Houston

As most of you know, traveling for work is not my favorite thing to do but often a necessity of my job. This week the boondoggle business trip took me to Houston. This made traveling not so bad...not because it was Houston but because it gave me the rare opportunity to see Jeff, Allison, Charlie and Henry. I don't think I have seen them on Texas turf since before I had kids. The other rare element was that there was no one I had to share myself with or the boys with....ahhhh, nearly 6 glorious hours just playing with Chachie and Hen. The Highlights:

• Hide and seek - they have a very giggly and wiggly blanket there!
• A multitude of different games involving a jump rope - Tug of war, snake, swamp fishing, etc.
• Many secrets were told to Thumper
• Colored pictures
• Made it halfway through a puzzle
• Read books
• A bike ride
• Enjoyed a delicious home cooked mean courtesy of Allison - so you know, never challenge Charlie to a bite race. He is a very thorough chewer and you really have to fake chew forever to let him win!

I'm sure I'll end up in Houston again in the future and I now know that Next time I need to take a bigger backpack to fit Charlie in so that he can come back with me.

To think I will get to see those kiddos 3 times in just 4 months this year. I love it!

THANKS FOR PUTTING UP WITH ME!