TGIF!

This will probably be a short post.

It was a productive day at work again today…still very busy. Fortunately I’m part of a great team and have a really good Director who is always willing to help us out. And it’s still kind of unreal that my best friend works 100 feet away from me! It’s great to be able to take a 10-15 minute break from work every once in a while and go for a walk/chat with Andy or to be able to grab lunch together. We joke around that this is good practice for when we eventually own our own company together…..company still TBD 😉

After work Nicole picked up Parker and Zac and took them to her parent’s so that they could spend some time with them this evening and also so that Nicole and I could run some errands to get ready for Zac’s birthday this weekend. Nicole went to Kohl’s and Sam’s while I did a few things around the house. The main thing I wanted to get done was to anchor some furniture to the wall so that it wouldn’t accidentally tip over onto Parker, Zac, or any other kids. I’ve seen some videos and read news stories about toddlers climbing dressers and bookcases and the furniture tipping over onto them…definitely a very dangerous scenario. Hopefully these anchors will prevent anything like that happening here. They were easy to install and I was able to pull the strap pretty tight so it won’t actually fall very far from the wall if it does start to tip over…I definitely recommend these!

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Nicole and I went to Kroger to pick up the food for Zac’s birthday. We’re going to have a sort of make-your-own sandwich “deli” station. Zac loves lunch meat so he should be pretty excited about his birthday meal!

After we finished shopping at Kroger Nicole left to pick up the kids from her Parent’s house and I finished anchoring the furniture. Parker fell asleep on the ride home and transferred to his bed. He was holding onto an airplane so it looks like pawpaw built more planes with the boys…I bet they had a blast. I’ll have to ask Parker about it in the morning. Zac was still awake and took a little while to fall asleep. I asked if he was excited about his birthday weekend and he said “YES me am!!” haha.

After the kids went to bed we wrapped Zac’s presents. We also got Parker a present that he can open tomorrow. I wonder how many other parents do that…get a little present for their kid(s) to open when one of their brothers/sisters has a birthday. I remember my parents doing that when my brother or I had a birthday…they’d give the other a small present to open. I always thought that was a great idea!

Time to get some rest and then start the weekend!!