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Car Snacking
June 22, 2009
While it’s true that today’s SavvySource topic is, “On a Budget: Car-Camping with Little Ones,” it’s also true that we’ve never gone car-camping with our twins. However, we have gone car-snacking with our kids, to the delight of many a passer-by. Do I need to explain? Good, then I have a blog post in the making…
Like most parents of multiples, we don’t own a Nissan Z, although that was my car of choice before I learned my wife was pregnant. Instead, we have a four-door Accord and a Honda CRV. We almost went with the Odyssey or the Sienna, but we’ve witnessed far too many parents trying to park those big monsters in the city, and so we decided to go with something smaller. Hence, the CRV.
When the kids were smaller, and they fit in Bumbo seats, we would take the Bumbo seats with us when we went out to eat. They fit easily in a booth and we didn’t have to deal with a restaurant’s dirty high chairs or their booster seats. Hence, our Bumbo seats were in the back of the CRV on many an occasion (we never took them back out of the car after we ate).
Now that you know we own a CRV, and we used to drive around with Bumbo seats in the back, what came next was almost natural. There were several times when we were out and about running errands for extended periods and either snack time or lunch time would creep up on us. So, what would we do? That’s right, we popped open the CRV’s hatch, and set up the Bumbo seats. Apparently, for those walking through the parking lot, it was kind of an unusual site to see Max and Julia sitting in the back of the CRV (as happy as could be) enjoying a snack and taking in some people watching. It was kind of a no-muss, no-fuss situation. We had everything we needed right there in the car: bibs, food, sippy cups, wipes, etc. We didn’t have to wait in line for a table, we didn’t have to chase the kids around a busy restaurant, and best of all, we didn’t pay $2 for a small kid’s milk. Nope, we car-snacked it. The kids loved it. Mom and Dad didn’t mind it. And we got lots of, “Oh, look, how cute!” types of comments.
We even did very quick diaper changes after the snack for the drive back. That way, they were ready for their naps as soon as we got home. Clean up was pretty much a snap as we gathered everything up, found the trash can near the outside of whatever store we were at, and we didn’t have to over tip the waiter as a means to apologize for all the crushed crackers and spilled milk. It was really a win-win situation.
Now that they are older, and we no longer use the Bumbo seats, car-snacking has become a distant and faded memory. But there is still the rare occasion in which we pop open the back of the car and chow down on a cereal bar. It’s kind of like al fresco dining, but no, not really.
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