Get the Wrench!

     Our kitchen table and chairs are old.  Don't get me wrong, they are perfect for our family right now, but they are not in the best shape.  The table itself was actually mine while I was in law school.  Since I lived in a small apartment, it doubled as my desk AND my dinner table.  (If you look closely, you can still see ink pen marks and highlighter stains, most likely from when I was up way too late studying).  The chairs belonged to Matt.  I'm not even sure when he bought them, but it was before we were engaged or married. It seats our family, and I have no qualms using it as a staging table for craft time with Audrey.  "You spilled paint on our table?  Oh well.  Let's clean it up..."
     But, because it's not exactly the best furniture in the world, the chairs occasionally get "wobbly".  The screws in the legs loosen, and you can feel the chair shift while you're sitting in it.  I guess the move across the country in the back of a tightly packed moving van didn't help our kitchen chairs, because they all needed a little TLC. So, one night, Matt grabbed his tools and took a few minutes to tighten the chairs (so no unsuspecting guest would fall to the ground in embarrassment if the legs gave way).  Claire was intrigued.  Matt set down his wrench to step outside, and Claire immediately picked it up and set to work!  She imitated her Daddy, hitting the wrench against the screws and then just banging the legs of the chairs!  We have two very helpful little girls.