tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-92170058577768537392024-03-13T01:18:07.983-06:00A Stewart Family Chroniclebeing the adventures and misadventures of Jacob, Alysa, Benjamin and Levi.Alysa Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705870547401762370noreply@blogger.comBlogger337125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217005857776853739.post-62918974736721857042021-12-12T20:18:00.000-07:002021-12-12T20:18:17.602-07:00Pizza Cat<p> </p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKu70v2iLpL5XCqG3WsVO0NMTB7GIpckxQXhjzK_gf9ojBEmIidG3nh3HswDRNtKhlaWz-OW5HpjO7uJp5zqF_EQweOlHFlYHrc4U6hxUJ128L2-Tm-tUQiGhxdRK3MmD8ZsUrn-rstEK8CQ9fpKUt2nh_5JC6b7SfsdCxM7XDQjXR8l6-pPYdHg5GFg=s2048" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="2048" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiKu70v2iLpL5XCqG3WsVO0NMTB7GIpckxQXhjzK_gf9ojBEmIidG3nh3HswDRNtKhlaWz-OW5HpjO7uJp5zqF_EQweOlHFlYHrc4U6hxUJ128L2-Tm-tUQiGhxdRK3MmD8ZsUrn-rstEK8CQ9fpKUt2nh_5JC6b7SfsdCxM7XDQjXR8l6-pPYdHg5GFg=w400-h400" width="400" /></a></div><br /><p></p><div class="blogger-post-footer">***Don't forget to visit the site and comment!***</div>Alysa Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705870547401762370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217005857776853739.post-11806563259425531552018-12-18T21:11:00.001-07:002018-12-18T21:11:22.889-07:00Christmas Card Pictures 2018Merry Christmas and Happy New Year everyone! Enjoy some pictures of our family from this past year. All the best in 2019.<br />
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The Stewarts<br />
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">***Don't forget to visit the site and comment!***</div>Alysa Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705870547401762370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217005857776853739.post-91723651207709569582017-05-11T08:50:00.001-06:002017-05-11T08:51:53.047-06:00Flower WalkThis morning I was feeling grumpy. So, Jubilee and I took a short walk. We saw so many flowers that we decided it should be a flower walk, and we should take pictures of each flower we saw. Here are the pictures!<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jubilee with a popcorn tree!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This little white flower was prolific in the arboretum</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We had some of this in our yard in IL. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The closest thing we could find to a flower in the succulent bed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I think this is the prettiest weed</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">An iris, the biggest flower we saw!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Anybody know the name of these purple ones?</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dandelion flower, among white petals from a tree.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The tiniest flower we saw, and the only BLUE one!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I don't know the name of this one.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Not sure about this one either.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We just looked this one up, and it's called Solomon's Seal.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pretty sure that this little tree is an Asian Magnolia.</td></tr>
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We had a LOT of fun, and if you are feeling grouchy, I highly recommend a walk. :-D<div class="blogger-post-footer">***Don't forget to visit the site and comment!***</div>Alysa Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705870547401762370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217005857776853739.post-74090662544609933292016-05-10T14:29:00.000-06:002016-05-10T14:29:09.975-06:00Mothers' Day 2016Just wanted to digitize some of the things the kids wrote to me for Mother's Day.<br />
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From Levi:<br />
What is your mom really good at? cooking<br />
What does your mom do to relax? sleep<br />
Where does your mom shop? Shoprite<br />
How old is your mom? 29<br />
What is your mom's job? Takes care of me<br />
What do you love most about your mom? That she cooks the best spagetti<br />
If you could buy you mom anything, what would it be? a book<br />
What does you mom do while you are in school? play with my sister.<br />
(written inside of a heart) Always in my heart! Love Levi<br />
My mom is a Star Because... She cleans up<br />
My mom is sweet because... she loves me<br />
My mom is...beautiful<br />
My mom is...smart<br />
My mom is...the best<br />
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My mom is...nice</div>
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My mom is...a good cook</div>
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My mom is... a good singer</div>
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The funnest part of getting these two little cards from him was his adorable face beaming up at me and the way he jumped up and down with excitement as I read. Also how he read for me when I couldn't quite read what he had written. :) </div>
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My mom is...from Arizona</div>
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My mom is...a normal human</div>
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My mom is...happy</div>
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My mom is...good</div>
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My mom is...mostly likely to receive celestial</div>
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My mom is...not mad</div>
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When I read "my mom is not mad" Benjamin laughed and said, "See? You're not mad!" It was so funny. Especially because so many of his other petals were very factual, he thought it was very clever to say I was not mad and have it be true in the moment that I was reading the card. Also it's good to know that he thinks I'm headed for celestial glory, hahaha. :)<br />
