Dining Out With Little Ones!

If you dine out with your little ones, is it more disaster than delightful?

Do you ever get to say more than 3 words to your spouse?

My 5 and 7 year old are almost always great in restaurants, but they are even better when they have something to keep them busy.

Bag o' tricks:

Brain Quest cards
Color Wonder markers and paper
Crayons (but not in the summer, they melt in the car)
Mad Libs
Travel Tic Tac Toe (amazon.com)
Flash cards
Melissa and Doug Travel Bingo(amazon.com)
Melissa and Doug Travel Memory(amazon.com)
Foam Letters
Wikki Stix
Finger Twister (amazon.com)
Play doh
Travel size Magnadoodle
Color forms

for the parent:
Handi Wipes (for cleaning tables, high chairs and kids)
Kid size forks (look next to plastic forks)
Take and toss sippy cups or straw cups... See More
Bendy straws (cut down about 2" and store them in a toothbrush holder)
First Aid kit
Oh no! Kit (This includes things like fun size Skittles or fruit snacks. This is for when all else fails.)