Happy Earth Day!!!

We had some friends over for an Earth Day playdate. And like last year we did planting of seeds & plants. It's a fun, hands-on activity for kids and it helps them learn to connect with nature and might just encourage our friends to grow some of their own food this year.

Last year we did the huge playgroup thing for Earth Day, but we did a huge playgroup on Friday. So, this was just a small group. We had over Caitlin, Amelia, & Gavin and Cheri, Cole & Jackie.

We planted sugar baby watermelon, cherry tomatoes, peppers, & marigold seeds and then each kid also go am Impatiens plant to plant, so they had something tangible that they could already see. Since we planted some of those seeds the other day, Isabel planted some other flower seeds and we planted a pot with some basil seeds in it.

We had a wonderful lunch of sandwiches, watermelon, carrots, chip, organic juice & leftover birthday cupcakes.

I really like when we have these morning playdates that go into lunch & we have lunch together. Otherwise, we leave right before lunch & we are hungry and still have to get home & make something. Putting lunch off makes both mommy & Isabel cranky. Plus, then the kids can play more together after we have lunch and the kids get their second wind.