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">***Don't forget to visit the site and comment!***</div>Alysa Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705870547401762370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217005857776853739.post-387669502643372862016-01-26T07:48:00.000-07:002016-01-26T07:48:19.284-07:00Benjamin: Writing from the heartHave you seen this exercise before? I did it once and it was lovely. It's supposed to help you know what to write about, or get you thinking about what's in your own head and your own sphere.<br />
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Benjamin did it at the beginning of the school year, in August 2015. I thought that I'd record what Benjamin's answers here.<br />
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<b>People I care about</b></div>
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Dad</div>
Mom<br />
Levi<br />
Jubi<br />
Jaxie<br />
Jason<br />
Henry<br />
cousins<br />
Grandma<br />
Grandpa<br />
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<b>Things I do in my free time</b><br />
watch pokemon<br />
play outside<br />
play board games<br />
read<br />
argue with Levi haha<br />
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<b>Places I've lived in/visited</b><br />
CT<br />
GA<br />
Stone Mountain (GA)<br />
Childrens Museum (GA)<br />
Ocean Beach (CT)<br />
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<b>Favorite memories</b><br />
swimming all summer<br />
monopoly empire<br />
taking a shower with jubi<br />
reading the true meaning of smekday<br />
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I couldn't find thephoto I thought I took of the original paper. That's a shame. I'm sure the paper itself will turn up. I wonder what he would put now! I think his answers would have changed in just these last few months.<div class="blogger-post-footer">***Don't forget to visit the site and comment!***</div>Alysa Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705870547401762370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217005857776853739.post-42833495615131995562016-01-26T07:35:00.001-07:002016-01-26T07:35:23.916-07:00Getting Braces...Again<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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So this happened yesterday. Oh man, I have such mixed feelings about it!<br />
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<b>Happy </b>-- that I can fix the problems with my "deep bite" before they become really bad.<br /><b>Grateful </b>-- that I can afford to fix them now!<br /><b>Regretful </b>-- that I didn't prevent them in the first place by wearing my retainer or by getting a new retainer years ago.<br /><b>Grouchy </b>-- because OUCH!</blockquote>
When I came home with braces on, Jubilee had the funniest reactions. I was hoping to do Invisalign, so I didn't tell them I was getting braces. When I saw Jubilee, she just kept sticking her tongue out and feeling her own mouth. Then she said, "You changed."<br />
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Then throughout the afternoon she would occasionally ask, "Can I see your braces again?"<br />
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I was reminded of my little sister, who used to call braces "bracelets," and now has braces of her own. :)<br />
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This morning Jubilee asked "Can I get braces?" To which I answered "Yes. When you're older, you'll get braces, too." Because it's highly probable.<br />
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Benjamin and Levi didn't say much about my braces, but this morning Levi asked, "Can boys have braces, too?"<br />
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Anyway, I didn't do Invisalign because it was a little more expensive and it was going to take half again as long (18 months, instead of 12). Let's just get this over with!</div>
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Dear Benjamin,<br />
Here's the thing about friends' houses. That I lose the privilege of playing with you. And I don't like that. I would like it better if you could play with me more while we were at a friend's house. Like maybe taking my suggestions for what to play.<br />
from Levi<br />
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Dear Levi,<br />
I sometimes don't like playing with you. I feel like I need to escape to a friend's house. Sorry but today is one of those days.<br />
Sincerely,<br />
Benjamin.<br />
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Benjamin,<br />
There isn't many people that I like to play with in Connecticut. The only other person that I like to play with is Mom. What do you think I could do to make more friends?<br />
Levi<br />
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Dear Levi,<br />
I think you should have a party. Invite some people in your class. Invite some people you know and invite some people you would like to know better.<br />
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Benjamin,<br />
What if I accidentally invite the wrong friend?<br />
Levi<br />
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Dear Levi,<br />
You'll get to know the people better so if you invite the wrong person it's OK. The party's purpose is to help you know people better. You'll learn from your mistakes.<br />
Benjamin<br />
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This was followed by Levi clarifying that he worried that he might telephone to invite someone but find that he had literally called someone else, because the two people had identical phone numbers. We explained that phone numbers are unique and that people and families have their own phone numbers.<br />
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"Thanks for solving my problem, Benjamin"<div class="blogger-post-footer">***Don't forget to visit the site and comment!***</div>Alysa Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705870547401762370noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217005857776853739.post-77545404888175692352015-10-01T07:08:00.000-06:002015-10-01T07:08:05.654-06:00Quotes from Connecticut episode 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<b>Jubilee:</b><br />
