The life and times of Simon Z: catching up

Sunday, June 15, 2008

catching up

Oh my gosh, where to begin. Friday was graduation day and it was so much fun. It is so hard to believe I have a first grader now. Looking back at the slide show Ms Hetzel made they have all grown so much. Thank you Ms Hetzel for all your hard work and for loving our kids. The party was such fun.

SO....then off to camping. The annual father's day trip with 4 other couples and kids for an all out adventure. This year proved to be just that. After back and forth phone calls accessing the situation in Baraboo we decided to go. The normally 2 hour trip took well over 4 with a trip on a ferry boat of all things!! They had 94 shut down due to massive flooding. I have seen these kinds of things on TV, but never up close. It is really something. Very sad. We heard of people driving 8-10 hours to get there because of all the traffic and detours. Once we actually got there it was ALL good. The campgroud was beautiful, alot of people cancelled so there were not many people there at all. We fished, frogged, swam, and the best thing of all bike riding. Simon's confidence on the 2 wheeler went up about 100 notches. We barely saw him. He met some new friends and they all rode and rode and explored all weekend. He is becoming so independent. I popped the airmattress, but other than that, no problems what so ever. On the way home today we stopped at Lake Delton for lunch and to see the drained lake. We actually walked on the bottom of the lake. It was so sad. Randy and I were there at a Bed and Breakfast about 6 years ago. Anyway, I have attaced alot of photos for you to enjoy.

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Sad day

Thursday, today. We found this tiny adorable little duckling that was abonded by his mom and siblings. He had a hurt leg and they left him behind. SImon and I decided we would rescue him and make him well and then set him free. We took him with us to school, showed all his friends and his teacher. His final instructions to me on the playground were..."mom, take care of my duck until I get home" I knew I was doomed. Well, sadly the tiny duck died. Here is a photo of him. We then had a ducky funeral with some of his friends. It was all good until Jackson dug him back up and was carrying him around!! Daddy and Simon found a good spot for him and reburied him tonight, next to the 3 dogs and 2 cats we already have buried in the back yard. Rest in peace.

life is so busy

Where do the days go?? I try to blog everyday so you can all keep up with us, but at the end of the day, I am exhausted!! Lets see, we'll start with way back last Friday. It was our mom's and kid's Friday Fun Day. Some of us moms and kids from his class regularly get together to do a fun activity on Friday afternoons after school. Last Friday was no exception. We were all at the zoo. I have attached some photos of our trip. Who needs to see animals when you have your friends around to play with. It was a great day of fun.

Frog pond

Well, we finally made it to the much talked about "frog pond" We went with some good friends..it was all boy. They were so excited. 1 frog and 5 fish were caught. We were tormented by a big fish we labeled "dead eye" He looked like he had been hooked in the eye before but somehow escaped. Well...dirty dead eye would swim up close to the bait and then turn his nose up at it. He did this many times which was very frustrating to the boys would wanted to land a big one. It makes for a good fish story anyway. We have heard there are HUGE bullfrogs in this pond, so we will return!!