New Table

We have been saving for a new dining room/kitchen table for what seems like forever (in reality, probably just a year or so).  But we've been complaining about our table for most of our married life.  It worked great for Ken, in his small house, when it was just him.  But add 1, 2, 3 people and well, we've simply outgrown our table.  It has been well-loved by our girls - pounding on it with their forks, running around it, playing train under it.  But the time has come to get a new table.  The table we wanted at Costco.com finally came on sale and we bought it.  After anxiously awaiting 2 weeks for it's arrival, it finally came yesterday.  Dropped off by a large freight truck, delivered in 5 large boxes on a pallet.

We were all a bit like a child at Christmas.  Ken rushed through dinner to start assembling the 8 chairs and table.  The girls LOVED playing with all of the packing material.  It became a kite to fly and wave around . . .

confetti to create and throw . . .

and fun to just sit in.

My favorite use of the packing material, however, was what the girls were doing with it in the garage.

Ken finally got 4 chairs unboxed and assembled, then unboxed the table.  But when he took it out of the box, we discovered that the table was NOT the one we had ordered.  The table should be dark wood like the chairs, but instead, it is a light oak color.  At 9pm, I was so disappointed and frustrated.  Ken assembled it anyway so that we would have a table to go with our counter-height chairs.

In the meantime, the girls love the tall chairs.  I was a bit worried that the chairs would be too high for them, but so far, so good.  Sophia likes that she doesn't need the booster seat anymore.  Amelia loves sitting on a chair at our bar, instead of having to stand on a chair.  I called Costco this morning and am waiting for them to fix the mistake.  We'll see how long it takes.