Dinner for Two
Every little girl needs the means with which to have a proper tea party, or better yet, a full course meal. So for Christmas Jacqueline got all the dishes she could ever need. But there was one crucial element still missing: a table just the right size for a little girl. Lo and behold, around December I came across a plan to build one that actually folds up for easy storage, something quite useful when the kid's room is already crammed with toys and other stuff.
Well, today I finished it, and so we properly christened it with a full blown meal for two.
Of course, we say grace before eating. No hats at the dinner table either.
Here I am waiting for my creamer. About every ten seconds she'd have to put another couple 'spoonfuls' in her cup. And on her plate.
We take our coffee drinking very seriously in the Broestler house.
Next we did double espresso shots. With fried eggs.
I'll trade you my plastic Mac n' Cheese for your rubber green beans...
How it works
Here's the table ready to use...
Flip it over, loosen the pivot screws, and fold the legs down...
Next, remove a screw on opposite corners of the two short apron pieces...
Fold the short apron sections flat against the long ones...
Roll both sides together so they meet in the middle...
Ready for storage. I just need a couple nylon straps and a storage bag, and it'll be good to go anywhere: picnics, camping, or impromptu Fisher Price dining in. I thought it was a really cool idea. Basically the table top is made of narrow sections with a canvas backing glued on the underside.
Now for the chairs. After all, her teddy bear and doll need a place to sit, right?
Comments (7)
This is your best post EVER.
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Adorable.
This was a great entry :) She is so tiny! Gosh, I remember pictures from when she was born and she still has those same eyes. She is so precious<3 and you seem like a really great dad.
Hi:
She really is growing up -- still very petite, though, at least from the pictures. I'm sure "tea" never tasted so good!
Nice table -- I like the idea that it is so compact. Good job, Yankee!
Terri
I'd like your opinion on some news articles I posted.
Big motivation for the project!
Follow-up
You are always good for something to read and talk about :)
As far as our society goes, I do think fatherless homes have a lot to do with how our youth turns out and the choices they make. But I guess my main "blame" if you were to call it that, would be towards mothers. I mean, I'm 19, and I am still America's "youth" and so are all of my friends. Every day I see what bad mothering has done to my friends and to the people in general. And I've seen a lot of how people in my area turned out, and when I think about it enough I see that a lot of those with absent fathers still turned out productive to our society and generally happy as long as their mother was devoted, attentive, and observant. And of course, loving. Whether the mother was a single mom, a married mom, or a dating mom, it didn't matter. It was the responsibility she took for her kids that mattered. I know some single moms who I don't respect because they think just because they chose to have their children and not abort them or give them up for adoption meant they were taking responsibility. But just as fathers, a mother who doesn't pay attention to their child or one who is always at work is just as detrimental. I'm a believer that it has to do with the individual mother and her choices. The father... eh... in the end it was supposed to be the mother that nurtured that child that went out and shot up his school. Someone should have paid a little more attention to who their child was. Of course, there are exceptions. There always are. Not everything can fit into one idea, ever.
I'm honestly not as informed on Obama's ideas as I'd like to be. I'm even less informed on Clinton's. But I'm assuming you're not an Obama fan? I do enjoy being neutral and watching them politically bash each other, and listening without bias to people's opinions about what they are saying and doing. I'm not going to vote because I don't think I understand enough about what our government and country really needs to make an educated choice.
Good analogy about the moles and the grubs. It helped me understand your point a lot easier.
After I wrote that entry, Obama gave a response to McCain's and Clinton's attack on him.
You can look it all up on youtube.com if you want to see it for yourself.
Just look up "Obama's response" "Obama's bitter statement" and "Clinton's response to bitter statement"
My computer isn't playing videos at the moment or else I'd link you.