The Not So Green Thing's

Just as in The March family (and the Anderson family)there is "much emphasis on perfecting oneself" in CA there is much emphasis on perfecting one's Green self. Everywhere you go people are eating green, speaking green, buying green, selling green, looking green. . . hm. I just realized today how un-green our family is in some ways. Children are just naturally un-green. They waste a lot of water, they make A LOT of laundry-what with throwing up, wetting the bed, soaking 4-5 hand towels in the bathroom sink everyday and not being able to re-wear any of their clothing it is next to impossible to "be green". They also waste a lot of food despite my efforts to make sure they eat what is served. It ends up on the floor, in hair, on clothes, in the garbage and most unfortunately on ME. At 3 years old Ezra still finds it most exhilarating (ok guys that was a major typo and no one said anything) and hilarious to "share" his food with other people. When we were in Tahoe he so kindly picked his cousin Nathan as the literal target for his food sharing. Much to my dismay he found it REALLY fun to chuck chicken at Nathan and make him cry. Sorry again Nathan-we love you. Many here would rather have dogs than children because they are more "green"-not us! I guess with our growing household of children it's a good thing I'm not too keen on being all green :)