon inside. I ironed them together and then we let them cool.



After naps we had green smoothies! YUM! Konny really liked it!



For dessert after dinner we had dirt and worms! I had to get a little creative to make it allergy friendly, including making my pudding from scratch. Which, by the way, is really easy and super yummy. Have you read the ingredients on the jello box anyway? I know I can't pronounce some of that stuff!

Chocolate Pudding (thanks to one of the ladies at work!)

1/2 cup sugar
1/4 cup cocoa
3 tablespoons cornstarch
1/4 teaspoon salt
2 1/2 cups milk
1 teaspoon vanilla

Mix and cook until thick.


Since it's Earth Day, I also thought I'd blog about some of my favorite ecofriendly items at our house....

The first is cloth diapers! Konny is wearing them on my days off and weekends. E was pretty skeptical, but I think he's even starting to like them! I found a seller on Etsy, Velvet Rabbit Cloth and worked with her to get everything I needed. She is awesome, the diapers are awesome and I could not be happier with them. Seriously check her out! If you've ever thought about trying cloth, Don't Wait! I really wish I wouldn't have!







My next favorite is my fabric coffee sleeve. It's always in my purse for that impromptu drive through a coffee shop. I looked on Etsy for a long time to find the perfect one. Tinamagee had a great stash of fabulous fabric, but what really made me go with her is the elastic. These will fit ANY cup!


You'll also often see me with my reusable sandwich bags. Yet another Etsy purchase. See a pattern here? Johnsonfamilyzoo has great prices and really quality stuff. When it's time to put another load of kids clothes on ebay (that's how I fund my Etsy habit), I plan to get some of her produce bags!


On order is dryer balls from KCRovensky. I have been eyeing these for a long time, but was waiting for a few ebay auctions to end before I could order them. I buy the unscented dryer sheets, but they're still chemical laden so I figure these will be awesome for all the sensitive skin at our house. Not to mention they'll reduce dryer time!


We had so much fun but did end our day with a 911 call from Konny taking a tumble down the stairs. He's fine although I think I've yet to recover. We're definitely praising God over what could have a been quite the tragedy.