THE END OF AN ERA. I've had car seats in my back seat for the past 14 years. Paul finally outgrew his. We dropped it off and cleaned out two years' worth of crumbs from underneath.

Target's annual spring car seat recycling runs late April through early May. It's the only car seat recycling program I know of that's still around.

Washington State car seat law is super strict. They changed it a few years ago so you have to stay in a booster until you're 4'9". Joseph sat in a booster seat into middle school!