Take Our Kids to Work Day

Last year my office had this and it was limited to 6 years old and up. This year they dropped it to 3 so Kaylee was the youngest one there. She was pretty darn excited about it. She had been to my office a couple times before and both times got to use my highlighters to color on some post its. What fun!

They had a good agenda for the kids. We started off the day in a conference room. They took the group photo you see below. Kaylee shouted Daddy! and I said What and she said I Love You! That broke a few hearts. Pretty cute. Kaylee made fast friends with Charlotte who is the daughter of my coworker Jasmine. Charlotte is 5. She's the little girl in the red shirt on the right. Kaylee got her own badge and business cards just like daddy.

Most of the morning allowed the kids to do their own thing. They set up a big area for coloring. Kaylee is so independent. She would wander from cubicle to cubicle without me if I let her. She did get away from me a couple times which freaked me out but she came right back. They fed us Pizza Hut for lunch. After lunch they played picture bingo and all the kids won a pack to take home. The packs were filled with little toys, pencils and stickers.

At the end of the day, all of the kids were presented with a certificate of completion. Our company director Lance presented Kaylee with hers. We headed home about 2:30 and I thought Kaylee would pass out in the car because she played hard all day but she didn't.

Sunday

Sunday we took Kaylee with us to lunch at our local pub. We met up with Kristina’s friend David. Kaylee ate about three noodles from her mac & cheese. I took Kaylee to the park that was right around the corner. She was sad that there weren’t any kids there her age for her to play with.

After the park we took Kaylee to “Disneyland.” Somehow she got it in her head that the Family Fun Center near our house was Disneyland. They had a kids’ corner which had four rides - a train, a carousel, a plane ride and a swing ride. Kaylee all but the swings. I got motion sickness after the plane ride. Going round and round in a circle doesn’t work for me any more apparently.

Monday night, Kaylee was helping me put away my laundry the other night. I would open a drawer and she’d stand on the bed and she’d throw the laundry in. She had thrown a couple of socks into the drawer when she announced, “That’s What I’m Talkin About!” I could have peed my pants from laughing so hard.