4th Birthday Photo Book

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4 Year Photos Debacle

funny story... tonight we are getting the kids pictures taken with their cousin Jake... something we've never done, and something that Megan and I have had on the calendar since like September of last year... this morning, Grandma Sally dropped the kids off at school for us, and they accidentally forgot their backpacks... so, Sally goes back to our house and gets the backpacks, takes them back to school, and by the time she had gotten back my kids hair was green and pink. Yes, you read that correctly, THEIR HAIR IS GREEN AND PINK! It's "Crazy Day" at school, which I knew, but must not have read the description of everything that would be happening on said Crazy Day in the flyer from the school. I thought we'd just dress them in mis-matched clothes (like that is really any different from any other day) and have Rob actually fix their hair (which we all know would end up looking crazy). What the school doesn't realize, is that every day is "Crazy Day" for the Sanders, and this is just a minor road bump for us... SO, Happy Friday everyone, and when something goes wrong in your schedule today think of my story and hopefully it will make you smile :-)

Is it Spring?

Yesterday, March 10, it got up to 79 degrees outside. After the winter we have had with a lot of negative temperatures and I lost count of how many times it snowed, we were SO excited to get the kids OUTSIDE! Plus the time change was just on Sunday, so we actually had some good time after work.

I picked the kids up from school and we went to Doozle's for some frozen custard. It was pretty yummy!

Then when Rob got home from work the kids rode their bikes to the end of the street and back, then they played in the back yard a bit.

Our very first bikes!

We got our very first bikes for our birthday from Grandma and Grandpa Sanders at our birthday party over the weekend. We couldn't wait to ride them around, so here we are going in circles at our birthday party!

Roller coaster car ride

Every time we come home from school, the kids love this one hill we go down and they started putting up their hands and yelling "woo hoo" when we go down it. I don't know where they got the roller coaster affect with the hands, but it's hilarious!

Doing somer saults

Last Friday night at Gigi and B-paw's house we all took turns doing somer saults. We even captured Jake's first attempt at one!

4th Birthday Fun!

Well the 4th birthday activities have come to an end...

Thursday on their actual birthday Rob and I took off of work and spent the day with the kids. We went to lunch at McDonalds and played on the playland. They had fun playing for a couple of hours and grandma stopped by for a quick visit.  That night we want to Disney on Ice. We had a big group there, Grandma went with us, Paula, Sammi and Jillian Schreck were there too! It was a lot of fun and we had great seats.

Friday they had a little celebration at school for their birthday. Rob and I went to the KC Hall and decorated for the party and just had a nice day together.  That evening, we went over to Gigi and B-Paw's for dinner. Aunt Jane, David, Lindsay, Brad, Rylan and Kennedy were all in town for the birthday party and Kennedy's baptism on Sunday.  Megan, Dave and Jake were also there for the fun.

Saturday was the big event. We had a big birthday party at the KC Hall in Florissant and a lot of our friends and family came. Rapunzel and Flynn Ryder even made an appearance! The kids weren't really sure what to think about them and it took a while for them to warm up, but it was a fun time. 

See all of the photos on my google album here.

Just a ride in the car

Video of our car ride home from school today.

Yard sale day!

Today we had a yard sale over at Gigi and Bpaw's house. We sold a lot of the kids stuff, including the cribs. That was hard!  We had lits of fun too, and it wore us out! What a big day! (This actually happened in September but for some reason it never published)

Finally out of the house!

After being locked up in the house for uncountable weeks and having every virus known to man, we finally got to get the kids out to Cabela's today. We also did some lunch at Steak n Shake.  It was obvious they were excited to be out of the house. We are SO ready for Spring!

4 year check-up

We went to our 4 year check-up with Dr Farberman today. The stats are in the photo. Everyone is progressing well. However, we were all sick! Clara tested positive for strep and influenza A. Nora has strep with croup and Logan had strep about 2 weeks ago and still has a bad cough. Oh what fun!

Will you take me to the sick store?

This little guy has been fighting off many illnesses the past couple of weeks and he has learned a great deal from that. He just asked me if I would take him to the "sick store" where we can buy video games and legos. LMBO I think he has momy and daddy's number!

Happy Valentine's Day!

We got some cool goggles from Grandma and Grandpa Sanders. We are SO ready for summer ro be here!

Think they want bunk beds?

Rob came home from work and foubd this. Apparently I left them alone a little too long!

First hair cuts

Took the girls to get their first real hair cut today. So far I have been cutring it and mostly just their bangs. Didn't make any drastic changes but at least it's even now :-) til I get my hands on it again at least.

Apple pickin' / pumpkin farm

Over the weekend we did our annual fall fun with the Moyer clan.  It was a pretty chilly day, but we still had a lot of fun.  Then we went back to Gigi and B-paw's and celebrated B-paw's birthday!

All photos from this day are here https://plus.google.com/photos/106046516931355716164/albums/5931993980346525057?authkey=CIHU-c7Y7d74NA

Getting Crafty

On Friday night (Oct 4), the girls and I went to Crafty Paradise in Alton to do some fun craft projects with some of my good friends and their daughters.  We had a good time, and it was fun to do the mother-daughter thing with some of my favorite people!

Happy birthday B-paw

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tbhDbx3h-gA&feature=youtube_gdata_player

Fun Fall Weekend

This weekend was a fun one!  We did so many things and got to see so many people!

On Saturday, we went to the Lochhaas' out in the country.  The kids got to ride on a horse for the very first time!  They did so good, and can't wait to go back.  We also got to visit with family that we do not get to see very often.  Hopefully we can make this a reunion and do it every year!  On Sunday we went to the Faith Fellowship annual picnic. The kids played hard again, I'm sure it's going to be hard to get up for school on Monday!

All photos are here 

Faith Fellowship Picnic @ Glazebrook park

Logan missing the girls

Here is a picture of Logan's artwork from school today. He said he was sad and missed his sisters. They had to stay home and go to the doctor. Nora has two ear infections. So far all Clara has is a cough. Let's hope it stays that way!