Wednesday, June 17, 2009

dining capacity

good thing neither of the kids had a twin; we're about maxxed out on our dining space with two high chairs! one's a spacesaver, but it still counts because it sticks out a bit. since last fall, i've been anticipating the day we'd have to get a second chair so i'd been keeping my eye out for a deal on craigslist. i found a few but kept putting it off but all of a sudden, my tiny baby girl is ready for a high chair. luckily, my procrastinating didn't backfire and we found a super steal on a great chair...madison was getting a tad bit impatient. and mad (she hates being strapped in to anything lately).

LOVE the toy bar, and i'm sure she will, too, once she can reach it. miss squish's arms just aren't long enough yet.

cole had to join in the noise-making...! anyhoo, after getting the highchair, we grabbed a quick bite at hooters, since it was close, they weren't busy and they had unbreaded chicken on the menu. there was this guy there that apparently had been cut off at the bar and was biding his time wandering around and "socializing" until this blood alcohol level went down enough to justify another round or two. oh, he was a character- not at all rowdy, just, umm, yeah. he complimented us on our darling, darling children, tried to chat coherently and was on his way to pester someone else when he turned back around, gestured at madison and said "so, uh, about how old would one of those little things be, about?" like he was pricing cars on a used lot... i giggled inside. our poor waitress apologized profusely, but no harm, no foul. didn't bother me- now if he'd tried to touch one of the kids, well, the story might have a different ending.

i just have to mention this one little thing that cole's been doing recently- whenever he does something he shouldn't (like throw a lego or try to spill his sippy cup), he shakes his head, gets a cute little scowl and in a mournful little voice says, "oh, coh-ee". sometimes he does the huffy sigh afterward for emphasis. hmmm, wonder where he picked that up!
("coh-ee" is how he says his name, fyi)

2 comments:

Heather S said...

Love that highchair!

hope today is better! :)

Lindsay said...

thanks!! it's better already... and we love the high chair too. it's the one place she can sit where cole can't really get at her :)