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My childhood BFF<\/a> and her kids came to visit me this week for Spring Break. She\u2019s an engineer married to someone with an engineering\/inventor brain, which means there\u2019s always a part of me that wants to see what new parenting hacks they\u2019ve invented. This time it\u2019s one I\u2019m totally stealing, and you might want to too.<\/p>\n

They have three small children (so far) ages 1, 3, and 5. Kim drives a minivan with the two youngest in the captain\u2019s chairs, and the 5 year old way back in the back seat. It makes getting food and stuff to her really hard. (I\u2019ve so been there, trying to pass fast food lunches over babies and to the bigger kids without spilling anything and still being in charge of the car.)\u00a0In her car was the smack-my-head-why-didn\u2019t-I-think-of-that solution.<\/p>\n

They have a food and toy delivery pulley system!<\/p>\n

$\"pulley\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

Do you see how simple this is? A couple of cheap pulleys from Home Depot, a paracord, and a dollar store beach bucket. Voila! The driver can send stuff to the kid in the back, and she can send stuff up to the front!!!<\/p>\n

Here\u2019s how she made it:<\/p>\n

$\"pulley1\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

She tied one of the small pulleys to the passenger-side head rest with a little bit of ribbon<\/p>\n

$\"pulley2\"$ <\/a><\/p>\n

and tied the other pulley to the head rest in the back seat, put a bucket on the para-cord, and tie a knot in it. The whole shebang for way under $10. I\u2019m floored at the genius and the simplicity, and putting one in my own van this afternoon. Thanks Kim and family for being brilliant and helping us all stay sane. We can\u2019t wait to see your next big idea.<\/p>\n

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**All pictures were taken by me and may not be reproduced without my permission. Don\u2019t steal; \u00a0just ask!<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"