CMT Jr: Stone Soup

Because one CMT per summer isn't enough.  When our Boston plans fell through, one thought that occurred to me was to have Dallin and Daphne direct a CMT Jr. as a fundraiser for their upcoming choir expenses.  They each earned over half of what they needed, which was great, because with two in the choir program this year at EMS, the fees were over 1,000 for each of them.  Dallin is in three choirs and Daphne is in two and I tell you what--all those fees add up!

So under my supervision, Dallin and Daphne directed a CMT Jr. for grades K-5.  They did a good job, and learned a lot about leadership, cooperation, team-work, organization, rehearsal planning, and budgeting.  It turned out to be a good thing, although it reminded me why I raised the age limit for CMT.  Those Kinders are hard to keep focused!!

Dress Rehearsal

Performance Day!

Giving the CMT Jr. Welcome Speech

I loved how they planned it and figured out what to say together.

Dallin operated the sound and cued lines

2 Directors and 3 performers

I'm proud of these 5 Garietys

Water Polo

Along with swim team this summer, Dallin and Daphne tried out water polo, which is a really fun sport to watch and REALLY good exercise.   It added a little craziness to our summer, but Dallin loved it.  And Daphne tolerated it because I told her it was good for her.  (I think she ended up having fun once she figured out how to play.)

4th of July

4th of July

Albuquerque, NM

Bike parades, flags, fire trucks, sack races, foot races, watermelon eating contests, neighborhood gatherings, sunshine, sense of community, sparklers, BBQ's, red, white and blue, fireworks, friends and family.  I love America.  I love the 4th of July, I love celebrating the birth of our nation, and the freedoms and opportunities we have in this land.  God bless the USA!

May/June Quotes

Sean:  I'm having my 30 minutes of creativity.
(one of the requirements to earn screen time)

Dallin:  I've pretty much mastered the art of getting up and getting dressed every morning.  I didn't go to school in my pajamas once last year.

Sean (at an archery range with a dinosaur target):  Let's kill this dinosaur til he's dead!

Hayden:  What's the air force?

Carter:  It's these guys who fly around shooting people.

Kyrie:  Aunt Jen, I need a bandaid.

Jen:  Oh no, where are you bleeding?

Kyrie:  Um, on my foot.

Jen:  Can I see it?

Kyrie: Well, it's kind of small

Jen:  That's okay, where is it?

Kyrie:  Well it might be kind-of fake (pointing to a red circle on her toe.)

Jen:  Oh yeah, that's a marker.

Sydney:  Red means stop, and yellow means slow down.  What does blue mean?

Me:  I don't know--we don't use blue for driving.

Sydney:  Does it mean drive backwards?!

Carter:  I'm Cinderella and I'm cleaning up so I can go to the ball.

Dallin:  You're going to a ball?

Carter:  YEAH, I'm going to a ball!

Sydney:  What if we put hanzitizer on our arms?  Would it be armzitizer?

Bennettisms:

We love Bennet's cute little voice and expanding vocabulary.  He doesn't say his K's or G's and replaces them instead with T and D sounds.

 I tum, I tum! (I come, I come!)

  I lite totonut.  (I like coconut)

 Day-doo so much!  (Thank you so much)

 I play tomputer.  (computer)

 Read to me!  Read it adain! (again)

Otay! (okay)

Bennett is the family nomad when it comes to bedtime.  In any given night he will request several different beds: 
I want to sleep Dada's bed.  I want to sleep Hayden's bed.  I want to sleep Da-nee's bed.

Disney Quotes:

Sydney after Space Mountain:  Mom, some people like rides that other people DON'T like. 

Arthur:  Bennett, do you want to go to Disneyland?
Bennett:  Yeah!!!  Mater und Lightning McQueen, und FIREWORKS!

Hayden: (first time on Indiana Jones, he was a little nervous) Be QUIET! I can't hear the instructions!

Bennett:  Mom, get in stroller?  Go to Buzz Lightyear ride und Ariel Ride und Tractor ride?

Me:  Hey Bennett, want to come to the store with me?

Bennett:  (thinking for a minute) Well... how 'bout....DISNEYLAND?!?

Bennett:  Tom on Mom, det in stroller!  Buzz Lightyear ride!!
(Can you tell that Disneyland was a HUGE hit with Bennett?)