Mark’s Company Picnic
pamelamyers | August 2, 2010
On Saturday, yes, the day we got home from the shore, Mark had his company picnic. Traditionally, each year SAP has a summer picnic on the grounds of his office. And “picnic” might be an understatement. The festivities are quite impressive. There is music (sometimes a live band), a ton of food, drink, carnival rides for little kids, and all kinds of crazy things. This year, the theme was Wizards & Wonders, but honestly, it was a huge Harry Potter rip off. Not that I am complaining, Mark and I love Harry Potter. And they did an amazing job. There was a field where the older kids were playing Quiddich (not flying, of course!) and there were tons of decorations to fit the Wizarding theme. There were people dressed in costume, a Potions class in the cafeteria (where kids were making some sort of drinks), a place where they could make a wand (a huge pixie stick sort of thing) and a bunch of other activities including unicorn rides (ponies), a live animal display (complete with owl!) by the Philadelphia Zoo, and a Hogwarts Express train ride. We weren’t sure if we were going to go at all because we were just getting home and we figured we’d be exhausted. Ultimately, we went because we had been home for hours, and because we could get free food!
There was a whole section on display with a bunch of different plants and acorns and such for the kids to touch. I think it was supposed to be a spells display or something. Anyway, it gave us a good opportunity to let Sam feel a bunch of different textures.
In my opinion, this was one of the coolest things. There was someone dressed up in a costume to look like a huge tree. It was reaching out its branches to touch and hug everyone. I thought Sam would be scared, but she loved it!
There was a cute little wizard puppet next to the main stage. I thought Sam might like him, and she did. What a perfect photo op!
Here are Sam and I posing with a witch…
And with Severus Snape and Mad Eye Moody!
We went inside to eat to get out of the heat for a while. This is not actually Mark’s building, but the newer one they built directly across from his. We thought the architecture was really cool and would make an interesting picture.
Later, we visited Mark’s cube.
Sam had some voicemails to return, so she borrowed her Daddy’s headset.
I hope SAP keeps doing this every year so that when Sam is bigger she can actually take part in more of the activities, but all in all, we had a great time!
