table for five

well the time has finally arrived, and naturally, it was months before it should have occurred. the twins are finally at the table to eat. as i'm sure you'd assume, the restraints on their little highchairs weren't really restraining them anymore (if you catch my drift.) so now we're working on both how to sit in a chair and eat, and how to eat with a utensil. although it's requiring more patience than i actually have, it's so fun to have our whole family at the table for a meal. and the twins LOVE being able to sit in the big chairs!

i also figure that this is a good time to try to reinforce the lesson to brody that we need to stay in our seat during a meal, so far that's yielding terrible results. since when does "brody come back to the table and finish your dinner" translate to "hey buddy, why don't you run off to play in the toy room, play with some noisy toy and ignore your mom?" apparently it does.

normally i try to space them out in their own seats, but when we're all home for dinner the little guys get the bench. and for some meals they all like to sit on brody's chair.

bon appetite!