Kids at Work

Today was Take Your Children to Work day on the Island. This is the 3rd year that Alex has been able to attend, and Zachary's first. Every year is a bit more fun for Alex, and I imagine the same will be said for Zachary. There was a helicopter (which we didn't get a chance to see up close), a small boat to tour,

bouncy houses,

crafts,






carnival type games and the big hit, a petting zoo.

Both boys really enjoyed petting and brushing the animals.
Zachary has yet to learn "gentle" and a poor rabbit paid the price. The animal pen was set up in a grassy area and we decided to have our lunch off in the corner of that area. Alex kept running over to the fence and watching the animals and running back to us, so excited to have gone to the animals. I think he would have stayed with them all day. Alex is becoming braver when it comes to bouncy houses. This year there was one that was more of a "run" and then you could jump off the end into a pool of bounciness. Alex finally decided he could go down the path, but when he got to the end, he turned around and shimmied off and then looked at me, raised his arms and said "all done, please". Maybe next year!