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"I can want this?" meaning 'can I have this?'<br />
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"I a lamby frog!" hopping around.<br />
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"Whose name?" meaning 'what's his name?'<br />
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She didn't want to get out of her carseat and go inside, so I told her a story about a girl named Jubilee who got out of the car. She gave me the stink eye and said, "I don't like dat story."<br />
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Alysa: Wow you are getting to be so big!<br />
Jubilee: I not so big. I so tiny. Sooo tiny.<br />
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Alysa: Where do you live?<br />
Jubilee: Pink Playground!<br />
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We had some friends from out of town over, and I was trying to get all the kids' attention. I said, "One, two, three, eyes on me." All the school-age kids immediately stood attention and said "One, two, eyes on you." Jubilee was struck with the response I got, and once the kids went about their assigned task she marched around chanting "One, two, eyes on me! One, two, eyes on me!"<br />
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"It's cocoa dots!" describing her polka dot leggings.<br />
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I was making Jubilee a burrito. I had just pulled it out of the microwave and was letting it cool a little before I rolled it up. Jubilee was ready to eat and asked, "Can you burreet it?"<br />
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Alysa: Do you want to say a little prayer [on your breakfast]?<br />
Jubilee: No. I say a BIG prayer.<br />
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We went to the library and as I was signing us in on the parking sheet she asked, "I can go in the alligator?" I was so confused. She meant elevator.<br />
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<b>Levi:</b><br /><br />
I was making a sandcastle at the beach, and someone (Jubilee?) asked me to make it a "sand church." Levi took an interest and when it was a pretty big pile of sand he said, "I'll put the Angel Moroni on top!" He cast about in the sand for something to top it with, and I glanced over to check on Benjamin. When I turned back to the sand church Levi sat on it. <br />
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We were playing "soccer with hands" in the back yard, boys vs. girls, and the boys beat me and Jubilee (who repeatedly scored on our goal). Benjamin was pleased with how well they'd done. He did some mental calculations and said, "You're a mom, and we're eleven, comvined!"<br />
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I was looking back at old pictures and saw that Levi's birthday cake last year said "4 so happy" upon his request. This year he had brownies for his cake, and I didn't write anything on them. But I asked him, "If we had written on it, what would your cake say this year?" "Feliz Cumpleanos." Levi has got into the bilingual immersion program, and is now learning Spanish.<br />
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<b>Benjamin:</b><br />
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"Instead of playing with 10 cards, we're playing with ALL the cards!" playing Dominion with his friend Alistair.<br />
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We were trying to skip rocks on the river, which devolved into throwing rocks in the river. Benjamin picked up a rock bigger than a brick and said, "They don't call me The Big Skipper for nothing!" and chucked it in.<br />
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Jacob and I were asked to accompany the Primary children on our clarinets, during the annual Primary Program. We had been practicing our parts and the kids had been practicing their singing. On one song they were to sing the final verse in Spanish. Jacob affected an Eeyore voice and said, "I'll be playing the clarinet in Spanish. But no one will probably notice."<br />
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We played the song "Follow the Prophet." I did the melody, and Jacob did some fun and fancy harmonizing written by Tara Haglund. Afterward we got many compliments, and two or three people independently told us we gave the piece a snake charmer feel.<br />
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<b>Alysa:</b><br />
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I went to the church building to watch the General Women's meeting. We were chatting beforehand when Sis. Weseman, the RS president, dropped a bomb: "the satellite is broken."<br />
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We were all worried about how we would watch the broadcast, but she told us she had called the Bishop, interrupted his shower, and he had told her that his counselor had it all taken care of. Since there was no evidence of this, we were all a little concerned. One sister offered to text message the counselor. Another sister asked if we should go get the TV and try to test it out.<br />
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"Well, we have 45 minutes." said Sis. Weseman.<br />
I turned and looked at her. "<i>That's</i> what the five foolish virgins said!"<br />
It all worked out fine.<br />
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We did this for a family home evening activity and everyone had a lot of fun!<br />
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The second video is from our trip to the Fernbank Museum of Natural History today. I got three free tickets from one of my students who had helped out at their poison exhibit. His research group studies monarch butterflies, which are poisonous, so they were invited to help out at a special night at the museum. He got the tickets as a thank you and then passed them on to me when I mentioned that we hadn't been yet. So, thanks Kevin! This little video just has some photo highlights from the trip:<br />
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Anyways, that's a couple of fun things that have been happening around here lately!<br />
