more paper plate earths, but this time with sparkly gold paint added to the blue to make a sparkly green:

and now to show you what happened after all the earths were done:

most importantly, we’ll be outside this earth day…collecting trash, walking in the rain, noticing things.

happy earth day 2010.  here was earth day 2009.

when we let the wheat grass dry out a bit, it can be lifted out of the tub.

“ms. kristin!  ms. kristin!  i can feel the roots!  i am touching the roots!!!”

with a little fabric backdrop, some big blocks for seats, a shady corner and the church’s back steps, we had a new outdoor circle time.

when we got our new water boots, we turned on the hose and practiced.

and did some dam building (that was fun for me to say…over and over).

when the popcorn bag says two minutes, don’t put it in the microwave for three.

yikes.