Take Your Kids to Work Day

We've had a BIG day so far today! We left the house early this morning to go downtown to Mommy's old office so that she could pick up her race packet for a 10K she is doing tomorrow with the firm's team and so that she could introduce lots of her old work friends to Ari, Alex and Kira. It was hard to believe that the last time we visited the office, Alex and Ari were about 3 months old. It's been over two years, and a lot has changed, both at the office and with our family. It was really special for Mommy to have her friends meet the kids. And the kids were great-- they had fun meeting so many new people, playing with toys in Miss Danielle's office, eating M&M's from Miss Debbie's M&M machine, looking at the cranes outside working on the new wing of the building and eating a snack in the office cafeteria. After our visit, we hopped back in the car and headed to Daddy's office for a visit with his co-workers and lunch at the new Cosi near his office (after a quick bottle for Kira). Again, the kids were really well-behaved and excited to ride the elevators, play with the blue light keychains Miss Connie gave them, look for cranes (again) outside of Daddy's office and watch the airplanes land at the airport. Mommy was sure all three kids would crash in the car on the way home and then refuse to take a "real" nap at home, but amazingly Ari and Alex stayed awake the entire ride home, and Kira took a quick snooze but then went right back down for a nap with her big brother and sister when we got home. They're all napping soundly now after our big morning. And the day isn't
even half over yet! Tonight Miri and Opa are coming over for a special Shabbat dinner and tomorrow we'll get to see Cousins Alan and Nicole when they come into town for a visit. We're all very excited to see them and catch up on their extended "visit" to London!