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While contemplating making his valentine mailbox:<br />
<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;">"I mean, I'm prob'ly gonna get letters from pretty much everybody... cuz I'm like the best kid in class."</span><br />
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Out of nowhere:<br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">"Valentines is mostly about chocolate. Right? hehe. That's the main ingredient of Valentine's Day."</span><span style="color: red; font-size: large;"> </span><br />
(He said "right" like "amIright" meaning, full of confidence.)<br />
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Jacob:Where are the [two inanimate objects that have now been forgotten]?<br />
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Levi: Maybe they're together.<br />
Benjamin: <span style="color: #351c75;"><b>Maybe they're dating. And KISSING!</b></span><br />
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Benjamin was looking everywhere for his homework. We had been working on it earlier and now we couldn't find it. Both of us had looked. He walked into the other room and I heard him say, <span style="color: #bf9000;">"Ok Google. Where's my homework?"</span> (Jacob and I both have phones with a voice search that activates when you say Ok Google.) Then, in a robot voice, he said, <span style="color: #674ea7;">"Searching house..."</span> :D And the funniest part is that it wasn't in the house at all, but left out in the backyard and blown into the garden bed.<br />
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Benjamin: Are you Italian?<br />
Alysa: No.<br />
Benjamin: I was talking to the sky. The sky is Italian.<br />
Alysa: The sky <i>in Italy</i> is Italian.<br />
Benjamin: What?<br />
Alysa: The sky <i>in Italy</i> is Italian.<br />
Benjamin: No. I'm serious. The sky is Italian. <span style="color: #990000;">I heard that Italy invented the sky.</span><br />
*gives me a look of wide-eyed innocence which breaks into a sly grin.*<div class="blogger-post-footer">***Don't forget to visit the site and comment!***</div>Alysa Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705870547401762370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217005857776853739.post-34192914319523723162015-01-27T21:41:00.001-07:002015-01-27T21:41:39.166-07:00You may have noticed...Hi! You may have noticed how few posts have been going up here lately. That is due, in large part, to the increased number of posts going up on <a href="http://www.evereadbooks.com/" target="_blank">Everead</a>! They are good posts, too. Some of them even have pictures of the kids in them. (Whaaaaat?!? I know. But I was blogging over there! Not over here. So over there the pictures went.) See <a href="http://www.evereadbooks.com/2015/01/did-i-ever-tell-you-story-about.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://www.evereadbooks.com/2014/11/classic-bedtime-stories-collection.html" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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But you know what has not gone up over there yet? Pictures of my haircut. The haircut I got, like, forever ago. And I promised Rachel I'd post some more of those. I've taken quite a few, in an effort to figure out what, exactly I look like. Here ya go! These are most recent then go back in time.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selfie while i look at the camera and kiss my daughter who may be picking her nose.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">After bath I pick her up and hold her to the mirror and always say...<br />"Who's that baby?!?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selfie while reading! (or should i say "reading")</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Selfie with the woman who planted all our blueberry bushes! <br />And Jubilee, who doesn't like strangers, even if they are nice old ladies.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Date night!! Watched The Fault In Our Stars</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">you can't tell but I was just stickin' my hand over the ends of the hair there.<br />Zane cut it a bit long at the neck (for my taste), first time around. </td></tr>
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Benjamin, you will notice, does not permit me to take selfies with him.<br />
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I used to be a bit self-conscious about taking self portraits and sharing them online. But then I heard a great quote (I should find out who said it) and it was basically like, "I like it when my friends take selfies. Then I get to see my friends. It's nice. We can all go out and see a sunset or whatever, but I can't just go see all my friends." So. Was it nice to see me?<br />
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Do you think this post was self-indulgent? I will refer you to <a href="http://jacobandalysa.blogspot.com/2007/06/summer-reading.html" target="_blank">one of my very first blog posts</a>. Wow. That's a blast from the past.<div class="blogger-post-footer">***Don't forget to visit the site and comment!***</div>Alysa Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705870547401762370noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217005857776853739.post-79292626099621371112014-12-17T12:52:00.000-07:002014-12-17T12:52:16.326-07:00Things Benjamin Said"I demand you to tickle me." -- in a very regal voice.<br />
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Pleasantly, while opening the door, "Hey, outside! Here I come..."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Benjamin and Levi, closing the dishwasher.<br />"This job takes the strength of two men!" I said.<br />"We're boys!" Benjamin corrected.</td></tr>
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<div class="blogger-post-footer">***Don't forget to visit the site and comment!***</div>Alysa Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705870547401762370noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217005857776853739.post-90748251366585488622014-11-22T10:30:00.003-07:002014-11-22T10:30:45.953-07:00Things Levi has said <div style="text-align: center;">
