EARTH DAY 2011

the hayride was so much fun for liam and irina
Ever slept on my back and ellie on her mommys chest

ellie, jeanine, liam and some goats
the little kid on the ground was one day old!

looking at the "tiny horses"

the hen house with a rooster visiting

i was so proud of her for not being scared and for being gentle

liam holding the duckling

We celebrated Earth Day this year by going to Homestead Farms in Keller with Jeanine, Liam and new baby Ellie Jayne. It is a really neat little farm that has locally grown organic produce, goats milk, grass fed beef and lots of other healthy foods. We all enjoyed a hayride, snow cones and the kids held baby ducklings. Half way through the hayride we stopped for a short and sweet Easter egg hunt, each child got 1 egg (limit the candy, thank goodness). There was a local reporter on our hayride who took tons of pics of us and the kids, looking forward to seeing ourselves in the Keller Tribune!

Crayon Rocks

A couple of weeks ago we visited one of my new favorite stores http://thegreenergood.com/. We were very "green" about our trip there too; we fit 3 adults and 4 kids into one car! Yes, of course all the kids were in each of their car seats and safely secured. The kids were great in the car and we had lunch at Chick Fil A after. Anyway, the store has so much cool eco-friendly stuff there, we will definitely be going back. I bought some crayon rocks that are naturally non-toxic, irina and i both love these! She has had so much fun coloring (before they were taken away, see blog titled "Story of Toys" for details). It makes me not worry about the chemicals that are in her crayons, they're directly on her hands which sometimes go in her brothers mouth. We've been slowly removing toxic chemicals, plastics, toys and so many other harmful things from our home and it feels great.