Friday, May 30, 2008

Last Week of Kindergarten

Little Sarah's kindergarten year went so fast. It seems like just yesterday that I was writing posts about Sarah's first day of school or first time buying lunch . . .

St. Patrick School celebrated the end of the year with a fun-filled field day. The kids even got shirts.


I had a big surprise when I arrived to pick-up my little diva. Take a good look at the above photo. This is the last time we'll see little Sarah with all her baby teeth.


Sarah lost her first tooth at lunch on field day. Sarah's bottom left tooth had been loose and wobbly for weeks. At lunch she bit into a lunchable pizza and out it popped. Sarah searched all over the ground and eventually found the tooth stuck on her sleeve. One of the wonderful volunteer moms helped Sarah protect her precious treasure in a sandwich bag. Sarah was so excited.


Check out Sarah's new toothless smile!!



That night, Sarah gently placed her tooth in her tooth fairy box and left the fairy a snack of pink tic-tacs and a cheese stick.



The she got in bed and went to sleep
anxiously awaiting the arrival of the Tooth Fairy.



The next morning Sarah awoke to find fairy dust all over her room. The tooth fairy had eaten most of the tic-tacs and half of the cheese stick. Inside her tooth fairy box The Fairy had left a beautiful crisp dollar bill.


Sarah promptly put the dollar in her bunny bank.

The next day was the last day of school.
Sarah proudly sported her St. Pat's t-shirt
and one less tooth.








First and last day of kindergarten shots.
What a great year it's been.

Saturday, May 24, 2008

Kate's 4th Birthday Party

Sweet little Kate couldn't decide what theme she wanted for her 4th birthday. She loves the disney princesses, but she also loves Hannah and puppies and Kim Possible. So rather than have just one . . . she chose to have a Disney Day.

You're invited to Katy Grace's DISNEY PARTY! Here's a shot of the invitation that went out. Each one was laminated and attached to lanyard like a real backstage pass. ( Note the RSVP date . . . yeah, supermom is a ding-dong sometimes.)

We managed to find a bouncy
castle and a suitable pinata.

This pinata seemed indestructible. Each kid had more than three turns. Finally a wing came off and then slowly pieces came down. Geez the pinata game lasted 30 minutes - the kids really earned their goodies.
Everyone sang happy birthday to Kate.
Check out the video:
Click Play Nana!!

Here's Kat and her friends with the big 'Disney' cake.

She opened gifts.

And here is Kate inside her very own playhouse.
We will paint it in a few weeks.
Kate is still picking out colors.

What a great day!!
Happy 4th Kate!!

Friday, May 23, 2008

Kate's Birthday Week

In Schultzville one day is just not enough time to properly celebrate a birthday; we prefer to spread the fun out for a whole week or more.


8 Days Before Kate's Birthday

7 Days
Big sister wrapped this one.

6 Days

4 Days

3 Days

2 Days
One Day

The night before Kate's big 4th birthday Granie and Grandpa, who were visiting from Arizona, took us out to a Japanese Steakhouse. Kate loved the show.
Happy Birthday week little Kat.

Sunday, May 18, 2008

Someone in Schultzville is Having a Birthday


I bought these really cool leaning shelves for our new house . . . they match the 'craftsman' decor and look really cool on either side of the fire place. Every chance I get I'm trying-out different things on the shelves. Of course, had I fully read the description in the catalog I would have known that normal items like, books, plants, candelabras and picture frames will not fit on them - and if they do fit they'll look really dorky.


Happily, I've found that birthday presents fit just fine and while it might look really tacky - coming downstairs days before your birthday and seeing shelves full of gifts has made two little girls very happy.




Someone in Schultzville must be having a birthday.
There are presents all over the shelves.

Kate is turning 4.









Follow up . . . my mom (a real supermom) came to town a few days ago. She took one look at my pitiful shelf decor and promptly corrected it. Whew, thank goodness for moms!
Wait a second . . . how will everyone know when there's a birthday in Schultzville???

Friday, May 16, 2008

Premonition


Oh my gosh, I'm having a panic attack
as I catch a glimpse of the future.

Sunday, May 4, 2008

T-Ball

It was a gorgeous day for opening day at T-Ball.
The Schultz girls were pumped. Both have special T-ball outfits complete with uniform shirt, cool pants, shoes and pink gloves. Oh yeah, they rock.
Kate's team is the Rockies. Sarah's is the Twins. Here are some shots of them playing:
Here's Sarah making friends with a teammate. She writing her phone number in the dirt so he won't forget it.

Check out Sarah's "Ready" position.

Here's little Kat, looking a bit like
a bobble-head doll in the batting helmet.
Great hit!! Run baby run!!!

Running home.

Whew what a fun day!! T-Ball rocks.

What Happens When You Move an Arizona Girl to Illinois?

What does happen when you move an Arizona girl to Illinois?




A girl has to wear her thongs, even if it is 40 degrees outside.