A day at the office

The kids' schools were closed today for Yom Kippur so they got to spend the day at the office with me. They were super excited to go to work. 

When we arrived, John walked Gillian upstairs and they found two new Crayola Design Pro sets. I found them opening the boxes. John said "Look what we found!" I said "How do you know they are for you?" Gillian said "We're the only kids that come here!" They played with the new sets for a little bit before they decided to build their fort. There is a big plant next to John's desk and every time they come to the office they hide out behind the plant in a little fort. I gave them a box to use as a wall. It didn't take long before Gillian climbed into the box. 

They got a little crazy, but everyone went back to their projects and quieted down. They did some reading for school and had lunch together. 

John ran some messages up and down the stairs for me. He also hung out with Uncle Jay and Mr. Janno too. 

The kids spent most of the afternoon in their "fort" watching Netflix. 

Overall the kids had a fabulous day at the office. I have to thank all the people I work with for treating my kids so well. 

Bean's adventure

Gillian's school was closed today for an in-service for the teachers. I asked Grandma if she would watch Gillian during the day. Gillian was super excited to have a day at Grandma's all by herself. On Monday when Daddy picked Gillian up from school, Miss Patti asked Daddy "Is Gillian going to be in school tomorrow?" Daddy replied "Yes. Why?" Miss Patti said "Gillian told everyone that she was going to her Grandma's house." Daddy laughed "She is. On Friday when school is closed." 

This morning, I went to wake Gillian up. I whispered "Good morning. What's going on today?" Gillian opened her eyes and said "I going to Grandma's today!" As I got her dressed, she said to me "We go after I eat breakfast!" Gillian and I got John on the bus and went to Grandma's house. Gillian was super excited to see Grandma and Grandpa. She immediately asked for paper and crayons. She didn't even notice that I left. 

I went to pick her up this afternoon. She was hiding in Grandma's kitchen. When she saw me she said "Why are you here?" (Wow. Thanks Gillian.) She wasn't happy to hear that I was picking her up. "Can't I sleep over?" I told her that John and Daddy were waiting for us at home. While she was getting her stuff together, Grandpa and Grandma told me that Gillian was very good today. Gillian went to church, shopping with Grandma, watched "Rella" with Grandpa and colored with Justin. Sounds like a pretty awesome day. 

She was exhausted and fell asleep in the car. Grandma keeps you busy!

snow day

Friday was a snow day for the entire family.  I woke up early and John was the first one to join me.  He was super excited about no school.  Gillian, on the other hand, didn't wake up until 9:30.  The kids were good all day.  They didn't fight and they didn't really ask to watch television.  They played Legos and babies and dress-up and ninja turtles. 

I asked the kids if they wanted to go outside and play.  Gillian screamed "YES!"  John said "No thank you."  I asked him "Why?"  He said "Because I don't want to take off my jammies."  First of all, yes, they were still in their jammies.  It was a snow day.  And I said "Well you can keep them on.  Let's go."  I bundled the kids up in their snow pants and hats and gloves and scarves.  Poor Gillian couldn't put her arms down and John said "It's hard to walk around."  Their complaints stopped when we got outside.  John went running towards their playground and Gillian needed some help getting down the stairs of the deck.  She walked towards John and wanted to climb up on the playground too!  But we had John clear off some of the snow first so it was easier for her.  We even convinced John to go down the slide. 

We asked Gillian if she wanted to make a snow angel.  She said "Okay."  I asked her "Do you know what a snow angel is?"  She said "When you lay in the snow and move your arms and legs?"  I'm impressed.  Last year, she didn't really play in the snow too much so I was surprised to hear that she knew was it was.  She made a beautiful snow angel.  And John did too!  Even Daddy made a giant snow angel.

 

 



Gilly and Mommy got cold and we went back inside.  John decided to stay outside and play.  I watched him from the kitchen.  He took his snow shovel and would fill up the slide with snow and then he would climb up on the playground and then try to go down the slide.  He got stuck one time and didn't know what to do.  But he didn't panic and he figured out how to get out.  The next time, he brought the shovel down the slide with him so that he could dig himself out when he got stuck.

We had so much fun playing in the snow.

 

All in a days's work

John starts first grade on Friday. His summer camp program ended last Thursday. Since I am now working at the family car dealership, I decided to bring him to work with me today. We headed to the office early. It's a good thing we did too because Aunt Missy was calling us on our way to let me know there was a problem with the accounting system. We went right upstairs to help Aunt Missy. John immediately went to his desk (we have an extra desk in the office that John uses on his visits) and dropped his book bag. Since I was in the office, Aunt Missy and John headed to over to our service building. It seemed like he was only over there for 15 minutes before Aunt Missy called to let me now he was on his way back. He came into the office, said "Good morning" to the girls and sat down at his desk. He played a few games on his DS until Mimi arrived. Mimi had a few school supplies for him. He was super excited about getting some new colored pencils especially when he needed them sharpened and he got to use the electric pencil sharpener. 

Around 11:30, he came over to me and said "I'm really hungry. Can I eat my lunch?" I told he of course. He hesitantly looked at me and the girls and said "I'm not sure they would like it." I told him it was fine. He sat at his desk and ate his lunch. Sometime after lunch he came over to me and asked "Is it time to go home now?" My poor boy was bored. I showed him how to run envelopes through the postage machine. He loved that job, but the envelopes kept getting jammed (which meant more work for mommy). He also saw me stamp a deal when I entered it into the system. He thought this was great. So he watched me and waited until I entered a deal. He got frustrated when it took me longer than two minutes to enter a deal. He gave up and walked away from me. I finally caved in the late afternoon and let him watch cartoons in the break room. 

I'm glad I am able to bring John to work with me. But I'm not sure I will be in a big rush to do it again soon. Not sure who is more exhausted John or Mommy'