The NFO was away for a day and a half this week (Wed-Thurs), so I was “on point.”
Thursday morning, it was my responsibility to drive carpool and because the NFO was away, I had to take Nadia with us to drop off Tikkanen and Paco.
Thing is, for reasons I won’t go into right now, the TWO car seats that we have for her were not in our house or available.
I wouldn’t say I panicked, but I started to get concerned. I started thinking how I could make this happen and hatched a somewhat crazy backup plan.
While I was scurrying about, Tonka said to me, “I want to tell you something.”
“Not now, princess, I have to figure this out.”
After a few more minutes of phone calls and machinations, she said, “hey, why don’t we just take the booster seat that nobody likes and attach the part from the basement?”
I stood there shocked.
She remembered what I had forgotten.
We actually HAD a car seat that would work for Nadia, but it had been disassembled to a booster for so long that it didn’t occur to me (or the NFO, whom I had consulted.)
Sure enough, that was the best answer. We did it. Problem solved.
I kicked myself…and reminded myself (after the kick), that “you know, my kids are pretty damn smart.”