The big day finally arrived! Big day in this house anyway, probably no one else cares. For awhile now I’ve known that I had to move the kids, Lex primarily, out of the 5pt harness car seats and into standard booster seats. The big black seats we have were supposed to convert, but when I tried to use them with the shoulder belt I discovered they were damn near impossible to buckle in. There was no way the kids would be able to do it. So we sprung for new boosters, just like what we have in Alan’s car. The kids are pretty excited. They were getting too big for the 5pt harness, especially with winter coats on. When I pulled out the manual to make sure I converted the big black seats properly, I discovered that I should have switched Lex about 15lbs ago. I thought the 5pt harness was safest, but according to the manual he was too heavy for it. Glad we didn’t have an accident.

Happy riders! They like to put the arm rest down between the seats.

Now they are in boosters in both cars and pretty darn happy about it. We brought a friend home after school and I was able to fit three across in the back seat. Oh, the social opportunities we’ll have now!

This is just a sweet picture from after school today. Unrelated to car seats. :)

This is what they like to do at the end of each school day. Grab a picture book from my 5th grade room and cuddle in the chair and read. Sometimes there is a friend with them. Sometimes the book is an iPad. Always they are cuddly and happy. Today Eve was reading “Boris Ate A Thesaurus” to Lex.