Baby Gear

When you buy a van, you're not only getting a vehicle in which to drive around your kids, you're also getting a piece of portable furniture.

The van seat was sitting in our house for a couple months while Zach drove around with a thousand pound wood stove in the back of the van. He finally got someone to help him cart it out of the van and into the most logical place - the shed. Not like it should go in our house to be installed or anything. So I made good use of it while it was in the house, strapping Sabine in when I needed both hands free.

Also in the baby gear department we have a ghetto high chair. I was cleaning out a closet lately and had to find a new home for this old car seat. I doubt I can use it in an actual car because it's about to meet its expiration date and the straps look pretty shabby. We've been missing the bassinet on wheels that we could cart her around in on the first floor, but this desk chair happens to have wheels. Combine the two, and viola!

Don't worry, she's in there securely, thanks to the latch system: