Days with the Dorans

 So years ago we went and cleaned up on Earth Day and it seemed we should do it again (and start to make it a yearly thing I hope). We were at Z's soccer game and I noticed a ton of trash by the road so we went home, got some bags and gloves and headed back to the fields to do some clean up! We filled up three giant bags of trash, carried some things that were too big for our bags and I even found a buck (see... it pays to clean up). Walking back and seeing the difference we made really felt good! Our trash wouldn't even all fit in the trash can at the park where we were!  After we were done, the kids got some serious squirts of hand sanitizer and then they played on the playground. If nothing else, the Doran kids better NEVER litter (since they know what a mess it truly makes).

Though Earth Day has been around for 40 years, I don't remember doing much on April 22nd when I was younger... (but then I do have a horrible memory which is why I keep this blog and write everything down...) We recycle what we can, have taught the children to use water sparingly... (though the littles still take baths), and bring our own bags to the grocery store. There is much more we could do and I have a wonderful friend who is much more earth friendly than we are , but we're working on it. So today, we went for a walk to clean up a street near our house that was strewn with litter. I still don't understand how people can toss cans, papers and cigarettes out their car windows as if the earth were their own personal garbage can. Jeff was busy picking up and taking care of our yard, so I strapped the littles into a stroller (Z has been sick AGAIN, though the fresh air was good for him...), the bigs hopped on their bikes and we took a garbage bag with us to clea...