School, T-ball, Soccer OH MY!

Day 1 of school went well!

Autumn had a blast. She told us all about it all in about 5 minutes LOL! She then "Taught" Riley for the rest of the day the poor boy was so bored without her here he just did what she told him (there was no fighting yesterday)

this morning we took Autumn to school and around 9 am he started crying asking if Autumn was done with school yet. Poor boy! So 2:50 came we left to get the girl from school it TOOK US 20 minutes just to get to the front of the carpool lane SERIOUSLY People LEARN to use the carpool lane CORRECTLY

When Autumn finally got in the car Riley told her she was NOT GOING TO SCHOOL TOMORROW!

We are having a blast making and deciding what to make for lunch. Today she had a Cornbread muffin, blueberries, chips, 100 calorie cookies, and water!

Tonight starts T-ball practice and then on Thursday Autumn has soccer practice!

Twas the night before 1st grade

And my house is all quiet! It is 8:20 and all kids have been showered, teeth are brushed, story read, and kissed goodnight!!!!!!!! Lunch is made (Faux Sushi rolls, cantelope, grapes, 100 calorie pack of cheetos and a rice krispie treat and water to drink!) ready to be put in her bag, and backpack is all ready!

I can not believe it is that time again! I am excited for Zackary as he is now in 7th grade! He is ready to go back but only for the girls and his friends :P Crazy Kids!

Autumn is ready to move into 1st grade she is so giddy that she let me know at 8:00 we needed to start getting prepared for bed :O (I really do not know what to do with her sometimes)

And Riley gets to meet his teacher in the morning! He starts Next week!

So starts a new school year Time to get up and dressed and out the door on time, time to have Autumn breakfast and time for carpools OH THE JOY of pickup lane.

Autumn convinced her Daddy that she NEEDED to go to Zios for her "day before she started 1st grade" lunch! And of course being the good daddy he is he caved! Riley wants to drop Autumn off at school tomorrow and go have ice cream just him and I!

So the most asked questiona I get now are

"What are you going to do with both the babies in school?"To which I answer"I guess I will be eating bon bons and watching soaps"

"Won't you be bored without them there?"

Umm nope I really do have other things that do need to get done that does not just pertain to my kids! I can imagine missing them sure but seriously WHAT IS BORED!

"Are you going to start a real job?"
Is my job not REAL??????

Thats all for now need to finish watching the Olympic Closing Ceremony I LOVE the Olympics!!!! I am sad they are over My kids have been having gymnastics competitions for the last few weeks :)

PEACE OUT!

Meet the Teacher

We had meet the teacher last night for Autumn's school. I was hoping for a younger hip teacher and we got the older teacher. I was not happy at first since I didn't get my way but I am trusting god that he gave us the teacher for a reason. I really thought she was a sweet lady and I have heard nothing but good things about her! I guess for me it was one of those things I have NO CONTROL over and it bugs me! Not that I have control over anything but oh well.

School starts Monday for Autumn and we have meet the teacher for Riley!! I am excited! I am sad that all my babies are growing up but at the same time I am sad that their babyhood is over. It is a weird feeling I am glad that they are able bodies and can dress themselves and potty and eat by themselves etc but they are not babies anymore. One day they won't need me and that makes me sad! Off to play with my kiddos!!

Oh funny story someone told me the other day "Won't you be bored with all your kids in school?" I obviously said "What is bored"

Others ask me if I am getting a REAL job as if what I do is not real HA!

Cleaning

We are having LifeHouse here tonight I have been cleaning like a mad lady and I even cooked goodies!!!!!! WHAT IS WRONG WITH ME!

I cooked Chocholate Chip muffins from scratch I have never done that before!! I also cooked the kids pancakes for lunch :)

I accidentley reset our clocks in the bedroom last night (I moved all the furniture around) and set the clocks an hour ahead of the time it was! So guess what Eli got up 1 hour before he normally does!! He was not happy :) oops! I thought I slept until 1030 nope it was only 930 so I didn't feel as guilty!!!

I absolutely am LOVING LIFE, loved seeing friends on Monday and love being in ministry! LOVE IT! Not what I thought I would be doing 10 years ago but God knows what is best!! I owe so many people for all the help and encouragement they have given me. Working in the Kids ministry at 121 and learning from that leadership team has been an awesome awesome example for me!! Love you guys and miss you!!

Back to the cleaning!

What a diffrence a year makes!

gets busy and then you forget stuff!! So if I don't write it down how it flows from my brain I will forget!

School starts in like 10 days! Last year I was ready for like a MONTH or so before school making sure Autumn had the perfect 1st day of school outfit, the right shoes, all the school supplies, the right backpack, EVERYTHING

This year she has 1 new pair of shorts (still need a shirt and shoes) and school supplies are still needed but I AM READY Last year I was about freaking out and crying for like 2 months before she went to school, this year I AM READY Can we start on Monday :) Riley will be also going to 2 day preschool from 9-2 He has 1 new pair of shorts and 1 new shirt and some shoes thats it! ANd i am not even worried that he won't be fine I am READY to have 2 FULL days off from the kids and I can focus on other stuff!

What am I looking forward to sitting at Starbucks on my laptop having a drink in silence!, having lunch with friends without my kids interuppting, homework, stories of new friends, art they have done, things they learned etc..... I am so excited for all 3 of them. Zackary is going to 7th grade WHEN DID THAT HAPPEN??????? I am excited for all of them to blossum into new little beings!

The kids are excited about school also! next week is crazy busy we have meet the teachers, grocery shopping, making sure we have clothes to wear, Lunches to be packed, lunch stuff purchased and ready, we have a party on Saturday to go to and then church on Sunday and school on Monday! EXCITING LIFE AT THE SANDERS HOME!

What else is going on? Not a whole bunch! I have to get out today YUCK IT IS TAX FREE WEEKEND and I DO NOT LIKE CROWDS AT ALL I don't think there is a deal good enough for the stress of going out but this will be the only time I have to get it done so...... must fight crowds YUCK!

Hair

Let me preface this by saying I LOVE MY HAIR!!!!!! LOVE IT!

With that being said I really didn't think through the process very clearly, I had to go reverify our address at Autumn's school (No big deal since all the 1st grade teachers know me) and then I had to go to Riley's school a very traditional LUTHERAN School I am sure they think I am on drugs :)

It's all good!! Let me also clarify that I did ask Joel and Ben's permission to do this to my hair with being the Childrens director and our official launch date comming up :)

OK so I have been up to my ears in trying to get school stuff all ready, this year I am not going out and buying new clothes (they have 1 new outfit for the first day) and we will buy more as the year goes on! I did get Riley some Levi Shorts for 3.80 at Kohls!!! And a Chaps polo for the first day!

I did it!

I have talked about it for a LONG LONG time and I finally did it!

It looks SO MUCH better fixed and in person! It really does ROCK!!!!!!!!!!