Booster

Today, Troy had his class field trip to the Perot Museum, and I missed it. I’m sick about it…but frankly I’m also just sick. I’ve been congested and coughing violently since last Sunday, so I didn’t feel that it would be a good idea to be around the kids. So, my mom came up to go in my place. Gauge’s parents left on a vacation for two weeks, so my wife volunteered to chaperone Troy and Gauge on the field trip. Knowing that she’d never be able to keep up with the two of them alone, I wanted to make sure that she had backup.

But I was very disappointed. I was looking forward to running around with them at the museum and doing the raptor dancing. It’s the first major event at his school that I missed. Troy has been talking for weeks about all the things we were going to do together, and I missed them all. Oh well, he had a good time. It was my mom’s first time at the Perot Museum, and she’s been asking to go for a while now. So, she was in hog heaven at the opportunity, although I’m sure she wished I would have been there to enjoy it with her. She and my wife were nice enough to send me pictures throughout the day, so I couldn’t be “apart” of it.

But since we were supposed to be taking Gauge home after school, I had to figure out a way to secure him into the car. His parents, along with most of the other parents in Troy’s class, had already made the switch from a car seat to a booster seat. I’ve been delaying making the switch for a while now, but Troy has been complaining about how tight the seat belt is. So, this gave me the last nudge I needed to make the move. I bought two new booster seats and figured out how to set them up in my wife’s car. That way, Troy and Gauge could ride in style.