Visiting Daddy.....

First of all, I just had to put this picture up. CollinMac has become so attached to this puppy dog. He just lights up when he sees it and fell asleep with it. For the record: 1) No. He does not go to sleep on his own in his own bed....ever. He must be rocked completely to sleep before attempting to lay him down. If he knows you are trying to separate yourself from him, he will awaken immediately and you are back in it for the long haul. 2) I wouldn't have it any other way. As sleep deprived as I am at times, there is absolutely no way I can put him in his bed to cry it out. For those of you that do, more power to you. It is not for me.
So now, on to the trip to Daddy's office. More often than not, we are bugging Dad while he tries to work, so we don't show up very often. But there is this fantastic gift shop in Roscoe, and we needed to shop for Mother's Day and Abby was out of school, so I loaded up the kids and off we went to Daddy's work to shop and eat lunch. We got our shopping done just as Daddy got a phone call where he was needed elsewhere and we ended up having to take him back to the office and eat alone. Oh well....we got the shopping done! And I LOVE pictures of kids visiting their dads at the office, so I snapped away.....

Byron in chargeCollin looked out every window....and there are LOTS!

Abby was fascinated with Dad's dual computers....

Collin was too, I guess....

Who knows where Byron was for this shot! But Collin is desperately trying to escape!!!

He got away and was able to get to the computer....

...but then he got caught!!!

The office is arranged in a circle and the kids could have gone round and round all day. That would have sent Daddy to the hospital with high blood pressure or a stroke.....

Abby loved the sliding glass window. I am SO anxious to see what her profession ends up being....

Another window.....

Child Labor

Abby in charge!!!

Basically, a day in the life of the Tates!!!

Just a few pictures.....

I have lots of pictures from Friday that I want to post, but the camera is in the car and I don't really want to go get it right now, so I am going to post a few other random pictures. I just like to do this to show off my kids, really. So, let the braggin session begin....

Collin apparently needed to be "helped" find where the camera was.
CollinMac got a cookie...

...and thoroughly enjoyed it!!!

I just had to take these next two pictures. The two people were in Kevin's EMT class (which just wrapped up! WOOHOO! insert Happy Dance here!!!) and had come to the house to make up some skills training that they had missed in class. Kevin had "Fred the head" on the kitchen table to help them do....something. Please don't ask me what. I was sitting in the living room and my two oldest children were SO still and attentive, I HAD to capture it on film. They are never this still and alert! Do we see a bright future???

Collin discovered that crawling in the cabinets is a good way to play!!! After Abby and Byron figured out what he had done, two cabinets were cleared out and occupied by little ones! And only one door got pulled off the hinges!!!!

Happy Mother's Day to all you mother's out there!!!!