The Stewart Clan

Monday, November 28, 2011

Toothless day

Two lost teeth in one day!?!? This family is putting the tooth fairy in the poor house!

Monday, November 21, 2011

Funny Girl

I found this assignment in Harley’s papers today. It was an assignment they did about the chores they help with at home.

In case you can’t read the pic, it says…

“My chore is to make dinner. I make things that everyone likes. then, we eat it. I can tell that my mom thinks I’ll take her job.”

For the record, I HOPE she takes my job! *wink*

Friday, November 18, 2011

A Normal Friday Night

What did you do for your Friday night? Here's what we did...

Crazy girls!!!

For Tatum’s 6^th birthday, she wanted to have a “fancy tea party”. So we invited 6 of her besties over for an afternoon tea party complete with pink lemonade, goldfish crackers, banana bread, cantaloupe, cookies, and pink and yellow tie dyed cupcakes…. All of Tatum’s favorites! Grandma Stewart even let us borrow her teacups and saucers to make it just right. She was grinning from ear to ear!

Here she is anxiously waiting for her friends to arrive…

Here is her cute group of wonderful friends, including sisters and cousins, too…

Here she is with mama (I love that I’m invited, too.)…

Here she is getting ready to blow out the candles on her specially ordered pink and yellow cupcakes…

Her friends were very generous, and gave her lots of gifts that they knew she’d LOVE…

Even Chandler got a good kick out of some of them…

Happy birthday to our very special little 6 year old!!!

Tater’s Field Trip – 5/19/2011

The first field trip for a Kindergartener can be a little overwhelming… the first bus ride, the first trip in public without mom, exploring a new place with friends, etc… This one was no exception and it made Tater VERY nervous. So, I decided to go to the museum where she was going and spend the day with her. I wanted this to be a positive experience for her. (I admit I was also a little nervous about sending her out in public with some random chaperone that I may not know.)

It was everything I hoped for it to be. She had such a great time exploring the museum, and it was a wonderful day for us to share. Here she is surrounded by all her little friends…

Here she is coloring an art project…

Here she is painting the castle…

Here she is bagging the groceries…

Here she is scooping ice cream…

Here she is playing the wrench xylophone…

Here she is in one of the MANY play structures…

It was a wonderful day for the two of us. Times like this make me SO grateful to be a stay-at-home-mom.

Marvelous Musicians – 4/2011

Chandler and Shelby have been taking piano lessons for just over a year now. They are improving so much every day. Chandler is even planning and preparing to be able to play the hymns in priesthood when he turns 12. It’s pretty awesome to watch them loving something that I also love.

They recently had a recital with their piano teacher (Lori Emig, a dear friend of many years) and all of her other students.

They practiced for months, and when the time came to perform, even though they were nervous in front of the crowd, they did remarkably well. Here’s a picture of the two of them after their performances. They were deservedly so proud of themselves.

Chandler’s in 5^th grade this year which means he gets to participate in school music classes. This year he chose to play the percussion. He carried that bell kit to and from school all year long until he FINALLY was the first in his class to test out of the bell kit and onto the drum pad. He was so happy only to have it and his drum sticks to carry around. Well done, Chan! Here he is at his end of the year concert…

Shelby has also spent the entire school year as a member of the Navarrete Elementary Chorus.
Isn’t she cute!!!

The chorus has done a number of shows, and even went to a choral festival. With 110 3^rd through 6^th graders, they were the largest chorus at the festival. They did wonderfully and Shelby was thrilled to sing on the “big stage” at the Chandler Center for the Performing Arts. It was so fun to be a part of. Here she is getting ready for the big performance.

Well done to both my little musicians! I’m so proud of you both!!!

Harley’s Egg Drop – 4/19/2011

The school does an egg drop every year for all the 1^st graders. It’s a fun Easter time physics lesson. They are supposed to place a raw egg inside a plastic bag. Then, they are supposed to wrap/package it up however they think will keep the egg safe when it’s dropped from the roof of the school. Finally, all the 1^st graders gather and watch the principal throw them off the roof… hard! It’s really fun for everyone involved.

This year I told Harley she could do it however she wanted to, only giving her a few suggestions. She chose to surround the egg with cotton balls and spend the rest of her allotted time on the decorating. That’s so Harley. She loves everything creative, especially coloring and drawing.

This is her final product… An Easter scene on one side… And the other side was picture of the principal throwing eggs off the roof of the school…

Harley loved watching the eggs fly through the air, and shrieked every time a package hit the ground. Finally, it was her turn. Here’s a pic of her pretty package flying through the air…