Thanksgiving_Twins_Mom
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So today was the first field trip of the year and I was a driver for DD2's second-grade class (going to a local dance studio's Nutcracker production at the high school theater in the next town - about 5 miles away) . I loaded my Highlander with two Parkways in the 3rd row and two FPSV boosters (backless) in the 2nd row. DD2 and her best friend climb into the 3rd row and 2 boys from their class balk about the boosters ("I'm 60 lbs!" says one. I tell them that seat belts in different cars will fit differently and that they can try buckling up without the boosters but if the lap belt is over their tummy or shoulder belt up on the neck, they'll be using the boosters.) The belt fit was marginal so I decided to let them ride without the boosters.
The kids were all a bit jumpy - not horribly so, and they stayed in the belts (except for one time when DD's friend started messing with her shoulder belt and DD2 put on her 'safety patrol' hat and told her immediately "that's not safe! put the belt back on!":thumbsup
On the trip back, the boys wanted to be in the 3rd row, so I told them they could, but they'd have to use the boosters. They agreed, and I put the FPSV's back in the second row for DD2 and her friend, so I had a fully-boostered car load for the return trip:thumbsup:
DD1, meanwhile, was going in another classmate's car (they're in different classes). I let her bring her Air Booster backless (she chose it over the FPSV backless). After we get back to school I tell DD1 I'm going to bring her booster back home so she won't have to carry it to the car when I pick her up. She tells me she forgot to bring it to her classmate's car BUT fortunately her classmate's mom had an extra booster. And I know that both the classmates she rode with still use boosters so she wouldn't have been self-conscious about having a booster
But the real highlight of the trip? There was no parking at the theater (it was all in use by the high school b/c school is in session), so we drop the kids off with their teachers and park at the movie theater lot a few blocks away, and they brought us back to the theater in ....
school buses....
with SafeGuard school bus seats:thumbsup: (For the uber-geeky who want to know, it was the FlexSeat. I was probably the only mom on the bus who actually *used* the seat belt - and I'd estimate I had at least another 3" of torso height before I would have reached the shoulder belt slot - so I had to share with people who would understand my excitement
The kids were all a bit jumpy - not horribly so, and they stayed in the belts (except for one time when DD's friend started messing with her shoulder belt and DD2 put on her 'safety patrol' hat and told her immediately "that's not safe! put the belt back on!":thumbsup
On the trip back, the boys wanted to be in the 3rd row, so I told them they could, but they'd have to use the boosters. They agreed, and I put the FPSV's back in the second row for DD2 and her friend, so I had a fully-boostered car load for the return trip:thumbsup:
DD1, meanwhile, was going in another classmate's car (they're in different classes). I let her bring her Air Booster backless (she chose it over the FPSV backless). After we get back to school I tell DD1 I'm going to bring her booster back home so she won't have to carry it to the car when I pick her up. She tells me she forgot to bring it to her classmate's car BUT fortunately her classmate's mom had an extra booster. And I know that both the classmates she rode with still use boosters so she wouldn't have been self-conscious about having a booster
But the real highlight of the trip? There was no parking at the theater (it was all in use by the high school b/c school is in session), so we drop the kids off with their teachers and park at the movie theater lot a few blocks away, and they brought us back to the theater in ....
school buses....
with SafeGuard school bus seats:thumbsup: (For the uber-geeky who want to know, it was the FlexSeat. I was probably the only mom on the bus who actually *used* the seat belt - and I'd estimate I had at least another 3" of torso height before I would have reached the shoulder belt slot - so I had to share with people who would understand my excitement