First Family Outing

 

We were brave today. We had our first outing as a family of 6 today to Chuck E Cheese for a birthday party. What an adventure that was just getting ready to go. We started about the time we got out of bed and we were still late for a 12pm party. How many families do you see in restaurants with three highchairs? Let's face it, none. Triplet, Quad, or more families just don't go out when the children are this young.

Madelyn loved the attention she got. The boys ate everything placed in front of them. Logan ran wild like always in there. I think I saw him twice the entire time we were there after walking in the door. He went home with the birthday girl for the night.

Not only did we venture out to CEC, we even made a stop by a dealership to sign papers on a new truck. It's a pre-owned 2004 F-150 SuperCrew. We traded in our little truck over 2 years ago when we decided to upgrade to a mini-van. Over the past two years, we've regretted not having a truck. Well, up until today, we only had one vehicle that would fit ALL of us so we decided to go ahead and buy a truck that would seat six. Everything was suppose to have already been taken care of by the time I got there but it wasn't. I ended up having to get out of the van with all three babies. I had a double stroller with the twins and put Madelyn in a baby carrier and wore her inside pushing the stroller. Not a single person didn't turn and look when I walked in the door with all three. I don't like being stared at.

We still have the mini-van. Those things are just not made for lots of carseats. The best arrangement we've come up with is putting the twins in the back and Madelyn and Logan in the middle. Since Logan is in a booster, we can take out his booster, lay the seat down (we have captain's chairs in the middle that stow away), put Nate and Andrew in the floorboard of the van, jump in the van ourself, then place Nate and Andrew in their carseat in the back. This will be much easier when they can start to climb into their carseats themselves but I'll still have to get in the back and buckle them up. If the truck turns out to be easier on a daily basis dealing with carseats, maybe I might be looking into getting one of those for myself to drive and just have two family trucks.