Goin' Out to Eat

It's taken us awhile, but I think we've gotten the hang of going out to eat with the 4 kiddos.  This is great because I was feeling like an inmate having to eat home cookin' all the time.  Here's what we do to prep:

1.  Get to the restaraunt.  Dave goes in and scopes out our spot.  He helps set up highchairs with the host to alternate big person/baby/big person/baby, etc.

Nate & Ben

2.  He comes back out to the car and I load 2 babies into his arms.  I carry in 1 and the diaper bag. Eli gets the door.
3.  We plop the babies in their high chairs.  We put down sticky, disposable placemats (in our opinion, a MUST HAVE!!!).

Eli & Sam (yes, Eli is sometimes more difficult to photograph than the babies)

4.  We start doling out snacks for the babies or give them their milk cups.

Sammy

5.  We order food.  We try to be super fast and always request the kids' food to be out first.  Now we're only ordering 1 meal for all 3 babies because they can split.  If necessary, I feed them my sides (carrots, broccoli, potatoes, etc) to fill them up.

Natey & Ben

6.  We clean up.  This involves wiping down babies, tables, high chairs, and the floor.  We also ball up the placemats and push everything into the middle of the table.

Using this method, we've been pretty successful. Some places are better than others.  It works best to go to a place you know or a chain. This is for convenience of having 3 high chairs.  If you're adventurous, bring your own high chairs.  Snacks, bibs, milk, and placemats are always with us when we go to a restaraunt.