A Table Just Our Size

It is so nice to have friends that have older kids...then we get the hand-me-downs!! And boy, do I love hand-me-downs!! It has saved us so much money to get toys, strollers, clothes, etc. from families that don't need the "stuff" any more.

Thanks to our great and generous friends, the Christensen's (Joe, Sarah, Emilee and Kaylee)Caleb and Emma got a new picnic table...just their size! Emilee(3rd grade) and Kaylee(Kindergarten) have out grown it and passed it on to Caleb and Emma. The Christensen's also gave us a bike trailer to pull the kids and we are anxious to try that out too!

So, while Caleb and Emma napped one day, Rick went out to the garage and cleaned the table up. Then we brought it in the house, so when the kiddos woke up it would be in the living room, waiting for them. Their expression were priceless! Emma stopped, looked and then ran to it right away. She was ready to use it! Caleb got up a little bit later. He walked out to the living room after mommy got him out of the crib. He stopped dead in his tracks when he saw it. He stared for a minute, looked at mommy and daddy and smiled. He didn't go to it. He just looked at it. Then he looked up and jibber jabbered and pointed at it, as if asking if it was for them. When we told him he could play on it ran over and hopped on.

It took a little bit of practice to get off and on with their legs in the right spots. At first they climbed up and just sort of sat on their knees. Then daddy showed them how to slide in and out or swing their legs over...now they are pros at it. Caleb and Emma both like to sit at the table and read. They think it is very fun to eat their cheerios and drink for their sippy cups at their table...just like mommy and daddy do at their table.