Our last week of Summer 2010

Well, Summer 2010 is officially over for the Byrd family *tear*. This summer went by way too fast. It seriously feels like we just got out. We have enjoyed spending almost every minute of the past two months with Ben. He has grown so much in that short period of time.

I got to work in my classroom Tuesday afternoon and all day Wednesday. Ben loved playing with all the markers and spinning in my desk chair, haha! That helped me get in the new-school-year spirit! I get excited thinking about the first pep rally and football game of the fall. Ben's birthday is coming up soon, so I'll be planning that shortly. After that is Halloween, then Thanksgiving, then Christmas! Before you know it, we'll be ringing in a new year!

Here are the pictures of our last week of summer. I'm hoping to have some fun work stories for the blog next week! ;)

This was the day of no nap.......he crawled in my lap after dinner and knocked out! He slept from 6:30 pm to 7:30 am.

mowing like daddy

eating yogurt...the messier the better!

surprise!

Sheer determination :)

This is a close-up of Ben's art work. This is what every piece looks like right now :D

Quick snapshot before bed!

Heading to the lake!

Showing momma a shell

watching daddy mow the yard

Play park fun!

Gangsta! (don't ya' just love the graffiti on the slide??? good grief!)

It's Willie Nelson!

We have had another great week of summer vacation. We are not looking forward to going back to work in a week. Ben is so much fun these days. I am loving this age and am not looking forward to losing so much time with him. He turned 22 months old August 1st. That means his 2nd birthday is just two months away. I thought his first year flew by, but I'm thinking his 2nd year went by even faster. I really wish there was a way to freeze certain moments in time so I could go back to experience them again.

Here are some random shots of Ben from this past week. The title of this blog will make much more sense when you get down to the bottom of this post :D Enjoy!

Ben loves playing with Grandpa's "flashwight"

Riding his "motorcycle" at Grandma & Grandpa's house

Spinning around on the stool at Frosbite

Trying very hard to get a good mommy and Ben picture

The best smile he would give me, haha!

Thinking very carefully about which crayon to use next...

Ben and his orange "wowwipop!"

Ready for a lake day with Aunt Joycie :)

Ben had a great time tonight playing with the guitar Grandpa pulled out of the garage. We were watching Willie Nelson on CMT and Ben was completely fascinated. He was so cute trying to play it and kept calling it a "gui-car." I've posted video and pictures of his guitar-playing debut below.

Beating the heat!

We have had a fun week trying to stay cool in this heat! We have been wishing more than ever that we had a pool since water seems to be the only way to stay cool outside. We've been playing in sprinklers, kiddie pools, and lakes all week.
Several of the pictures below are from our lake day at my cousin Brandi's house. Her home is right across from Lake Isis in Avon Park. It is a small, but beautiful lake. The water is so clear! It has been used for scuba diving training in the past. Ben enjoyed his first boat ride and Jeremy got to kneeboard for his very first time!
I don't think these high temperatures are going anywhere anytime soon. I'm so glad I have a job indoors! Jeremy and I go back to work in two short weeks. I'm glad Ben will still get to enjoy the outdoors with his Aunt Joycie. They have lake days and play in the sprinklers a lot. He is a water baby for sure!

I thought this was a neat picture

Cooling off with a grape popsicle :D

playing with band-aids

Ben wanted to play with his train first thing in the morning

putting supply boxes together for each table in my classroom :D

playing with his cars

lake fun @ cousin Brandi's house

laughing at silly cousin Billy

helping daddy drive the boat

Jeremy getting ready to kneeboard

Whee!!!