Saving Electricity

My sweet 3 year old son is sleeping on the bathroom floor tonight.  He complained of a tummy ache and I asked him if it was a hungry tummy ache or a throw up kind of tummy ache.  He thought it was a throw up kind.  So I made a little bed of towels for him on the floor of the bathroom.  I asked him if he wanted to have the light on.  This was his reply:


"No, because I don't want to waste the electricity."


I smiled inwardly and outwardly.  I want my children to have the desire to not waste--whether electricity or water.  I don't want them to obsess about it, but I do want them to wise about what they consume.  It took me by surprise that Eli would say this, but it made me glad to know that he's on board.  


I have recycled newspapers and aluminum cans all of my life.  I can't remember a time when I didn't.  In my mind, the reason I do it is because my mom did it when I was growing up.  I'm glad she did.  I hope my kids will feel the same way about me some day.