<b><span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;">The month of November was pretty good for </span></b></div>
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"I don't need help, I just need complicadence" -- Levi putting on his own shoes. (By complicadence he meant confidence)<br />
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Jacob: Where is my hotel?...<br />
Levi "You mean undies?"<br />
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"Dad! I've got a great way to spell 'penis'!" (<i>Jacob and Alysa bust up laughing</i>) "I mean, I've got a great way to spell 'pee'! P-E."<br />
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"AAAH! I was just practicing my screaming."<br />
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<i>Mopping and singing to the tune of Cupid Shuffle</i> "Down down swiffer mop swiffer mop."<br />
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"I dye my hair bald."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Take a picture of me in the leaves!!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Levi the Triceratops<br />(more about Levi and Kiwi Crate on <a href="http://www.evereadbooks.com/2014/10/explore-magazine-by-kiwi-crate.html" target="_blank">Everead</a>)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Levi punches Benjamin because Benjamin won't smile for the picture.<br />It works.</td></tr>
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<span style="color: #274e13; font-size: large;"> <b>Halloween 2014</b></span></div>
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<br /><div class="blogger-post-footer">***Don't forget to visit the site and comment!***</div>Alysa Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705870547401762370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217005857776853739.post-25925864514012709692014-08-20T19:01:00.001-06:002014-08-20T19:01:06.874-06:00Benjamin's account of Field day, his first race a story and a reportMixed up senses<br />
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I woke up one morning and my senses were all mixed up. I could smell with my ears and see with my mawth and herre with my nose and tast with my hanse. Wen I tried to pike up my fode I gist ate it. I opineed my mawth so I could see howe my hans loked. They had mine mowse. I was sprist. I cindov liked haveing my sensen like this. After a wil I wanted to chang my senses back withawt a sawnd it chaged back to nrmle. The end<br />
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I woke up one morning and my senses were all mixed up. I could smell with my ears and see with my mouth and hear with my nose and taste with my hands. When I tried to pick up my food I just ate it. I opened my mouth so I could see how my hands looked. They had mini mouths. I was surprised. I kind of liked having my senses like this. After a while I wanted to change my senses back. Without a sound it changed back to normal. The end.<br />
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Field Day<br />
5-6-14<br />
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My favrite part about feld day was the watr bloon toss because my bloon hrdle ever poped. Then it finle poped. I did not get a frte, segined or trde plas ridin. I awsle likeed the cupcakes. I got a choclit blue one. It was taste. Jaylien got a blue one. He got a blue tage. Thuts what my favrit pat about fied day was. The end<br />
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Standardized:<br />My favorite part about field day was the water balloon toss because my balloon hardly ever popped. Then in finally popped. I did not get a first, second, or third place ribbon. I also liked the cupcakes. I got a chocolate blue one. It was tasty. Jaylen got a blue one He got a blue tongue. That's what my favorite part about field day was. The end.<br />
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The store was abawt chees. A rat fand the chees and standing ulon in the modo. The rat wonted to eat the chees. Then the cat jumed out of the tree and sed the chees staned olon sed the cat the rat sed give me one resin becuse the cat fot the soge the soge ses the chees stans olon sed the cat. That's sile sed the rat. Even the cat dided have time to rgyou abat the chees so thay sedof to get the chees then win thay slid unde but who shwd thay see<br />
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The story was about cheese. A rat found the cheese and standing alone in the meadow. The rat wanted to eat the cheese. Then the cat jumped out of the tree and said "The cheese stands alone" said the cat. The rat said "Give me one reason..." because the cat thought the song. "The song says, 'The cheese stands alone'" said the cat. "That's silly," said the rat. Even the cat didn't have time to argue about the cheese so they set off to get the cheese. Then when they slid under but who should they see [unfinished]<br />
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Tucker Road Race<br />
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Over the weekend I went to the tucre roed rase. I got fived plas. I got a green ribin, I oso got one plan bagl. Then my dad sed have one with crem chees I got one and pit crem chess on it. It was good I had a noder one. Then it was time to go home. I trned on mreo crte Wii®. I was just abat to play wen my mom or dad (I can't rmebr ) came in and one of them sed tr the wii. I tred it off. (O I frgot to tell you , I got a bag. I wont to tell you wot wse in it.) Thar was a T-stre, a pen, some food and medsin. Then I ate brecfisd. The end.<br />
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Standardized:<br />Over the weekend, I went to the Tucker Road Race. I got fifth place. I got a green ribbon. I also got one plain bagel. Then my dad said, "Have one with cream cheese." I got one and put cream cheese on it. It was good. I had another one. Then it was time to go home. I turned on Mario Kart Wii®. I was just about to play when my mom or dad (I can't remember) came in and one of them said, "Turn the Wii." I turned it off. (Oh, I forgot to tell you, I got a bag. I want to tell you what was in it.) There was a T-shirt, a pen, some food and medicine. Then I ate breakfast. The end.<br />
