Look out Illinois. Sarah Arizona is Here!!

The town of Washington, Illinois was a-buzz with whispers that Sarah Arizona had moved to town. Everyone was talking about it. The rumors were confirmed when all the kids in Mrs. Cagles' kindergarten received free tickets and ALL ACCESS back stage passes to a sold out Sarah Arizona event on April 12th.

The paparazzi began trailing every new girl in town. Soon people started to wonder if Sarah Schultz could be Sarah Arizona. Her secret was revealed when someone snapped pictures of Sarah practicing for her big show.

The paparazzi followed her everywhere she went. They must have had an inside man because they got pictures of her opening birthday presents.

Little sister gave Sarah some

Hannah Montana trading cards.

Sarah gave Kate a big thank you hug.

Sarah LOVED the singing Hannah card

from Nana and Poppy.

Oooooh, what's in here?

The paparazzi snapped this one at

Toys-R-Us during Sarah's annual shopping trip.

Then they followed her to Cheddars

where Sarah had her birthday dinner.

She loved all the fuss!

This picture of Sarah's little sister

on a major sugar binge made the cover

of a few tabloids.

The world wondered how

the parents could let this happen.

"Can I have a little privacy please?"

THE BIG EVENT




Sarah Arizona took the stage to open the show.

Hey, is the Bebe Kate down there on the floor?

What is she doing?

Thank you, thank you all for coming!!

There's Bebe Kate, singing a song too.

Happy Birthday Sarah Arizona!

Here friends brought gifts.

Sarah Arizona graciously accepted.

Then they went back to the stage to finish the show.

The guest had a scavenger hunt to find Sarah's

rock star gear. Then they dressed her up.

And they all went back on stage for some more fun.

Oh, thank you, thank you all

for making my birthday really special.

Spring Break 2008

Ah Spring Break - that glorious week in March when most people head someplace warm and take a break from winter. Both Sarah and Kate were off school for the whole week following Easter. What a week it was . . .

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Monday
The floor guys were due at 7:30 am to finish installing our kitchen floor. We waited all day. They never came.

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Sarah sat on her Easter eggs hoping some would hatch.
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Tuesday
The floor guy finally came. Woo hoo!!! It took five weeks, dozens of phone calls, a whole bunch of waiting and a pinch of drama - but it's finally done. Check out the new section of floor.
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With the floor complete our builders' foreman promised to have the painters and carpenters come and finish our punch list. Knowing we'd be waiting for them the rest of the week we tried to go out shopping Tuesday afternoon. Almost immediately, Kate broke out in hives so we rushed home and spent the rest of the afternoon looking for a pediatrician.
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Wednesday
Supermom, who is not smart enough to line up doctors before we need them, spent the morning finding the perfect doctor for Kate. Then, we rushed her right to him.
We still don't know the cause of her hives but Little Kat needs to have some allergy testing done.
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On the way to the doctor it started raining. If I haven't mentioned it before, it's really, really, windy in Illinois so the wind and the rain did not make a great environment for driving. Supermom was a bit stressed. In spite my stress level, the girls were hungry after the doctor and we needed to get some gifts for two birthday parties Sarah was invited to. Trying to salvage some fun out of the day, Supermom took the girls to Sarah's new favorite restaurant, Cheddars, for lunch. Two minutes after getting our drinks, our little actress was showing me something and knocked over a full soda. The coke flew off the table splashing everywhere. Then it dripped off the table onto my pants, into my favorite - unwashable - Kate Spade bag and onto my shoes. Meanwhile, Kate was passed out on my lap from the benadryl we'd given her for the hives.
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The restaurant manager was so nice - saying it happens at least once a day. I was soaked,stressed and feeling so bad that our server and the manager had such a big mess to clean up. Meanwhile, Kate is zonked out snoring and Sarah has shrunk into a ball on her side of the booth (where I can't reach her) feeling bad that she spilled the coke.
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Check please!!!
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On the way out of the restaurant, Sarah asked where we were going next. I said HOME! Sarah whined saying that this spring break was no fun at all!! As I put her and Kate in the car Kate woke up and fussed saying that she didn't want to go home. Thinking some fresh air might do us all some good we went to an outdoor mall where they have Justice - one of the girls' favorite stores. I think the fresh air did help, there wasn't much crying - but Supermom was pretty nervous given that Kate had had hives on her face.
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The highlight of our day - the girls both got some really cute earrings at Brighton.
Here is Sarah showing off her new earrings.
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Look how tired she is - it was quite a day.
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Thursday
The day before, at the doctor's office, we noticed that Kate had some green goo in her eyes. The doctor looked at it and said it was just from congestion and I should keep her on a decongestant. Okay, can do . . .
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Well, Thursday morning little Kat woke up with her eyes glued shut from the crud. Having seen our share of pink-eye Supermom sprung into action getting old wash cloths and warm water. After cleaning her up I realized her eyes weren't pink - so what's the deal with all the green goo?
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After the crazy week we'd had so far my only goal for Thursday was to get to the supermarket and be available for the builder. But poor little Kate felt so crummy we had to stay home.
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Friday
Kate woke up with more goo (in fact her eyes oozed until the following Tuesday, yuck!) Though she was still oozing, she seemed to feel okay. The girls and I made plans for a big day. First, to the parks and rec department to sign up for T-Ball. Then we'd run to a showing of Horton, then to WalMart for groceries and birthday wish list shopping.
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On the way to the parks department, Kate was moaning. I asked her if she felt good enough to go out. She said yes. Kate wanted to be carried on the way out of the the parks building and as I started the car she began to cry uncontrollably - saying she's too sick to go out and she wants to go home. Of course Sarah started crying at the same time because she knew we weren't going to make it to the movie . . .
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Calgon take me away!!!
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Being a glutton for punishment - I zipped the girls to WalMart for yogurt and soup. Kate was practically passed out in the shopping cart but she managed to wake up every few minutes to cry. Sarah was still mad about missing Horton.
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In spite of all the whining, and crying we all made it home in once piece. I got Kate all settled on the couch with her blanket, some juice and an episode of Max and Ruby. Then I took little Lola out to pee in the blustery rain.
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Is spring break over yet?
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UPDATE:
As of Tuesday Superdad still has something going on with his ears but being a guy he won't go to the doctor. Supermom came down with a fever on Saturday night and as of Wednesday morning has a sinus and likely an ear infection - I'm going to the doctor again today. Both Sarah and Kate got minor infections (on one ear each) from the new ear rings. I think they were on too tight. Kate's eyes are still oozing and Sarah had the worst spring break . . . ever!!!
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SPRING BREAK 2008 . . . good times.

