Not a very exciting day in the Sanders household. We hung out at home and got ready for the cleaners. It is amazing if you tell the kiddos they can watch TV if they help clean up how fast they move. They were so busy cleaning up I couldn’t keep up with them. They even ran up to clean their rooms. Nikki even made her bed but I had to take off her sheets. After cleaning their rooms we just played upstairs for a while. The kids surprisingly weren’t running down to watch TV. We had a great time upstairs together. I did turn on the TV after a while to avoid the house being messed up again. Then we went out and about with our day. We ran some errands. We went out for lunch and I was amazed at what Nikki ate. She must be going through a growth spurt. We did more errands and headed home. We were home for a short bit then off to soccer. They have soccer at a new field now. I remembered that but I couldn’t remember if it was the girls or boys day for soccer. I thought it was Nikki’s but it turned out to be Justin’s day. Luckily the kiddos share cleats. But I only had pink shin guards, but the coach had some blue ones Justin could wear. So fun to watch soccer. Nikki and I had fun playing together too. She was rolling down the hill and sliding on the blanket. She accidentally slid on the blanket while running down (like sliding on a base) and kept on doing it-it was so funny. I hope Justin is enjoying soccer. He says he is but it is so hard to tell while he is out there. He is definitely doing all the drills but seems a little intimated when it comes to playing in teams. Or maybe it was just today. It seemed chaotic when all the kids were bunched together. We ran into some friends on our way out and ended up staying for a bit so the kids could play together. They ran around and kicked the ball together. Maybe having a friend on the team would be more fun for the kids, who knows. After soccer we went over to the Market place where the kids played on the escalators at the movie theater. They went up and down them over and over and over again. Dad met us there and we had dinner. Then we went to the costume place and I finally decided on being a pirate this year. We bought Justin a horse on a stick thing so both kids now have one and can play together. They were both riding them tonight a bit. They tied up their horses and had a tea party in the bathroom. The tea party is with water and water is all over the vanity. But it is just water. The kids learned about the paper shredder tonight then we just read books in our bed.
October 12th, 2010 by melissa