Photo-A-Day #4141

There are few days in a year that I look forward to more than the Annual Company picnic. I am with a company that still throws a giant company picnic. Aside from Health Insurance it is my favorite benefit for working here. Now that we have kids who do not need strollers and who can go on almost every ride in the place it is even more fun.

If I thought about it a day like the one we had today would have cost a couple hundred dollars. All the food, games, prizes, rides and shows together cost a lot of money but at the Annual Company Picnic it is all free. I had three lobsters and could have had more. The weather was brutally hot and I was sweating like crazy while cracking lobsters so that wasn’t too enjoyable, but eating them, oh it was awesome!

We started our day by waiting in line for the pirate ship ride. Andrew was so into it this year. He loaded himself up with all the weapons and an eye patch and a do rag.

The pirate ship is always a fun ride. Eva was hot and wasn’t as into it. She also had a shirt over her life jacket and looked like a football player. But later she got to do what she really wanted and that was to get face paint. She picked the space woman face paint and it came out great. It really makes her eyes pop.

It was a long afternoon, a hot afternoon but it was a ton of fun. As you can see from the video, the kids did so many things. We really had a great time this year, no meltdowns despite it being sweltering. No arguing, nothing, just a lot of fun.