I'M A BIG BOY NOW

Today Kaden went poop on the big boy potty!!!! Yeahhhh Kaden!!!! We have been putting him on the potty for a little while now just to see what he does and yesterday I went to FDL to get pictures and decided what the heck I will get a soft potty cusion with Sesame Street characters on it and it sets in the toilet with handles and makes him feel safer I think than the big potty hard seat so we put him on it in the morning and before bath and nothing has happened but right before nap today I thought I would just try it and see what happens and sure enough he started pushing and he pooped!!! We were just sitting there talking about "melmo" which is Elmo and he just went!! I am sooo happy so I think every 1/2-1 hour we will have to put him on the potty and see if we can get him trained before he turns 2!!! His treat I think will be M&M'S when he goes. What a great day!! That is all for today I work as soon as Bill gets home since today is our busiest day of the year!!! So Kaden is napping I better see what I can get done around the house!! Have a good day!!

Time will heal

Yesterday we had a corn roast by my uncle Leon's house which was a good time. I needed to get out and laugh a little. I know time will heal the hurt and loss I am feeling. Kaden had a good time. As you can see he enjoyed his very first corn roast!!! YUMMMMYYYY!!! We had a water balloon game and then later we played boccy ball ( I am sure I spelled that wrong) which was alot of fun. It is always so nice to get together with family that we do not see nearly as often as we should. Today Bill is going golfing and when he gets home we are going to FDL and getting pictures developed and getting our new home (cell) phone and getting rid of out land line phone. Same phone # just a new carrier!!! And then after that I think we are going to Bills cousin Chippers house who is having a pool party and hanging out there for the afternoon which will be a good day for it since it is going to be sooo hot!!!! So that is our day! Have a safe and Happy Labor day!!! God Bless

Goodbye we love you!

Today I had to make one of the hardest choices, to put our beloved dog Gizmo to sleep. He was 15 years old and not hearing well,not seeing well, terrified of Kaden and also having accidents in the house. We adopted Gizmo about 3-4

years ago from a neighbor of ours their parents were moving to a condo and could not take him with. And I being the animal lover that I am gladly took him after a bit of convincing to Bill. He was a great dog. We loved him very much and will always and truly miss him. We believe he had a good long life and he is in a better place now with no more pain and suffering. So Goodbye Gizmo we LOVE AND WILL MISS YOU ALWAYS!!!

time after time

Well... Busy busy we have been. Friday night Bill and I went to the Old Hickory Golf club for the celebration of 25 years for Marshland Pharmacy in Horicon. What a GREAT time we had. Corey and Sheila were kind enough to come over tou our house and watch Kaden. They had a good time together till around 9 ish when Kaden found out mommy and daddy were not there. He cried for awhile and finally fell asleep on Corey and then Bill called to tell him we were going to be later than we had thought and woke Kaden up. So we left the party early to come home and by time we got there Kaden had fallen back to sleep. So thank you very much Corey and Sheila!!!

Saturday... Was my 10 year class reunion. I normally would not have went but my sister talked me into it. Well it turns out she could not make it she had to work so Bill came with me instead. It was an ok time nice to see some of my classmates again. Kaden stayed over night by my parents house which he LOVES to do. He gets so spoiled!!! So that was Saturday.

Sunday.. Bill has his final horseshoe tournament for the year and his team took 2nd place!!! yeah!!!! Kaden had alot of fun playing and eating. Then after Jan and D.W came over and we ordered out pizza and watched the closing ceromony of the olympics which was cool!!!

Monday... We took Granma Z to her doctor appointment to get her stiches out! Which she said hurt ALOT!! She tried lying to me and saying her sister Betty was going to take her but I did not believe her so I called Betty and and found out she was NOT taking my mom. So I showed up to take her a. I learned from the best if you don't believe something investigate to find the truth and I did!!! THANKS MOM!! :) So all is well now she is very relieved to have those out and she goes back to work Sept 2nd for light duty! Then after her appointment we went shopping and out to lunch and I had to work at 3:30.

Tuesday and Wednesday.. Kind of blahhh not much to say

Thursday... I had a cacoon of a caterpillar that Bills sister gave us and it became a butterfly!!! It was sooo cool. So I held it and took some pictures and when it was ready to fly it flew away!! Then I had to work and Bill and Kaden went up by his parents for supper. My mom has called and said my dad was off and they wanted to come and get him to visit with Grandpa Z but we had to share out time so they get him Friday night (tonight) we have to go to FDL to get the oil changed and do some shopping and then we have a wedding tonight so Kaden can spend the afternoon with Grandma and Grandpa!!! So that had been our busy week.

