Car Seats and Coats

I know this is a random post, but I get so many strange looks when we pull our kids out of their car seats in the winter and they are only wearing a light jacket. I know the people are thinking; "what kind of parents don't put their kids in a coat?" The truth is that most coats will compress in a car accident and the car seat won't protect your child like it should.

It's easy to check and see whether a baby's winter coat or infant snowsuit is too thick to be safe in a car seat. This test will show you how thick the coat is and how much the coat will compress during a crash.

1. Take the car seat into the house.
2. Put the winter coat or snowsuit on the child.
3. Put the child in the car seat and buckle the harnesses as you normally would before car travel.
4. Adjust the straps to the appropriate fit for your child.
5. Take the child out of the car seat without loosening the straps at all.
6. Take the coat off your child.
7. Put the child back in the car seat and buckle the harnesses again, but do not tighten the straps. If you can fit more than two fingers under the harness at the child's shoulder bone, the coat is too thick and is not safe for use with the car seat.

I know this takes extra effort but it is worth it.

Mater's Tall Tales

Merry Christmas. I just wanted to share these videos with you. If you don't have Disney Channel you may not have seen them. But if you have boy's and they love cars this is a must see. I'm going to record them on my Computer to see if I can get better audio and picture. Enjoy!

Mater the Greater

El Materdor

Rescue Squad Mater

A funny clip

Matthew and Ryan just bust up when they see this, so I wanted to share. I'm not quite sure why it is funny but it is to them. Ryan also thinks it is funny when Charlie Brown puts the ornament on the tree and the tree falls over. I will try to add a clip of them laughing at the video.

Santa, Ryan and Matthew

A few weeks ago we took Matthew and Ryan to the ward Christmas party. At the end we had a special visitor...Santa Claus. Matthew and Ryan were both a little shy about the whole situation, but we got in line and waited for our turn.
Matthew was very excited until the last minute, when he insisted that Ryan needed to go first.Matthew asked for Jerry's game, Chess from the Pixar short, and he said he was good.

Matthew's Christmas List for Amy

This morning, during breakfast, I asked Matthew what he thought we should get Amy for Christmas. This is the list he gave me.Flowers, M&M's, ox cart, ball, games, pancake mix, candy canes, new stockings, ghost costume, church shoes, crayons, wreath, little people, animals, watch, kids, and stuff to make stuff with.