Eating at the table

Ever since Jerrod and I have been married, we have never really ate at our kitchen table. We eat on the couch in front of the TV (bad habit, I know). When Julia got old enough to start eating meals with us, I expressed that I thought we should really start eating at the table as a family. Jerrod did not really see the point and was happy with the way we were doing to. I still thought we should eat at the table, but did not push it for now. So Julia's highchair lived in the living room.

Well, right before Christmas we got a new (used) kitchen table. It was a LOT nicer than the old one we had. I also had a booster seat laying around the house, since I take to to family events so Julia has somewhere to sit at family dinners.

For Christmas morning breakfast, I just put Julia in the booster seat at the table since the highchair takes up so much room. She LOVED it!

Now she REFUSES to sit in her highchair and insist on all of us eating at the table for meals! Jerrod has no problem sitting at the table for meals now. I guess it just took the right person asking him!!

I even bought a placemat for Julia's spot. Meals are messier now, since there is not a highchair tray to catch all of the mess. But Julia loves it and she loves having us all eat together at the table. I also love the fact that we are eating as a family at the table. I just cannot bring myself to put the highchair away yet!