School Germs!

Mama and Daddy brought home school germs after just one week in the classroom, ha! Grandpa Byrd came to the rescue last week by taking Ben to the doctor on Thursday. Ben had been really fussy all week and started complaining of a sore throat by Wednesday. Dr. Larue said he had pharyngitis. Claritin once a day and some Advil have been helping a lot. We were all pretty wiped-out last week so we've been trying to chill and get lots of rest. I've posted lots of randoms from our week. I can't believe this is the last week of August. Ben will be 3 in four weeks!!!

Ben and Daddy reading "One Fish Two Fish"

I remember wondering how old he would be when he could pull books off this shelf by himself...

Ben loves the show Bubble Guppies on Nick Jr. One of the characters wears orange goggles, so Ben LOVES to wear these! I just can't resist taking pictures of him with them on :)

Back to work!

Jeremy and I had a pretty uneventful first week back at work. Ben did great getting back to his usual routine. I missed him so much! One of my friends had a party for her son on Saturday. He just turned one so we got to party with them. Ben behaved so well. He sure made us proud. I've posted a few random pictures from our week below. Have a great week, everyone!

His expression cracks me up!

Ben and me before Bennett's 1st birthday party!

My cutie!

This is an old picture I found on one of my memory cards. This was taken before the FHS Graduation ceremony in June. I thought it was a cute family picture. Grandma and Grandpa Byrd had come over to watch Ben so we could go to the ceremony and snapped this pic.

Sharks, Sting Rays, Starfish & a Streetcar!

We took Ben to the Florida Aquarium this week. He had so much fun checking out the cool creatures. We also got to ride a streetcar around Channelside. We had so much fun and can't wait to go back for another visit. I've posted pictures of our trip below.

I can't believe this is the last weekend of summer vacation. Man, did it fly by! I'm looking forward to meeting my new group of students. I have about the same schedule as last year, so that is nice. One of my good work buddies took a job at Ft. Meade Middle/Senior. It's right down the road from her house. I'm happy for her (and the gas $ she will save), but I'm going to miss seeing her every day! Several of us went to lunch Thursday to catch up.

Have a great week, everyone!

Isn't this a strange looking octopus?

Ben and the Goliath Grouper!

The aquarium has a neat little splash area for the kids. Ben loved it!

We got to ride the streetcar in Tampa. Ben LOVES trains and buses, so it was a neat mixture of the two. (I can't seem to type streetcar without thinking of the Tennessee Williams novel)

Ben with his streetcar ticket!