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Over the weeked I am going to whch pokemon with dad. Then I'm going to run uroud the hose like I'm crazze. Then I am going to play slter with my broter. Then after that I'm going to help swih the beds (if thay rnt all rete swihed.) Then I'm going to play shlter with my broter agen. Then I'm going to eat dinre.<br />
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Over the weekend I am going to watch Pokemon with Dad. Then I'm going to run around the house like I'm crazy. Then I am going to play "Shelter" with my brother. Then after that I'm going to help switch the beds (if they are not already switched). Then I'm going to play "Shelter" with my brother again. Then I'm going to eat dinner.<br />
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Over the weeken I ran araond the haose like I was crazze. Aftre I ate dinrre. The nekst day it was clen day. I was woching tv. Then dad came in. He sed that I coed cepe waching if I was clening up the toy rome at the same time. I sed no. He toke the disk out. Then I made up a nuw game. I plaed it for a wile. Then I tokt with my broter ubaat a move clleed avtre the last air bender. We wre taking abaut what epusode we snu wach aftre we clened up the toy room. We clened up the toy room. we endid up waching woned pets.<br />
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Standardized:<br />Over the weekend I ran around the house like I was crazy. After, I ate dinner. The next day it was clean day. I was watching T.V. Then Dad came in. He said that I could keep watching if I was cleaning up the toy room at the same time. I said, "No." He took the disk out. Then I made up a new game. I played it for a while. Then I talked with my brother about a movie called Avatar: The Last Airbender. We were talking about what episode we should watch after we cleaned up the toy room. We cleaned up the toy room. We ended up watching Wonder Pets. <br />
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When it rains, I like to get my swimsot on and go outside. Then my brutre may ask to get his swimsot on and then we both go outside. Then we run outside into the rain. Then we go in inside wer socing wet we get into a wome bath. Then mabe we will woch a sho. The End<br />
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When it rains, I like to get my swimsuit on and go outside. Then my brother may ask to get his swimsuit on and then we both go outside. Then we run outside into the rain. Then we go in inside. We're soaking wet. We get into a warm bath. Then maybe we will watch a show. The End<br />
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I Woke Up<br />
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I woke up in a strange place. The grass was red, the ske was yellow. The hawse that I woke up in was made of stikrs. Where I'm I, I yeled. The dorse wre opin. It semed if somebute was woching me. Is this a nitmare? I closed my iuse. Ii was a nitmaie! Hroay! The End.<br />
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I woke up in a strange place. The grass was red; the sky was yellow. The house that I woke up in was made of stickers.<br />
"Where am I?" I yelled.<br />
The doors were open. It seemed as if somebody was watching me.<br />
"Is this a nightmare?" I closed my eyes.<br />
It was a nightmare! Hooray!<br />
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Puzzles<br />
4-22-14<br />
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The center I like best during "MAD" day was puslsses becuse I tried to finis a pussle but then Mrs. Jeksins came and piced me up. Sens it was "MAD" day we had a math qwise it was nomle. Then win I came bace my grop was in a drifrit center. The end.<br />
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The center I liked best during "MAD" day was puzzles, because I tried to finish a puzzle but then Mrs. Jenkins came and picked me up. Sense it was "MAD" day we had a math quiz. It was normal. Then, when I came back, my group was in a different center. The end.<br />
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I will help the earth by recycleing aluminum and glass and plastic and paper. I will reducs gas and wate I will reuse things that thing find urand the house. I will pland morm trees. I will not liter. I will pike up liter. I will yous safe mtnels.<br />
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I will help the earth by recycling aluminum and glass and plastic and paper. I will reduce gas and water. I will reuse things that I find around the house. I will plant more trees. I will not litter. I will pick up litter. I will use safe materials.<br />
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If I had three dollars, I would by 1 dollar things so I cod by three things. The frst thing I would by a nou set of lagos. My secinte dollar I would by cake. My thrd dollar I would by a toey dump truk. Thats what I would by. The end<br />
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If I had three dollars, I would buy one dollar things, so I could buy three things. The first thing I would buy: a new set of Legos. My second dollar I would buy cake. My third dollar I would buy a toy dump truck. That's what I would buy. The end.<br />
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As written: During my spring breeak I wohchet pokemon with dad( but he didet rele pay utench.) I ran yraned the hose all day long. Dad wasit home. I had a grat spring brak.</div>
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Spelling standardized: During my spring break I watched Pokemon with dad (but he didn't really pay attention.) I ran around the house all day long. Dad wasn't home. I had a great spring break.<br />
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He really did spend most of spring break literally running around the house. :)</div>
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Mom<br />
Dad<br />
Hi<br />
Wow!<br />
Uh-oh!<br />
More<br />
No, no, no<br />
Woof<br />
Meow<br />
Please<br />
