The Kid's Table

As we were making dinner tonight, the kids both wanted to play in Tessie’s room.  In the past, this was not so easily done.  We could prop Christian up on some cushions, or on Tessie’s bed, but usually we were called back quickly to help him sit up.  Tonight, I attached his booster chair to one of Tessie’s little chairs, and he sat at her table with her.  I laid down a long piece of paper for him to color, and both kids started scribbling happily.  Then I tiptoed out of the room to help Nick with dinner, and waited for them to notice.  They didn’t. 

After a while, Nick and I peaked back in the room.  Tes and Christian had their heads together, and were talking about their drawings.  I gazed a little too long, and was spotted, but instead of asking me to pick him up, Christian asked me to look at his drawing.  I walked over happily, and sat in one of the little chairs.  Tessie was drawing a dinosaur, and Christian was just happy to try out every crayon in the bucket. 

My parents bought Tes the table and chair set a couple Christmases ago, and I had envisioned two kids, sitting happily together, having tea or coloring.  I didn’t know at the time, that my second child would not be able to sit at the table as easily as I had imagined.  Seeing the two of them tonight, I was finally seeing that imagined picture in my head.  I can’t quiet explain how that felt, but the one word that comes close, is beautiful.