I took both the kids to the grocery store today and gave them a couple of m&m’s as a reward for doing so well there. Amai ate hers quickly and neatly, as she has always tended to- Ashe ate his slowly and messily, as he has always done!

I bought some reusable grocery bags- they work well and hold so much more than a plastic bag. Plus they aren’t wasteful. I’m not as green as I could be, but we are making more and more efforts to be both organic and green as a family. We make sure and buy milk that is hormone free- meat, veggies, and fruit that are organic (unless we are extremely pinched for money)- and I’ve tried really hard not to waste food at all. The next thing I want to do is to start a compost pile and start growing a few herbs and eventually fruits and veggies in a garden. Not yet though- I need a little more of the house remodeling to get done first.