Child Friendly Office

One advantage of having a child friendly office is that all kids of cute kids drop by:

 

My niece Isabella

 

Baby Sam

Chocolate Work-Product

One of Grace and Kate's primary jobs at my office is to bring me documents that I print on my copy machine. I actually really miss them when they are not at the office (as I have to repeatedly make the trek back and forth from my office to the copier). The other day Kate brought me a letter. Fortunately the chocolate fingerprints were pretty evident on the document and I was able to reprint it. Someone secretly dipped into the office chocolate supply! I must admit that a little bit of chocolate would have made my demand letter a little sweeter for the recipient.

Work-place Hazard

Kate enjoys having other people in the office, especially new attorney "Mrs. Shannon." At first she wanted to know why Mrs. Shannon would sit in her Daddy's chair (she even asked Shannon directly). She eventually did not care who was in the office -- she would bother ... I mean play with them ... just the same.

Vice-President of Paper Clips

Kate loves having jobs at my office. Handling the paper clip supply is one of her favorites.

E-mail from Kate

My children are entering into the digital and technological world at a startling pace.  Just the other day, my wife allowed my almost 4 year old to send me an e-mail.  She worked on it for a long time.  I highlighted the portions I understood (apparently she understood it all!).

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E-mail from the Kids

I love getting e-mail from the kids.  This message was dictated to my wife by my three year old:

Daddy
i love you daddy and i miss you and i want you to come home right now.
love
kate

Working at Starbucks

I had a meeting last month with some members of the Board of Directors of a local nonprofit corporation.  There was one little snag in my meeting plans (I had the girls).  I decided to introduce them to the wonders of working at Starbucks.  I grabbed two activity books and ordered a round of drinks and snacks and put them to work.  They loved it.

The plan worked well for my meeting, especially given that the girls were conveniently located on the other side of the establishment!