The Chair

We recently bought a new kitchen table that seats 6. Our old table only sat 4 and was all we had room for in the breakfast nook in our last house. Michael and I put the kids on the far side of the table and we have been sitting on the side closest to the kitchen since we tend to get up and down tons to get stuff. Inevitably Tyler and Daphne have been fighting over the same chair! We can't figure out anything special about the coveted spot other than the fact that Tyler wants it and so Daphne figures it must be the best spot too. This has led to a few fights and tantrums by the kids. Sometimes it is no big deal at all and Daphne will happily go sit in the other chair and excitedly say, "I'm going to sit next to Tyler." And sometimes she really wants to sit next to Mommy and so she moves to the end of the table next to me. We definitely did not anticipate this kind of drama about the new table!

Tyler sitting in the coveted chair

Daphne cries and pleads to sit in the chair Tyler is using

You snooze, you lose! Daphne happily ate breakfast in the
coveted chair when Tyler slept in, which is uncharacteristic
of him.