Something's Missing In My Kitchen

So while we were in NY/VT with our friends the girls tried out some new to them seating in the kitchen since my friend had sold her 4 highchairs in a garage sale that she'd had and had kept her booster seats to have on hand for my girls. They loved it. They got to sit AT THE TABLE with the Triplets and their older sister. I'm very sure that they felt like such big kids with those booster seats. Our friends offered the booster seats to us to take home to Boston with us but we declined since the car was already packed to the gills.

When we got home we found out how much our girls liked the booster seats as they basically balked at being put into the highchairs to eat when we got home. So I found the gift cards that Lee's brother had sent them for their birthday to BRU and went in search of Booster Seats for my girls after dropping them off at Grandma's so I could shop by myself. Once home with both the girls and the new seats, I set the Booster seats up and gave them their dinner in them. It was a hit. So once they were in bed, Lee and I cleaned up the kitchen and decided that having the highchairs still in the kitchen was overload (plus it made the kitchen feel so crowded). So we folded up the highchairs and brought them down to the basement for storage in case we have friends over that have little ones that might need a highchair to sit in. Doing that totally opened up the kitchen.. there is so much room to walk in the kitchen now. I still have moments though when I look in there and can almost hear the 'One of these things' song from Sesame Street playing in my head to figure out what is missing from the landscape of the kitchen. It was a good run. 14 months of having highchairs in the kitchen for the girls to eat on. it was also time for a change. They love sitting in the Booster seats and have no problem being strapped into them at all. We even went and bought them plastic plates from the Dollar store to celebrate sitting at the table like the Big Girls that they are. They love having their own plates to eat from at the table instead of a tray. The Boosters that we got have their own trays that are detachable so if needed we can use the trays too for their food and they also fold up so we can take them with us when we travel places. Very Cool.