How to Save the Earth According to a 4 Year Old

Today is Earth Day so I found myself bringing it up to the girls all day long.  While Morgan, my 1 year old,  was talking her nap, Taylor, 4, and I decided to make a "Top 10 Ways to Save the Earth" List.  So here it goes, directly from her mouth, for everyone’s enjoyment:

1. Save electricity by turning off your lights
2. Give people your milk bottles.
3. Don’t throw you bubblegum on the ground.  (We have just recently started letting her chew Trident, so I thought this was too funny!)
4. Plant seeds to make pretty flowers.
5. Save Money in your Piggy Bank.
6. Give your old baby dolls to other people.  (Then she made sure to clarify that she didn’t want to do this one.)
7. Throw your trash away.
8. Clean up your toys.
9. Put your cups away.
10. Play with your sister.

So there you have it from a 4 year old, how to save the world!  If it were only that simple.  Maybe it is and all of us grown-ups just complicate things.  We should all just throw our trash away, recycle our unwanted things, do a little gardening, save some money each day, play with our loved ones, clean up our mess at the end of the day, turn off our lights and go to bed .  Easy as pie.

Have a good night!

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