New teacher

One of Chuck's new teachers has two little boys. Her husband coaches football. They are going through the adoption process for 2 adoptive children. Here is their story:
https://purecharity.com/reedfamily



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Labor Day

Today we finished up our weekend with a play date and BBQ. We went to the house of a little boy that was in Chuck's old class. He is a year younger but they played so well together. Apparently the little boy has had some hard times with not having Chuck in the class anymore.
So they just invited us over to play. They said they wanted to get to know us too.... :)

We actually had a great time. These were the most down to earth people we have met in Tyler. We had only met the husband once and I had talked with the mom a few times. They also have a 3 month old.

Chuck did not get a nap today so was pretty tired when we left and shed some tears. Smith did not nap today either (I need a stiff drink) but was a trooper and didn't pitch a fit even though it was an hour and a half past bedtime!

Time to go back to school tomorrow. Everyone should be worn out from this weekend; I know I am exhausted.

Smith has started to spend his day working on pulling up.




He has so started feeding himself.



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Circus

Since Dr is home, I am taking full advantage of it :). The Shriners circus was in town. Chuck has been asking to go to a circus so what a perfect day to go! Both of the boys loved it. It was not as fancy as Barnum and Bailey but so worth not having to drive to Dallas.

Quite possibly our first family of four photograph.




Chuck spotting the cotton candy while drinking his snow cone.




Smith was very interested in everything.




It was nap time and he stayed awake as long as he could. The one and only explosion in the entire show woke him up.




This one held on as long as he could. Two minutes in the car was too much.





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Hatchery

We ventured to the TX Freshwater Fishery Center today. It was about a 45 minute drive. Smith caught a cat nap on the way.

We got there and toured the building and looked at all the fish tanks. At first we saw some ducks.




Our favorite thing was the catfish exhibit. They were waiting for us to feed them. Unfortunately, we did not have any food.










There were several other fish and alligator exhibits.







We saw some cool fish eggs.




And watched a dive show. See the guy in the fish tank! We got to watch him feed the fish.




After the dive show we went on a tram tour of the hatchery and got to see all the ponds where they raise the fish.

After the tram tour we went and picked up fishing supplies and bait that they offer for free and tried to catch some sunfish and catfish. It was pretty hot so the fishing didn't last too long.













We then headed back to the car, turned the AC on, folded down the third row and ate our picnic lunch that we had packed! We were so thankful to be able to picnic out of the heat. We just couldn't bare sitting at a picnic table.

Both boys were sound asleep on the way home so we detoured and drove around lake Palestine to see what was out there since we had never been that far south.

It was a pretty fun day. I'm hoping that since sleep was not a priority in our house last night for anyone, that tonight everyone is worn out. A mama can hope can't she?

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Grumpy Baby

This post is mainly for those who are not Facebookers.

Grumpy Baby is "Facebook official". Grumpy baby originated with these two pictures.....

"I swear this kid loves to swing."







Ever since I posted these on Facebook, Grumpy Baby has created a fan following. There were so many requests for a Grumpy Baby page that I finally took the time to upload all of the grumpy baby pics. He now has over 150 fans and his cowboy picture today was seen by almost 500 people!

Here are a few more Grumpy Baby pictures.

"Yehaw from Texas"




"Zoo? Grumpy Baby could do without."




"Grumpy Baby goes camping."




"Grumpy Baby parties like it's 1999 ALL THE TIME."




"Grumpy Baby is not an LSU fan."




"Clean, cool, and collected".




"Grumpy Robin"




"Grumpy Baby hates frogs"




Be on the look out for more Grumpy Baby pictures!

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Big boy nap

Chuck's first nap in the big boy room! Luckily I'm friends with all the teachers so I get picture updates! When asked if he seemed happy, she said "very".




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Zoo!

We hadn't been to the zoo in a while and we had some cooler temps this weekend. We packed up Sunday morning and went to see the animals!

Chuck found a baby goat that he just adored!







Smith was pretty neutral about the whole zoo excursion.







We visited our bird friends.




Smith was somewhat confused.




Around home, Smith has been working on crawling. (I think he looks like Chuck here).




Chuck started his new class (3-6 year olds) so he got a real haircut.




And Dr. did a little jig when he got his certificate saying he is actually board certified. Now he's got proof!




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