A day at the office

Yesterday John was scheduled off from school and I had planned to bring him to work with me. We woke up yesterday morning and Gillian's school had a 10:00 am start and Daddy had a 10:30 start. So the only options were for me to wait out Gillian's delay or bring her to work with me. I decided to bring her to work. I packed up a bunch of activities for the kids and we headed to the office. (On a side note, I work at my in-law's car dealership and it is not a problem to bring the kids to work)

We stopped at the service center to drop off some Valentine's cookies for the employees. Aunt Missy met us at the door. She asked "Who wants to stay with Aunt Miss?" Gillian raised her hand and said "I do!" I got Gillian out of the car and she and Aunt Missy went to work. John and I went over to the sales building and started our day. We have an extra desk in our office that John has claimed. John hung out at his desk playing games on his DS. I was able to get some work done too. Mimi came in and John told her "It's really hot by my desk!" (His desk is by the window.) Mimi had a solution, she made him a little fort. 

He loved his little fort. He also convinced Mimi to add another tablecloth to the fort so it was bigger and the sun didn't make him hot. Uncle T came inside and asked John to help him with the plow truck. When they were done, John said "Uncle T drived and I got to do the plow. I made it go up and down!"

Meanwhile, Gillian was having a great time in the service department. Every time a tech or another employee came into Aunt Missy's office, Gillian would point at them and say "Who's that? What they doing here?" Gillian was very busy and she made pictures for Uncle T, Mimi, Miss Sharon and me too. Gillian and Aunt Missy walked over to the sales building in time for lunch. Gillian was not happy when she saw that John had a nameplate for his desk. John only has a nameplate, because Poppy modified it for him.

Notice the masking tape? It's covering Poppy's middle initial E. Anyway, Gillian asked "Where's my name?" Aunt Missy made Gillian a nameplate out of card stock. Gillian wasn't happy. "I want a wood one!"

The kids had a little picnic in John's fort. 

The picnic was short lived. Gillian ended up eating at my desk. And I ended up with peanut butter on my monitor. I packed the kids extra snacks and juice boxes thinking that they would have some for an afternoon snack. Well Gillian ate everything in her lunch bag. 

After lunch the kids played games on the iPad and my phone. When Mimi came back from her meeting, she set the kids up in the conference room with Disney Junior on TV. 

They spent the rest of the day hanging out in the conference room watching cartoons, relaxing and drawing pictures. It was a long day for them and they were very good.