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Firstly, I've got to record about that extraordinary period of two weeks or so when she started to really walk and get into stuff at a whole new level. It just happened one day, you know. Jubilee was 10 months old. I was going along, business as usual, and I look over to find her trying to pull the glass bowls out of the bottom rack of the dishwasher. I scoop her away and close the dishwasher only to find that in the course of those 3 seconds she has begun eating out of the trash can. I put the trash can up on the counter top, in a horribly inconvenient but safely out of reach spot, only to find that she has moved on to emptying the breakables out of the cupboard. AAH! The only thing I could think was:<br />
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<span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b>"This battle station is fully armed and operational." </b></span><br />
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As it turns out, <a href="http://youtu.be/T0R_wy2p9yU?t=1m">the proper quote</a> is "Now witness the firepower of this fully armed and operational battle station!" Some of my cousins would be ashamed of me. But that's ok. </div>
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Since then we've permanently moved the garbage can into a cupboard, gotten back in the habit of keeping sharp knives in the top rack of the dishwasher, and rearranged some dishes. Oh, also we moved the cereal, because <i>that</i> got dumped all over the floor several times. </div>
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For her birthday, I wanted to invite some friends over and have cupcakes. I even went so far as telling some people the day we would celebrate. But I never got my act together, so we ended up having a family celebration. </div>
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"And dad lighted it on fire and the baby touched it! Say that, mom!" - Levi</td></tr>
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Jubilee very much enjoyed her cupcake, as you can see here.<br />
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She wasn't a big fan of the birthday crown her brothers made for her, though.<br />
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And here's everyone else in the family at the party.<br />
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Levi: Mom, what starts with "bird?"<br />
Alysa: Hmmm . . . Bird bath.<br />
Levi: Yes! That's what I was thinking of! I was not thinking of bird poop. I was thinking of bird bath. Buh Buh... Bird starts with B.<br />
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Benjamin: Who gave us this scale?<br />
Alysa: I bought it at Goodwill.<br />
Levi: Good will, good won't.<br />
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Benjamin: <i>trying to convince Jubilee to come back into the sprinkler's spray in the back yard:</i> "C'mon Jubi! The boys love it ! We love it more than cream pie!! But, if you could get waterproof pie and then take it in, that would be the best ever!!!"<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Three Happy Hunters:</span></b></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jubilee finally notices I'm taking pictures, but by now the boys are distracted. :D</td></tr>
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<tr><td style="text-align: center;"><b><span style="font-size: large;">Jubilee's First Egg Hunt</span></b><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Wait, you want me to do what???"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Ok, I'll give it a shot."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"OooOooh. Look at this, mom!"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The hunt has begun! <br />
"Remind me what we're doing again, exactly?"</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Look. Dirt."<br />
Jubilee was completely uninterested in the eggs, <br />
even after I pointed some out to her. <br />
She's not really into the <br />
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and still prefers only to empty boxes and containers. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Now <i>this </i>is an egg MY<i> </i>size!"<br />
She finally decided that a little yellow jelly bean,<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Happy to stop hunting for a sec and "cheese" for the camera.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Ok hold your basket a little lower..."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This guy takes the prize for Stewart sibling who gathered the most eggs!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yelling at the top of his lungs <br />
to try and get the fly off of his arm.<br />
Yelling doesn't really work on flies.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The "big kids" egg hunt ranged a little farther <br />
and was a bit trickier...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">He was very pleased to have found <br />
one of the eggs that <i>we </i>brought, <br />
filled with his choice: Malted milk eggs.<br />
Here he tells us about how he spotted it before the hunt even began.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">And here he is, in his awesome bunny headband,<br />
mouth full of candy.<br />
Chubby Bunny!</td></tr>
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We made some stuffed animals together this week! Levi's was made from one of Jubilee's old onesies. Benjamin's, well, you can hear about it in the video. :D</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"Wait, turn it this way and it's a crown!" Alysa added.</td></tr>
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<i>Because sometimes you might forget...</i><br />
Levi: Mommy, how you smile again? Like this?<br />
Alysa: Yeah.<br />
Levi: Then you say 'cheeeese.'<br />
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<i>Levi explains animals...</i>Owls live in dark forestes.<br />
Bears live in dark forestes,<br />
and wolves live in dark forestes,<br />
and bears also live in houses.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">In a (failed) attempt to teach Levi to blow his nose, I taped his mouth shut one day. <br />Every time it gets a little runny he screams "BOOGERS!!!" at a glass-shattering pitch.</td></tr>
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<i>Levi didn't want me to step away from our game for a bathroom break...</i><br />
