Wednesday, October 09, 2013

we don't ALWAYS agree on everything

Two weeks ago, my company hosted its annual picnic. It was a carnival theme and it was fantastic.  All of the events that you'd have at a carnival - things like a rock climbing wall...

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RC car racing...

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Jousting...

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Paintball shooting...

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Pumpkin decorating...

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Baseball throwing...

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A huge banquet...

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And so, so, so much more. The best part was that it was all free. And unlike our recent experience at a carnival where we dropped a small fortune on a few activities for the kids, this time - they could participate in any event as many times as they wanted. Which is why we spent nearly the whole day at the paintball course...

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And rock climbing wall.

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Everyone had fun. Including Charlie, who was initially annoyed / dismayed / adamantly opposed to the idea that our family wear our matching red shoes (and Team "Insert Last Name Here" shirts) that Alex and Kathleen recently sent to us.  I convinced him, though. Because we ARE a team!

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While Charlie loves his new shirt, he's decided he's not a big fan of wearing at the exact same time as the other five members of his family.  Especially when he's around 2,000 of my co-workers.  He thought we looked like the Geek Squad.

Yes. But. Everyone knew our names! 

Somehow, according to him .... that made it even worse.

As for me, I thought it was great!

Go Team!