It was cloudy this morning and I knew we were in for some rain here in
St. Louis Missouri, but then I guess because of it being Earth Day and
all, Mother Nature just had to show off. She brought usHail Hail, it
wasn’t giant or anything, but it lasted a good 3 minutes, and I live
next to an automotive place that is covered in metal, so the roar from
the hail hitting their business was amazingly loud.

I had plans to go out today and grab a couple of plants from Lowes,
and have my son and I plant them in our yard, but at least for today
that plan seems dashed. Even though the hail has stopped the rain is
coming down fast with big fat drops, I had to race around the house
like a mad woman shutting all the windows.

There will always be another day to plant some flowers, but I had
wanted to share this day with my son outside. Instead we will be
spending it indoors. However he did just get a really cool lesson
about hail, so that’s point one in teaching my son on Earth Day. He is
three and thought it was the coolest thing he has ever seen, while my
husband worried about his car, my son was watching with excitement and
asking question, after question about what was happening.

I managed to capture two pictures, it was pouring really bad while the
hail was coming down, and keeping the camera dry was priority number
one. The pictures are pretty good although the lens did get a little
wet. While I was rushing to make sure all the window were closed and
my son wasn’t leaning too far out the door, he got pinged by one piece
of hail which in return caused him to give an ouch yelp, followed by a
laugh and, “wow mom that was cool.” Hailing

Earth Day for those of you who don’t know is a day we celebrate the
Earth, trying to come up with new ways to be good to our environment,
and help out the planet. Picking up trash you see on the ground,
recycling, and planting trees, flowers, and vegetables are all great
ways to celebrate Earth Day. A lot of kids will come home today from
school with a tree to plant, or at least that is what used to happen
when I went to school.

It is a great day to stop and take the time to teach your child about
the Earth. Since it is spring it is easy to show them all the wonders
of the new life sprouting out of the ground, on the trees and every
where you look. Ask them questions about how they would keep the
planet clean, and engage them in Earth day activities. You can find
some great arts and crafts projects for earth day at Enchanted
Learning. You can find crafts there from home made rain sticks, to a
pine cone bird feeder.

Let me know

Happy Earth Day Everyone!

Check out the pictures of the hail at http://bakedblog.com/earth-day-mothe...e-showing-off/