Thursday, March 5, 2015

2015 So Far: January

Whoa! I cannot believe 6 months have blown by since my last blog post. There's obviously no way I can try to catch up on all the happenings that I missed posting about (Dylan's birthday, Halloween, Thanksgiving, my birthday, Christmas...) Sigh. So I will just do a quick recap of 2015 so far.

In January, I left my job of nearly 14 years to start a new adventure as a work-from-homer. My new company is located in New Jersey so I had to drive up there and stay a week for training (from Sunday to Friday). It was hard to go as I'd never left my boys for that long before. They were really sweet and picked out some of their favorite "babies" to keep me company on the road.
 These guys weren't the best conversationalists but it was kind of comforting to see them in the passenger seat on my long drive! 
Had to drive four + hours through rain, fog, some flooding on I-95 and a wintry mix before I finally made it to my hotel in Ewing, New Jersey. The babies and I were so happy to get to crash on the bed for awhile!

The training went well and all the people I met at the new company were really nice. Finally the week ended and I got to come home. I left early Friday morning, got stuck in rush hour in Philadelphia, but then had smooth sailing after that. I surprised Dylan at his preschool and took him to lunch. He was SO HAPPY to see Mommy again! 


And here's my new home office set up...on the dining room table.

I invested in an ergonomically designed office chair because sitting for 8 hours in a rickety dining chair was not going to cut it. Love my new chair! 

Monday, September 15, 2014

The First Day


Sept. 2, 2014

Dylan's First Day of PRE-K! 

"When I grow up, I want to be: CAPTAIN AMERICA!" 


 Sept. 2, 2014

Evan's First Day of FIRST GRADE!

"When I grow up, I want to be a: BASKETBALL PLAYER!"

Photo Shoot

Last month, I hired a friend who has a professional photography side business to do a session of the boys. Here are the great results:

















Wednesday, July 30, 2014

The Beach - Day Four

 This is what 'Going-Home Day' looked like, naturally.  
We went out for breakfast to The Dough Roller and then had one last walk along the boardwalk.  

 
  


 


 One last trip to Fun Land...

 Tom and Evan did this somehow! They were very proud!



 Goodbye, Ocean City! See ya next time!
 Children's Dramamine strikes again! And we had a very quick, easy and QUIET drive home! :)



 
 

Tuesday, July 29, 2014

The Beach - Day Three

 On Wednesday, July 16th, we woke to pouring down rain.  The boys were NOT happy about this.


 After breakfast, it slowed down enough that we headed for a walk along the boardwalk in our raincoats.

 



 




Showing off their new "babies." Evan went with sea creatures: a shark and a crab. But Dylan got two more kitties to add to his massive stuffed feline collection! :)


 The rain stopped around noon and we were finally able to make it back to the beach! The sun never really broke through the gray haze but the boys had a great time anyway.
 


 

 












Playing his plastic flute that he won as a prize at Fun Land. 




 
Ocean City at night.