Earth Hour...

After the International Festival, we had Sally, John, David and Andrew over for Earth Hour, a worldwide effort led by the WWF to encourage businesses and households to turn off non-essential lights at 8:30 p.m. on March 23. Veronica was very disappointed that we couldn’t make it to the Dutch celebration in Tilburg, so decided to host our own version.

The kids were funny because they weren’t sure what to do for the hour. They eventually started playing a game, which they enjoyed so much that they played by candlelight for two hours.

We also celebrated Sally and Jimmy’s birthdays, which are just one day apart. Ashlynn and Veronica made a delicious carrot cake with lemon frosting.