Butterflyfest

Gainesville has a wonderful Butterfly Rainforest at the Natural History Museum on campus. Every year the museum hosts a Butterflyfest with all kinds of activities and events for the whole family. Becca and Ryan really enjoyed getting to make their own wings, masks and butterfly wands. You'll notice that Ryan chose bat wings and an owl mask. He's very creative.

Growing up too fast

OK this picture just amuses me so I thought I would share. Becca is really into school and practicing writing letters. Often, she asks me how to spell different words and she practices writing them down. So the other day when she asked me how to spell "alone" I didn't think too much about it. A few minutes later she called me to her room where she had taped the word "Alone" to her door and explained very nicely that when I see that word on her door it means she wants to be alone, so I shouldn't come in at that time.

Scrapbook Pages

I recently went to a weekend crop where I scrapbooked with my friends at a local B&B and got almost 20 pages done! Here are a few of my favorite pages.

Cute pics of Ryan

My friend Jay is the one who took all the pictures at Becca's party, and was able to snap these cute photos of Ryan as well.

Becca's Fairy Party

Rebecca is FIVE!!! When I told Becca that she was five today, she got so excited, running around the house shouting, "I'm FIVE! I'm FIVE! I'm not four anymore!"

We had a fairy party for her on Saturday and it was a great success. Grandmommy even came to Florida to surprise Becca by showing up as a Fairy Godmother. The little fairies got to choose their own wings and flower garlands, and then decorated their own wands and fairy purses. Later, they got a fairy makeover, applying glittery nail polish and butterfly tattoos. Then, they all chose some jewelry to accessorize their outfits. When time allowed, the fairies spent time coloring fairy coloring pages. For activities, we read a fairy story, hunted for gold coins dropped by the tooth fairy, and participated in a scavenger hunt for items fairies love like feathers, flowers, jewels, stones, and tiny mirrors. Once all the items had been collected, each girl got to choose her own tiny handmade fairy to take home with her. The fairies also had a wonderful time pretending to fly around the fairie ring in the backyard and playing on our new swingset. I've posted a few pictures above, but to see all the pictures click on this link. http://share.shutterfly.com/action/welcome?sid=8AaM2jVw1YtWNj

Gainesville Stewart News

Inspired by my creative and talented sister, Deb Hanna, I am joining the blogging world. Here are some of our more recent pictures. Becca started school this week and loves it. She's doing a great job tracing her letters and is excited to tell us about everything she is learning every day. Ryan is all boy - trucks, dirt, and noise. he loves his big sister, and I was glad to be able to capture this sweet moment one morning this week.