Restaurant Bingo for Parents

Going out to eat is one of my favorite things in the world. However, I have two toddlers, and this makes things tricky. Truthfully, I think we’ve trained them pretty well: we repeat our simple “restaurant rule” in the car (“bottom in seat!”), I have a bag of plastic animals in my bag that they’re only allowed to play with at a restaurant, and we keep trying and practicing, which is key. They do about as good of a job as two toddlers can do, but also? They are, undeniably, tiny sinners. Tiny, adorable sinners with larger, less adorable sinner parents, and when those parents are dealing with the little ones at a restaurant, patience and a sense of humor are more important than crayons. That’s why, last night, when we spontaneously went out to eat with friends (and our collective 11 children), we made this. If things are going to be crazy, at least we should turn it into a game.

We recommend laminating it because the tiny sinners tend to make things sticky, but we also stand in awe of anyone who has her life together enough to laminate things.

Happy eating!