As any working mother can testify, it is not easy balancing work and kids. It gets worse when the kids learn to use the telephone and call you ever so often at the office. The calls get heavier in the evening on days when I work late and do not stop even when I'm on my way home.
The calls typically go like this:
Pumpkin: "Where are you?! When are you coming home?!"
Me: "Daddy just picked me up. We're on the way home but we'll take some time because Mummy's office is far from home."
Pumpkin: "OK, bye."
One minute later...
Pumpkin: "Where are you?! How come you're not home yet?!"
So when the office organised a bring-your-kids-to-work day, I jumped at the chance to show the girls what it means when Mummy is at work. They were brought around the office and introduced to various office equipment, went on a plant tour where they saw chocolate milk being manufactured, and Tai Pi also sent an email to Kong Kong from my laptop. In between, they had ice cream, did some drawing in the meeting room and played hide-and-seek among the cubicles.
I have not asked the girls what they learnt about Mummy's work (maybe nothing at all) but at the very least, Pumpkin now knows how far from home my office is and why it takes Mummy so long to get home. And I learnt there's one thing more distracting than having your kids call you every 5 minutes... having them right there in the office with you!!!
Look, Mummy's office is so fun.... there's ice cream to eat and white board to draw on... wah, work is so fun!!
2 comments:
Was I surprised to recieve an email which I thought was from you but turned out to be from Tai Pi instead. I've sent Tai Pi a reply to her own email address and wondering if she has opened it yet. So they think that work is fun, eh? Wait till they have to work for a living themselves!!!! Hahaha!
What a novel idea to have this bring-your-kids-to-work day. How did you manage minding the kids and working at the same time? Actually, you didn't really work right??
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