Maternity Leave

Since my work corporate office is in Virginia they have no idea about a lot of California laws, including maternity leave. I was told I had 16 weeks and right before I went back to work realized I could actually take 18 weeks (California is awesome!). I decided to go back then and said I would take the last two weeks once things settled down. There was never a good time and I had to take them before Emmett turned one so I finally settled on taking the week after Fourth of July off, and then taking random days, and the week of his birthday off.

It was great to get to spend some time with the kids and I tried to make the most of it. We went to the children's museum, Imagine U, with Dada, Tia, and Bayleaf. It was great, and nice to have since it is the only children's museum around. However, going to children's museums in Michigan last year spoiled us and we all were a little disappointed. I think our expectations were too high. The kids had a blast, even Emmett loved the baby area. I think we will definitely go back!

He fell asleep on the way to lunch and didn't
wake up until we were almost done!

Tia, the kids, and I met Megan and Jack at Storyland. I don't think I had been there since I was a child. It was just reopened after a lot of work was done to update it. There are different areas that depict scenes from nursery rhymes. We purchased a key that you can insert into little boxes so they tell a story. Clarita was absolutely obsessed with the key and constantly asked us where another box was. She probably had the most fun and was the only one with a long enough attention span to listen to the stories. The other kids had fun running around and playing in the different areas. We rode the train before we left and I think all the kids loved that! Tia and I were excited because she found the bricks that our grandparents purchased for us when we were little!