Nolan Family

On August 30 th , Grandma Rosi, Dave, the boys, and I, headed to Red Smith School for the Open House.    Josh is in 5 th grade this year and Ryan is in 2 nd grade.   We started our night in the gymnasium as Josh now must wear a student ID.   Josh had his picture taken and it turn out to be a great picture. Then it was upstairs to the boys’ classrooms.   This year both boys have classrooms on the 2 nd floor.   Josh is in room 212 and Ryan is in room 202.   We started at Josh’s class and met Miss. Klaus, his new teacher.   This is her 2 nd year of teaching and she remembered Ryan from when she student taught in his Kindergarten Class.   Josh put away his school supplies in his desk and checked out the classroom. Next we headed to Ryan’s room.   Ryan has Mrs. Charlier who has taught for 27 years and was Josh’s 2 nd grade teacher.   Ryan found his nametag and chose a desk.   He will have 25 kids in his class, but they will have a student teacher until Jan. 18 th .       R

Fall is in the air, trees are starting to turn from bright green to the shades of fall and football season has arrived.   Normally, football season means cheering for the Packers and Badgers in Wisconsin, but this year we added the Hawks to the teams we cheer for.   “The Hawks?”   You might ask.   Yes, the Hawks!   After, many years of waiting, begging to play tackle football, Josh was permitted to join the St. Thomas More, Hawks.   Josh has many friends on the team and practices are at the park 3 blocks from our house.   It has made it much easier to get him to practice 5 days a week!   2 hour practices have been a great way to keep Josh active and in shape! August 25 th was their first game against the St. Phillip’s Falcons.   Josh was very excited for his first game.   He is number 50 and played left tackle and was part of the return team.   He also was able to play a few plays on the defense.   Although the Hawks ended up losing 16-34 it was still a very exc