Bring your kids to work day

Evan was home sick, so Noah and Mike went up to Philly, stayed in a hotel and went to bring your kids to work day. The ages of the various kids went up to 15 years old. The youngest by a landslide was Noah at age 2.

Noah gets an important business call. "'Scuse me!"

First there was breakfast.

Evan heard about the whole day and was sad he couldn't go too. Then Mike mentioned the donuts by mistake. Evan's whole face fell, "There were DONUTS!!!???"

Noah heads the staff meeting.

Noah says, "You're fired!"

All the cool kids hang around the copier.

Noah's favorite part of the day was the paper shredder.

Then he was caught sleeping on the job.

And Daddy decided it was time they went home. Noah was very sad that he missed the resume writing workshop.

Olivia's Confirmation

There's our girl in her blue skirt!

My mom was her sponser... Here they are with the bishop.

Uncle Tom had his work truck at his and Aunt Donna's house. So after the ceremony, we went over to their house for pizza and the boys got to play in it. They were beyond excited.

Then a crazy, pregnant homeless woman jumped up on the truck and tried to fix her unwashed hair. Actually, that woman is me. No make-up with a mane of luxurious rat fur. In my defense, I had a full-blown stomach virus the next day. At least you know our pictures are never photoshopped - this 'beauty' is all natural. hehehe

I also put up this picture as an explanation to everyone for not scheduling any play dates for the kids in a very long time. I think if there were any more kids at my house I would go off the deep end. I'm just too big, slow and grumpy. Also, either the house is a complete mess and I'm too tired to do anything about it, or I'm in a state of manic cleaning/organizing. My favorite thing to do these days is pay the bills and balance the checkbook, because they both require me to sit for long periods of time. I don't have to get up unless I have to go potty.

This is a typical conversion with the kids when Mike is on a business trip.
Evan says, "Mommy, I want to wrestle someone!"
I say, "Why don't you wrestle Noah?"
Noah looks up, "huh?"
So Evan says, "I want to wrestle someone BIG. Daddy's not here so I want to wrestle YOU!"

The kid is starving for a playdate. I will start having everyone over again soon... I promise!

And some even more cute stuff

Can you believe there's even more cuteness? We're swimming in it over here. Noah and I give our tough guy looks. We're at the Lobster House after a day of walking around Cape May. The sun is setting and the water is beautiful as we eat yummy seafood on the dock.

Oh Noah, baby. You're killing me, you're so funny!

Evan kept hiding from the camera, but we got him! With ketchup on his little face.

Livvy, Evan & Noah ride horses

Noah, Evan, my mom and I visited one of Olivia's horse riding lessons.

Livvy limbers up.

Noah takes a snack break.

Aunt Donna and the rest of us watch the lesson.

There's our Olivia!

Then the boys get to ride! Olivia's instructor led them back to the barn.

The only problem was that Noah wouldn't get off the horse! He loves horsies.

Some Cute Stuff

Here's some miscellaneous stuff that's so cute... St. Patrick's Day

Evan's drawing of Shaggy.

The Polar Bear swim in Stone Harbor

Evan's throwing a ball. He's not doing the Monster Mash.

Riding bikes on the boardwalk.

Grandma took Noah for the day so I could have special Evan time. They went to the zoo (as you can see by my cute little baby posing by fake animals). Evan picked to go to the Wetlands Institute where we took a marsh tour and Evan actually saved a baby diamond back terrapin! He found one walking by and we reported it to one of the volunteers who brought it in to tag and make sure it was healthy. We also went to McDonalds and YoGo

The day before I had special Noah time while Evan and Grandma took a nature tour in the Middle School woods by her house. They walked along the stream and Evan had a backpack filled with survival essentials - like Uncrustables, a skeleton hand puppet and binoculars. Meanwhile Noah rode his bike to the firehouse with me. Guess who we saw there. Court House! Guess who's been in the library. Court House! Guess who tries to hitch a ride with the mailman in his truck. Again- Court House! He also likes to hang out with our accountant's cat on his porch. He lives up to his name because he's been to court while it was in session across the street from our house. The mailman told me about it. Everyone in town knows our Courtie. I hear he's running for mayor...

And now presenting survival man.