New Table and Bench- Yippee!!!

About five months ago one of our dining room chairs was critically injured and ended up in the garbage. Since then Brad and I have been taking turns sitting on one of the kids little chairs each night for dinner. This poses quite a problem for me since I am already fairly short and end up holding my plate on my lap while I eat. Our table was not much to look at either and was too small for our growing family. Since we bought our lovely sectional off of craigslist, I have been keeping an eye out for kitchen tables there as well. On Sunday night I found a great table that came with a bench that would be perfect for our family. I e-mailed the seller a couple of times that night and found out that it was in fact still available and mine if I wanted it. Brad is really busy with some school projects for the next couple of weeks so I knew if I wanted this table I was going to have to figure out how to get it on my own. I risked being mugged (haha) and ran out to the ATM at 10:00 Sunday night so I wouldn't have to drag the kids there in the morning. I babysat a friends kids for a couple of hours and then begged her mini van in return so I could pick up the table. I mapquested my way to the sellers house and requested his assitance in loading the table and bench into the mini van. I made it home, got the old table into the garage, and the new table and bench in place all without Brad's assitance. I sure do love getting a deal and doing something all on my own. We ate at the table last night- Brad and I sitting on appropriately sized chairs and the kids on the bench. It was heavenly. The last picture is of Brinlee in the act of one of her daily antics. When I lay her down for a nap, she immediately throws out all her blankets and then will yell "mom" repeatedly until I come in and give her back the blankets. I tried to leave her alone a couple of days ago and she yelled for 25 minutes. She is one stubborn girl- I wonder where she gets that from. There is also a random pic in here of some of our Valentine decor taken by Sadie. I promised her I would put it on the blog so there you have it.