Seating

We do not live in a minimalist household. I hate to use the word "cluttered" or even "abundantly-sprinkled-with discarded-toys-and large-lumps-of-colourful-plastic," but the truth is, we have lots of stuff. So, even though there are two sofas, two bean bags, an armchair, a rocking chair, and a child's armchair all in the same room, it is confounding that my two tiny children both always want to sit in the same place at the same time.

First, it's the pink bean bag: one child sits on it, then very soon after, the other launches herself upon it, landing on her brother's head or shoulder. Thus begins a game of smothering, smushing, shoving and eventually limb pulling. If we are really lucky, we might get a little kicking for good measure before the screaming begins.

The reset button is then pressed: children are separated by a parent, and one is placed on another seating area. Sometimes this works; other times this becomes the seating object of desire and the cycle begins again.

And it the same with sitting in laps. There are two children and two adults with perfectly useablelaps. The math here should be simple. Apparently not: only one lap at any time is the seating choice of both kiddies, and no, it is NOT OK to have just half a lap.