Donations!

So today I heard someone at my door, messing with the door knob. I walked over and pulled the door open to see a young woman walking away and when I asked "What's this?" She turned with a smile and told me all about how some local businesses teamed up to collect donations from people in the area for the Central Oregon Food Bank!

Within 10 minutes the boys and I had that big ol' paper bag completely loaded! It was fun...Almost like a scavenger hunt! Looking in our cabinets almost made me feel a little guilty...We have so much and others are struggling to survive right now. So we took almost half of everything, from jello to pasta to stove top and canned goods, and put it in the bag.

Tomorrow we get to set it at our front door and they'll come back and take it for us. I hope the boys will keep a look out for them to come get the bag...It's really important to us that they see they are making a difference, in a big way or a small one, with things we take for granted everyday!

Happy Earth Day!

We have been talking about Earth Day in our house this week and the boys & I made a little list of some ways that we try to save energy and help our planet. It's a fun way to teach your kids responsibility and helping save the planet. They're learning about being green in school and from some of their favorite tv shows, magazines, and books but it's fun to see how we're changing things in our own home.

So here's our list of how we help keep our Earth a little green:

• Turn off water when we're not using it


• Unplug electronics & appliances we're not using


• Taking more walks and fewer trips in the car


• Using energy saver light bulbs


• Reusing & recycling


• Cleaning up garbage in our neighborhood


• Opening the blinds and turning off the lights

I hope you guys are all coming up with awesome ideas on your lists and learning fun new ways to help our planet. And we'd love to hear some of your ideas too!