Happy Easter 2008

Happy Easter!

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Wake up mom and dad.

We're ready to go downstairs

and see if the Easter Bunny came . . .

(no, Sarah doesn't sleep in boots and a blazer.

She just wanted to look like the rock star that she is.)

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Oh my gosh, look at all the goodies!

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Mom, mom, the bunny ate the carrots we left out.

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What's that Kate? Gum?

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I need another basket.

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I think there's money in these. Listen!

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Look, guys, the bunny brought the Hannah watch I wanted.

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Chocolate marshmallow bunnies. Yum!

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Okay, time to hatch the eggs.

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Lollipop eggs.

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Sarah says: Okay Kate, now that we've sorted everything let's set up a store and sell it.

Kate says: What? No!

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Dad, can I please have some of my candy . . . ?

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I'll just eat this chocolate icing filled egg.

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And a few handfuls of jelly beans . . .

and two or three chocolate eggs . . .

and half of my Dove chocolate bunny

(Kate LOVES Dove chocolate)

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Sugar buzz? What's that?

Want to play? Come on let's run around an yell.

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Check out the Hannah shirt I got.

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I'm going to count all my money.

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I'll count yours too Kate.

Don't worry, since it's Easter

I'll discount my fee to only 10 %.

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It's about time you let me out of the crate.

You guys treat me like such a dog. Geez.

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What's this. Is this giant nerd for me?

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I smell chocolate.

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All this stuff and you didn't get me anything?

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That Easter Bunny! He's so smart. He brought tons of candy. Jelly beans, gum, lollipops, chocolate eggs, smarties, nerds, huge chocolate bunnies, plastic hopping bunnies and Hannah Montana pens, makeup and shirts. Go bunny!!

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What a great day!! We watched a brand new episode of Hannah Montana, ate a bunch of chocolate goodies, talked on the phone to our family, watch Enchanted . . . no, we're not couch potatoes. Well, okay we were today, but Superdad has the flu and it's not really the kind of day to spend outside.

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Good think Peter C. didn't bring any kites.

It's been snowing all day!

Since when does it snow on Easter??

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Hugs to everyone.

Happy Easter!

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Steak & Shake

In Illinois they have restaurants called Steak & Shake. It's like and old fashioned diner; they serve burgers and shakes and lots of greasy stuff. Jeff was excited to take the girls today and the girls were excited to get a gigantic chocolate milk shake.

The sugar buzz hit right away.

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It doesn't take much to make the Schultz Girls happy.

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Season Tickets Anyone . . . ?

It's been almost two weeks since Horton Hears a Who hit the theater. Unfortunately for Sarah and Kate the theaters in our new hometown don't open until 4:00 and there just hasn't been a good day to go. Sarah's spring break started Friday and we thought we'd finally have a chance to go . . . but alas Supermom had forgotten that daddy got tickets to a local hockey game. The girls were not thrilled . . . I mean how much fun could two little girls have watching a dumb old hockey game?

Well, let's see!!

The announcer got everyone pumped up.
And our little cheerleader whipped out some of her moves.
She screamed and cheered
and everyone in our section fell in love with her.

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The the ticket dropping balloon came out into the crowd.

Oh boy . . . yell extra loud so it'll come our way.

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Hey, we're here . . . !!! Woo hooooooo!!

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Drop some tickets here . . .

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Oh yeah, the girls had a blast! The local team is the Peoria Rivermen - they are not in the same league as the Coyotes so the rules were a bit different. I was shocked when a fight broke out and the players proceed to beat the heck out of each other while the Ref watched - then the crowd stood up and cheered egging the players on. I was even more surprised when my little princesses jumped up on their seats and screamed "Get em!"

To add to the fun, the arena does double features. Tonight they had a country singer perform after the game. After tomorrow night's game - midget wrestling. Can we say 'season tickets?'

This is so fun Dad. I want to do this again!!