The spelling test

As a first grader you are expected to know 10 new spelling words per week. On Friday there is a test. Well, the first week, not so good, the second week, much better, last week 100%!! : )

We work hard on these words and Julie helps him study too. Hard work pays off. I am very proud of him.

Tiger Cub

We started a new chapter in Simon's life. Cub Scouts. Tonight he had his first pack meeting.

They loved it, they built boats and had races. Simon was upset at first he lost, but won the Best

Scout Spirit award. He looks adorable in the uniform. Randy said it brings back lots of good memories for him. It should be fun.

Weekend in review

Marcy and Rebecca

The kids at the breast cancer walk this morning. 1k.

The bungy jumper!

What a wonderful weekend. Friday night we had Nathaniel over to play, it is so hard to get together now that school has started, so it was really great to see him. Saturday was soccer, then we had a family photo appointment. After that Simon and I went to the Washington County Fall Festival where he did a very expensive but worth the hour wait ride. He was strapped into a bungy type jumping thing. He loved it, I was dizzy just watching. I worked Saturday night. Sunday we all did the Susan G Koemen walk for breast cancer. We walked in honor of all the women we have known how have suffered thru the disease. Marcy, our good friend is a breast cancer survivior! We love you Marcy. The rest of the afternoon was spent with good friends, Matt and Brad. The "hurricane" shelter they made last week was now stocked with blankets, snacks and drinks. What fun. Well, back to school tomorrow. Good thing, I need the rest! : ) Hope you had a great weekend as well.

Open House

Simon and Mrs Otzelberger-Held (his teacher)

Simon and Dad outside of school

Last night was school open house at Amy Belle. Simon was so proud as he showed Randy and I all around his school. In his room, we met the teacher, saw his desk and he read us a book he made. It was so exciting to see him take ownership of "his" school and all that it is. We then headed to the gym for ice cream sundae's and we signed up for Tiger Scouts. Otherwise the week has been good, he started Sparkies on Wed, which is always the highlight of the week.

The weekend weather looks beautiful so enjoy......M

Simon Zagorski's day off

the mom's having alittle fun.

3 weeks into the school year and we had our first day off of school. We got together with some of our friends from kindergarten and spent the morning at Basses pumpkin farm where we did the corn maze for the first time. After that we all went to Brisco County for lunch and ended up hunting for frogs again. Back to normal tomorrow

Sunday

Isn't this a beautiful surprise from a piece of dropped bird seed? I love it.

Very dirty boys

Today was a really nice day. We went to church, then Simon went to the Kohn's while I did a family photo shoot, then off to the gym. This afternoon, the boys came here. They played in the pile of wood we have, having tons of fun and making an actual "tree fort" We also had a bon fire. We ended the night by watching the Packers play. Hope you enjoyed your weeked, Simon has off of school already tomorrow. : )

Drew turns 2

End of the game congrats

Paige and Drew

Simon making a good save

Today was a very fun day. We started at soccer, which Simon did very well today. I know they don't keep score, but the orange team got alot of goals today. That always makes the game more fun. After that, our little buddy Drew Kermendy turned 2. Can you believe it? The party was super fun, Teri did a great job with all she did. The kids had a blast, grown ups too!! Here are a few photos from our day. Enjoy the rest of your weekend. M

Crazy busy

Simon and Matt at MOPER pond.

Simon and Paige getting ready for the sleep over.

This has been one of those weeks. You know the kind I am talking about, there never seems to be enough time to do the things we need to do. Well, one thing we are never short of time for is friends. On Tuesday we played with Nathaniel. On Wednesday, we picked up Paige from school, she was supposed to sleep over, but at 9ish her mom came and got her. Teri finished school earlier than she thought, we also had dinner with Rene, Vanesa and Lydia AND went to meet the new teacher for Sparkies, we came home for a bon fire before bed. Today I worked, went to have lunch with Simon at school and did walking Wildcats. After school we went to "Moper" pond to catch frogs with the Kohn boys. It was really fun and they have the craziest names for frogs....tonight they tried and tried to catch "nutcracker Joe" Where they got that from I do not know. Simon has a spelling test again tomorrow so we came home for studying before bath and bed. See what I mean???

MOPS kickoff

Today was the kickoff for our fall MOPS program at church. As Midweek Childcare Coordinator at the church, it is my job to see that the MOPS kids are all well taken care of. I was pretty confident going into this morning that things were right on track. No problem. What I was not prepared for were the 20 walk in mom's that came in this morning to register. Not to worry, our very excellent staff handled the job like pro's. We had a total of 86 kids in childcare today. Not the record, but very close. All in all, it went very smoothly

oops

super duper cute!

super cute!

I forgot to update after I put in the title.

Simon's best buddy Nathaniel got a puppy. She has no name yet, but she is super adorable.

So we stopped over to meet her today. After that we went to celebrate 2 family birthday's

Danielle is now 18, Timmy turned 9. It was a fun afternoon with the cousins. I was going to take a photo of the birthday kids, but that darn Evelyn is sooo cute I could not resist. She fell asleep while I was rocking her and I loved it.

The 2nd week of first grade was good. Simon had his first spelling test on Friday, we worked really hard practicing those 10 words. I am not sure how he did, but he said he got them all right. The days go by so fast now with him in school all day. I have not had much to update during the week. He goes to school, we have been trying to keep in touch with friends by going to the park, or playing for alittle bit after school. I was busy getting ready for our fall kickoff next week at church. I have also been going to the gym everyday too.

puppies, parties and the week in review

Favre's debut

PS In case you missed it today, Brett Favre and the Jets won today. 2 touchdown passes. You

gotta love that man.

Lots o wood

After Jane and Steve moved out of their house last week, the left piles and piles of firewood.

Randy decided to bring it here to keep us warm and toasty this winter, 2 trips later, we have enough wood for the winter and then some. Thanks guys. Now the hard part, hauling it all downstairs, poor Randy.

Soccer Saturday

the boys having lunch at family fun fest...culvers yum o

Practicing before everyone got there.

Simon started a soccer league today thru the Germantown Rec Dept. He really seemed to enjoy it, we just have to go over a few of the rules...no hands, and no sliding. After soccer we met up with the Kohn's and headed to a free event in West Bend. Family Fun Fest, they had all kinds of activities for the kids then since we were in the neighborhood, a quick trip to frog pond. It was a wonderful day. I enjoyed time with Amy and the boys had a blast together as always. Steve was a good helper! : ) Not sure what tomorrow will bring, but I know we will be watching Brett Favre make his debut as a JET. It still does not seem right. M

End of the week

The first week of school is over. Simon loved it, infact tonight before going to sleep he said to me,

mom, I love school. The teacher gave them a fun "incentive" for reading so he has been on me to read, read, read. Which is a very good thing for a boy. They usually would rather do anything but read. Anyway, he spends time reading, and then I read. It's been interesting.

This week after school we met friends at a park, took Rene and Vanesa to McDonalds while Lydia was at the dr (she's having a baby by the way : )....we are all thrilled) and went to Basses for some fun with Madeline. Have a great weekend. M

First day of school

Breakfast with my buds

First one in line!! Let's get this party started!!!! : )

Well, he is officially a 1st grader!! We were up at 6:30am wanting to go right away! He enjoyed all of it. What did I do all day??? Went to breakfast, did a little shopping and went to the gym.