Our Week

This past week was a very busy.  The kids are getting into the routine of school and making friends.  They both love their teachers and classes.  We have soccer almost every night of the week.  Sarah on Monday/Wednesday and Alex on Tuesday/Thursdays.  It was Mommy's birthday on Friday.  She was spoiled with pancakes for breakfast and presents and cake.  It was a wonderful day.  Sarah had an Soccer tournament on Saturday morning and then we went and looked at more houses in the afternoon. 

First Day of School

Alex and Sarah started school today.  Alex started Kindergarten and Sarah started 5th grade.  They both were excited and happy about their new school.  Sarah loved that they didn't have to eat lunch in a dungeon like at Jefferson (no windows) and that they don't have hallways everything is connected by the outdoors.  Alex loved that they had Lego's and Star wars books in his Kindergarten classroom. 

They both looked cute this morning right before Alex left to Kindergarten.  Alex is in a special class that is called a slip class. They go earlier than other kids to school and then overlap with another class that comes around 10:00am.  They do it this way so that the class is smaller than normal for part of the day so they can have more one on one time.  He goes to school at 7:54 and then comes home at 11:15.  Sarah goes at the regular time from 8:20 to 2:37.  Daddy takes Alex in the morning and Mommy takes Sarah and then picks them both up. 

Alex picked out his Star wars shirt for his first day and Sarah picked out her new outfit also. Alex has another Alex in his class that is a girl, so he goes by Alex Iven.  The teacher spelled Alex's name wrong on his name tag....just like the first Iven became Ivan after is was misspelled.  Pretty funny.  Oh, well.  :)

Busy, Busy, Bees

Soccer season has offically begun here in the Sanderson house.  This year Alex and Sarah are playing.  Alex has been begging to play for  a long time.  He was so happy to get to go to his own soccer practice and run around.  At one point he yelled "I'm really playing soccer".  He was so happy.

We also moved out of the corporate housing and into our apartment with all of our stuff.  Now we have lots of unpacking to do. It feels nice having all of our things again, but Mommy and Daddy have stayed up late unpacking boxes and are very tired.  Here are some pictures of the current state of things.

 The only spacious room!

 This room was clean yesterday!!!

We also went and looked at more houses this week with the kids.  It helped them see that we really will move into a house again.  Apartment living isn't for us.  I am sure we will know when we find the right one and it fits our family.   

New California Resident

The Sienna became a permanent resident of California today...