Earth Day

When Madison came home from school, we were ready for a proper "Earth Day" celebration!  Earlier, Mommy and Daddy went over to Lowe's to get some supplies and plants.  Oh, and light bulbs.  Our house is a black hole for light bulbs.  Always look at the amount of light bulbs in a new house - we basically have enough to power a small village.  If we were to turn them on all at the same time, our house would be visible from space.

And that's what Earth Day is all about, right?  No, not really.  It's about conservation or something like that.  But just to get out there in the earth, we got some flowers for the front of the house.  Mommy and Madison dug holes and planted the flowers, while Daddy cleared the garden area, preparing it for more tomatoes!

It was a really nice day outside, so we stayed out a little longer, also cleaning off all the pollen off the porch.  It was literally slick as you walked out there, so we sprayed it down with a hose, and used a rag a lot, trying to wipe the whole thing off.  We got most of it done, I think!

We got a lot done today, actually.  Earlier, Daddy wrote yet another Tribe message, and later, we finished up our piano practice.  For a reward, all of us took time for an epic ice cream break.  Mommy prepared us ice cream, with sprinkles!  And a cherry on top too.  Madison was nice: she walked over to Daddy's ice cream and said, "I'll let you eat your own cherry!"  Uh... yeah.  Thanks, Madison?  It's funny, because we used to let her eat all the cherries on top of the ice creams because she loved them so much.  Now, she thinks they're all hers!

Before bed, Madison spent some time reading to us - she's getting better and better.  She was reading to use he story of Creation from the Bible.  This, I suppose, is the real "earth day" message, isn't it?  She kept repeating what was written time again in the book about God's creation:  "It is good."