Levi: I don't want you to pee! You don't even have a penis!<br />
Alysa: Girls don't need a penis. They can pee without a penis.<br />
Levi: Are you gonna <u>buy</u> one???<br />
Alysa: No, I don't need one!<br />
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Levi is more completely potty trained! Yay!<br />
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Levi is a Sunbeam!<br />
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<i>Levi put mittens on his hands and gloves on his feet...</i><br />
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"Look at me, mom! It's ok if you giggle."<br />
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"Hey mom! Take a picture!"<br />
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A couple weeks ago my mom came out to visit us. It was SO great to have her here! My only regrets are 1. that I did not take more pictures of her, and 2. that we did not make it to Fabric World together. Alas! We had a blast, and those are very small regrets. When we were preparing for Grammy Cami to arrive I said to Jacob, "This is just so exciting! It is her first time here and everything will be new to her!" I was anticipating showing her around our new house and our new town and just spending some great quality time with one of my best friends -- my mom!</div>
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This picture reminds me that I gave my mom a haircut while she was here. This photo is a "before" picture. I can't believe I didn't get an "after"! The only time I've cut long hair is on my mom. Once when I was in high school (and she ended up fixing a lot of that one) and then again this month. We did great! She told me everything to do, and I did it. Very, very slowly. Sorry mom! Haha we both had to take a break to stretch a little bit. But it turned out great. It ended up being a cute bob that, if you look at the photo above, follows the line of the blue scarf. Just past her ears or so. Send me a pic, ok mom?<br />
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We went to the zoo with our friends Amy and Charlotte. They're great! They are real pro's at the zoo. Also I had a delicious black bean burger at the zoo restaurant. So did my mom. Her quotable quote was "meh. I miss my animal fats." but I thought it was delicious!!! To each his own.<br />
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After school got out on the last day of grandma's visit, we went to Stone Mountain. It is a pretty amazing carving. It's huge! The biggest of its kind. If you come and visit us in Atlanta, we will take you there. And please, do come and visit us. We would love to have you! Seriously. Email me. ;)<br />
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Grandma treated us all to Chuck E Cheese that night and we had a great time. The boys ran all over the place, trying out games. Ski-ball was a favorite, since they've played it before. Benjamin's favorite was probably the little machine where you could print out different kinds of ID cards -- you as a police officer, you as a secret service agent, you as a race car driver, etc. There was a squirt-gun game that Levi really loved.<br />
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And I'm just so sad to say that many of the funnest things we did with grandma are not photographically represented here. Are 1,000 words worth a picture? I'll tell you some of our other favorites:<br />
<br />Watching the Olympics! -- A Smith family tradition and I loved watching with my mom again. We both adore the skating events. I must say some of the new snowboarding events were awesome, too! And, to his great credit, Jacob got invested in the ice dancing competition this year (how could you not, with such great music and performances?!). In fact we played charades tonight with the boys and Jacob and I were Davis and White. It was epic. Levi guessed it, eventually.<br />
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Shopping spree! -- My mom has great taste in clothes and it just so happens we had a fabulous time shopping on the Saturday she was here. We left the boys at home and shopped until we dropped (by which time Jubilee had dropped several times over -- little cutie). <br />
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Building fires! -- We have a wood-burning stove here (that is what our fireplace is actually called, apparently) and though Jacob and I had used it for a few fires, it took a visit from Grandma to show us how it is really done. What can I say? Shutting the doors of the fireplace (stove) is a little counter-intuitive! But that is how you really heat things up.<br />
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Just hanging out! -- It was so fun to just be able to chat with my mom whenever a thought occured to me. "What are you most looking forward to about my mom's visit?" I asked Jacob. "The fact that you'll have an adult to talk to during the day." he said. Ha! He knows me so well. And we both were so excited for mom to get to know Jubilee better and just have a great time with her grandkids. Mission accomplished, I think! :D<br />
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Anyway, I just <i>had </i>to record this visit, so that I could look back on it fondly in the future. What am I forgetting to mention, mom?<div class="blogger-post-footer">***Don't forget to visit the site and comment!***</div>Alysa Stewarthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03705870547401762370noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9217005857776853739.post-5101687430912615822014-02-23T11:26:00.001-07:002014-03-02T19:26:16.141-07:00Look who's walking!So, Jubilee has been wanting to walk for a long time. She makes us hold her hands so that she can walk all around the house and hasn't shown a great deal of interest in crawling because, hey, everyone <i>else</i> in this house can walk! (She does crawl now, just never very far - just as much as she needs to do so that she can get where she wants to go.) Well, today Jubilee has been willing to let go of our hands and actually do some walking. Here's a video:<br />
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