This is Mimi. Â But don’t remember her like this (except the smile). Â Â Remember her in her kitchen…baking chocolate chip cookies, making toffee, roast beef, mashed potatoes and green salads with kidney and garbanzo beans on top. Â Remember jello pudding with cool whip, canned peaches, apricot cobbler and mini pizzas. Â And remember that old high chair where we all sat, watching her and nibbling on samples while she cooked?
Well, here it is…revisited. Â When I had Leif, Mimi passed the old high chair on to me. Â I was thrilled to have something so nostalgic and functional. I used it for both of my boys and it has been resting in the basement ever since. Â Until recently, when my eldest cousin had a baby. Â This meant that the old high chair needed to be pulled out, cleaned up and passed on. Â When I dragged it out of the basement, I realized it needed some love to be usable by another baby. Â First, it needed a new tray. Â The old one had huge cracks in it filled with food and was held together by old staples. Â It also needed a new cushion. Â You can see both renovations in the picture above.
And, when I turned the high chair upside down in the process of making the cushion I noticed this sweet little note stuck to the bottom.
Happy days, indeed. Â Add Leif and Kai to the list…that makes a lot of kids who have sat in this high chair.
And, now…baby Ever.
To many good times in kitchen to come. Â I still love you so, sweet Mimi.