I am looking forward to the long weekend with Bill. Not much planned Sunday we are having a corn roast by my unlces which is always fun and Monday Bill is golfing but other than that just alot of relaxing and just family time!! So I hope everyone has a very happy and safe Labor day weekend... Till next time Goodbye!!!!

TGIF!!!

Today I am watching my niece Maddison which is nice Kaden has someone to play with for the day! Yeah!!! So we went to Mayville and went on a nature walk at Ziegler Park which is actually nice. And we went with Tara and Nathan and Addison. Then after that we went to a rummage sale and I found a couple nice things for Kaden for fall and winter and picked up a few things for Kamryn also. So now the kids are napping and I am going to clean up the house since this weekend is busy and no time for cleaning.

Also last night Grandma Krapfl came home from the nurshing home for good we hope this time!! And so we went up there for supper which is my favorite Home made pizzas yummmy!!! And Kaden found a giant sucker that we have trying to hide since our cousins little boys b-day party and anyhow he found it and needed to have some so I gave in and gave it to him and took a few pictures of him eating it. It was HUGE he had a great time tryin to eat it!! So that has been our day. Better get to cleaning. Till next time...........

busy bees

This week has been a busy one hence the reason I have not written. So Monday we took my mom to the doctor to check her finger and make sure it is healing well. And indeed it is. A pretty icky sight though. It is pretty messed up and now the doctor wants her to change her dressing 3 times per week and rewrap it. I have gotten nominated to do that since my mom gets a bit light headed at the sight. So Thursday will be my first day at that and I hope it goes well. I am more worried about hurting her than anything. And then for the rest of the week so far we just went to go visit her and make sure she does not need anything and she is taking it easy. Her work gave her another week before returning to work and she revists the doctor on Monday to take the stiches out and then she has to report to work after with an update to see when she can return. This coming Friday Corey and Shelia are coming here to watch Kaden while Bill and I go to a fish dinner at The Beaver Dam Country club with my boss and co-workers as an appreciation of 25 years of business so that is nice of them and thank you to Corey and Sheila for watching Kaden. Then on Saturday I have my 10 year class reunion and Bill is coming along for that as well so my mom is going to attempt to watch Kaden that night so we can go there for a little while. I hope my mom can handle him with only 1 full working hand! :) So that had been our busy week. Hope all is well with everyone and good night.

what a zoo

What a fun couple of days we have had. We went to the zoo in Greenville near Appleton yesterday with Jen and Kam and Becky and Isaiah. I was a bit scared when I first saw it but it turned out to be a very nice zoo. Just big enough for the kids before they get antsy and crabby. They have a wonderful petting zoo with goats,pigs,Llamas and chickens and baby wolves and all sorts of neat animals for the kids to look at and touch. Kaden does not like the pot belly pigs that were there. At first he was going to give it a kiss then a little girl came up and tryed to pick the pig up and it got madded and sqealed and Kaden freaked out and cryed and yelled momma momma poor thing! So Kaden got a t-shirt from the zoo then we went out to eat at Noodles!!! Yummy!!! And then we went to Joanne frabric which just opened Friday and checked out the store very nice and good sales!!! Then we went to arcivers(scrapbooking store) checked out a few things there and by then all kids had enough and so we went home. Kaden was sleeping by time we left the parking lot! What a Great time!!

Then last night we went out to eat at the pub for fish and chicken Bills sister Kristy is up and so she always likes to treat herself to some Wisconsin fish fry and the pubs is always good! So thanks Art/Grandpa for treating us to a fish fry very good!!! And today Bills mom is coming home for the afternoon to visit so we will be going up there after Kadens nap! Before we went to eat Kaden and his cousin Maddison went for a bike ride together it was soo cute!

My mom is doing ok the mornings are the best for her since she doesn't use her hand while she sleeps so it does not throb so bad in the morning but then of course she has to clean and so forth so then it hurts again by afternoon. Silly women just can't sit still for anything!! Well that is all for now have a great weekend and I will write more when I have more to say!! Good day! ( I just realized I have 2 of the same pictures of the turtle sorry!!!)